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Receipted account for £8-17s-3d from the Governors of the York Lunatic Asylum at 10/- per week from 25 May to 24 August (13 weeks) for Edward Horseman.

An allotment of land at Osbaldwick given to Reverend Edward Willan, Clerk, as vicar of Osbaldwick and his successors.

Copy conveyance of houses in Micklegate between Richard Sutcliffe of York, druggist and John Playter of York, coal dealer of the first part, George Beal of York, butter factor and Ann his wife of the second part and Daniel Bulmer of York, gentleman, father of the said Ann Beal of the third part. The document has been much amended in pencil.

The letter acknowledges receipt of cheque on account of Lord Feversham’s property tax. Document has a piece missing.

Copy admission for the Manor of Craike in the County of Durham, from Reverend Richard Lucas and Elizabeth his wife to George Lloyd and William Waller.

Lease of a farm at Holdgate from Jeremiah Barstow of Wakefield to Thomas Burton of Holdgate, farmer, at £50 per annum for three years until the end of nine years.

Copy lease of a farm at Holdgate by Jeremiah Barstow of York, gentleman to Thomas Burton of Holgate, farmer, for three years at £50 per annum to commence from Lady Day last past.

Agreement between Thomas Burton of Holdgate, farmer and Jeremiah Barstow of York, gentleman.

Probate of the will of John Croft deceased of York, wine merchant. His will was dated 1 June 1808.

Probate of the will and codicil of Susannah Flint of Tadcaster, widow. The will was dated 21 April 1828.

Conveyence by Richard Beal of 9 Blackmoor Street, Clare Market, London, cheesemonger, to John Walker the elder of York, confectioner, of one-sixth part in messuages and hereditaments in the City of York in Micklegate, in trust to sell for securing £30 and interest.

Trust account of income from the estate of the late William Gray Esquire, for the year 1849.

The ruling of the Court Baron in the Manor and Prebend of Strensall on John Straker of Murton whos lands were to be split amongst his son Robert and wife Elizabeth after his death, followed by their male hairs. The entry fine was 6s-8d.

The ruling of the Court Baron in the Manor and Prebend of Strensall on Robert Straker who came into the court and sought entry to the land that had belonged to his father, John Straker deceased, held in the tenure of Silvester Straker. The entry fine was 5s.

The ruling of the Court Baron in the Manor and Prebend of Strensall on Robert Straker who came to court to take over the plot of his father, Johanes Straker deceased. The land consists of a messuage and two bovates in Murton. The entry fine was 16s-8d.

The ruling of the Court Baron in the Manor and Prebend of Strensall on Roger Beverley and Richard Straker senior who hand over to the Lord one strip of land for the use of Richard Straker junior. This is allowed on payment of 6d.

Robert Wilberfoss of Huntington, yeoman, to Richard Straker of Murton.

The ruling of the Court Baron in the Manor and Prebend of Strensall on the case of Ellana Wilberfoss of York, spinster, who held a close called Long Brecklands, consisting of four acres, lying near closes called Paddock Hill, Three Lands, Rowemire, Whinny Hills and Five Pasture Gates, as well as another close called Calf Close, consisting of two acres. These closes are in Ellurton in the Manor of Strensall. On her death the land goes to Henry Lofthouse of Upper Catton, Yeoman. This is allowed on payment of £1-2s-0d.

Draft form of declaration on the death of Richard John Thompson of Kirby Hall.

Enclosing £10.

Further reasons offered and submitted by the executors of Joseph Greaves to the Dean and Chapter of York in mitigation of the fines to be set on the intended renewal of their leases of Serjeants Inn in Fleet Street.

Minutes explaining Mrs Dorothy Bowes' title to the premises at York, Dunsforth, Deighton and Ouseburn.

Receipt for duty on the estate of Margaret Pearson, late of London, who died on 7 April 1816.

Regarding moneys received after the death of Mrs Croft.

Schedule of title deeds from 1722 onwards with the devisees in trust of Thomas Groves, deceased, to James Shepherd Esquire.

Mortgage for securing £4,559-3s-8d and interest on a premises in Flawith between James Smith the elder of Leith, Scotland and Mary his wife of the first part, Thomas Smith of Leith, their eldest son, of the second part, James Smith the younger, their second son, of the third part, John Singleton of Great Givendale, of the fourth part and David Murray of Edinburgh, writer, of the fifth part.

Letter to Mr Gray about money to be paid to Lionel and Sophia, but not to be paid until after the death of Mrs Place.

Receipt for 4s-8d from Mr Johnson in respect of poor rate at Minster Yard with Bedern.

Calculations regarding Mrs Menzies renewal of lease with Dean and Chapter for tithes.

The letter refers to Grimstone.

The letter is regarding Reckitt.

The recipient of the letter is unknown, however it relates to a Post Office order for John Rowntree.

Appeal date against assessed taxes for Rev M N Stone of the parish of St Martin cum Gregory.

Receipt for £1-9s-2d income tax on St Peters Liberty.

Marriage settlement on the marriage of John Stapylton of Myton in the County of York, Esquire and Mary Sandys of Gainsborough in the County of Lincoln, spinster (only daughter of Francis Sandys late of Scrooby in the County of Nottingham, deceased).

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Agreement relating to a Charity School at Newton Kyme between Thomas Lodington Fairfax of Newton Kyme, esquire and Reverend John Chaloner rector of Newton Kyme. Also to two closes of land at Bilborough called the Bowlands.

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Bargain and sale of messuage at Newton Kyme and of Bowlands at Bilborough for the foundation of a school at Newton Kyme by Thomas Lodington Fairfax of Newton Kyme, esquire to Thomas Fairfax of Newton Kyme, esquire & Reverend Thomas Hart Dyke of Long Newton in the County of Durham. Specifies terms for the school, school master and what is to be taught. Note on the back says “Null and Void”.

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Settlement on the marriage of Henry Collingwood Blackett of Sockburn Hall in the county of Durham, esquire and Theophania Fairfax of Newton Kyme, spinster.

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Covenant for production of Title Deeds by Robert Holtby of Rolsea in the County of York, gentleman to Thomas Fairfax of Newton Kyme, esquire & Others. Schedules go back to 1617. Mentions Hall Plumer of Stockton Hall.

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William Brass formerly of Red Hall, Hornby, Yorkshire, yeoman, borrowed £60 from Anna Raper of Beadall, Yorkshire, spinster with a bond of £120.

William Brass of Red Hall in the parish of Catterick, gentleman, borrowed £600 from Lady Elizabeth Stapylton of Aiscough in the parish of Leeming, widow.

Indenture between Thomas Condon of Kilwick, Yorkshire, esquire and Charles Mellish Condon of Bagnall in the County of Notts.

A copy of the Dean and Chapter lease to Robert Mellish of Serjeants Inn, signed sealed and delivered by Charles Fairfax, John Neile, John Newsome and Robert Mellish.

A search of the leases of Serjeants Inn in Fleet Street, London, where Robert Mellish has to surrender his lease to the previous lessees. This document mentions 'the late dreadfull fire, which happened in London'.

Agreement between John Brown and Edward Topham, and George Daggett, relating to property in Howe.

Mortgage for £100 and interest from William Barker, late of Great Ouseburn but now of Mountain Mains in the County of York, yeoman, to Miss Catharine Rakes of Ripon. The document refers to Waterside Close and other land at Great Ouseburn.

Mortgage for a further sum from William Barker, late of Great Ouseburn but now of Mounton Mains in the County of York, yeoman, to Miss Catharine Rakes of Ripon. Receipt page is dated 14 April 1791 and signed by Dorothy Atkinson, executrix of the will of the late Catharine Rakes.

Receipt for £5-1s-10d paid by Edmund Robinson to John Darnbrough for legal services, including the fee for drawing and ingrossing a conveyance. Signed Peter Rigg, Clerk to Mr Darnbrough, Ripon.

Appointment of Jonathan Grey of York and Ainsty, gentleman to be a Perpetual Commisioner.

Transfer of mortgage by William Leatham of Heath in the County of York, esquire and Joseph Taylor of Potternewton, esquire (the executors) to John Flintoff, formerly of Railey Fell in the county of Durham. The document is made out to to Mary Anne Flintoff of Leeds, spinster, and concerns the estate of Thorpe Hall at Thorpe Green.

Counterpart lease of lands in Earley between Francis Cholmeley of Brandsby Hall, esquire and Jonathan Elliott of the liberty of Earley in the parish of Sonning in the county of Berkshire, yeoman.

Probate of the will of Anne Croft, late of Upper Harley Street, London, spinster, who died on 24 December 1852.

Conveyance of lands at Thorpe Underwood by Harry Stephen Thompson of Kirby Hall in the county of York, esquire, to Edmund Robinson of Thorpe Green, esquire. The document includes a large map and two schedules of the property in question.

Duplicate conveyance of freehold property at Mold Green in Dalton in the parish of Kirkheaton by George Lister Lister Kaye of West Huntington, esquire and Reverend Henry Torre of Thornhill in Yorkshire to Richard Sykes of Mold Green, butcher. The document includes brief map.

Attested copy of a settlement previous to the marriage of the Reverend Thomas Comber of Jesus College, Cambridge, with Elizabeth Coote of the parish of St Mary Islington, spinster.

Minute as to a farmhouse and garden at Whenby for Rev Thomas Houseman, instructing Mr Garforth first to get the consent of the tenant Dobson.

Declaration of Trust by the executors of the surviving trustee of the marriage settlement of John Robinson Foulis Esquire and Decima Esther Beatrix, his wife, as to the sum of £7,500 thereby covenanted to be paid by the late Sir Mark Christopher Sykes.

Rough estimate of the personal estate of John Robinson Foulis, deceased.

Memorandum as to purchase by Richard John Thompson of £20 Long Annuities for £287-10s-0d from Sophia Place, part of the residuary personal estate of Henry Thompson, late of Kirby Hall.

The letter is concerned as to whether the widow of John Menzies, Mary Menzies, is still alive.

Copy draft of settlement of £1,000 and household furniture previous to and in pursuance of the agreement for the marriage of Richard Thomas Law of Sheffield, merchant, to Frances Pearson of Sheffield, spinster.

Indenture between Henry Ewbank of South Street, Finsbury in the County of Middlesex, merchant, and Sarah Swift of Hemingfield near Barnsley, widow. The document concerns property in Thorpebasset in the county of York in trust for John Micklethwaite of Ardsley in the parish of Darfield in the county of York. Includes good details of the lands near Scagglethorpe and Rillington.

The box contains a seal, which was most likely originally attached to a legal document. The seal itself is very badly broken.

Abstract of mortgage of lands at Bilbrough in the County of York, between William Agar of Langwith in the County of York, gentleman, of the one part and Ann Clapham of the City of York, widow, of the other part. The mortgage payment is for £2,000.

Copy abstract of the title of William Agar esquire to a mansion house as well as outbuildings, gardens, pleasure grounds, an orchard and other land at Bilbrough, near the city and in the County of York, called Low Garth, Calf Garth near Cow Close, Grass Spring and Mowing Ingrish or near Ingrish. The property was agreed to be sold by him to the Rev R S Thompson.

Mortgage for securing £3,500 and interest between Edmund Robinson of York, esquire, and Harriet Ogle of York, spinster. The doucment includes a map and an acknowledgement by Harriet Ogle that the £3,500 she is lending is not her own money but shared in proportions with her sisters Hannah Jane, Thomasine and Elizabeth.

Further charge for securing £1,200 and interest between Edmund Robinson, esquire and Miss Harriet Ogle. The document includes a cap and an acknowledgement by Harriet Ogle that the £1,200 she is lending is not her own money but belongs to her sisters Elizabeth and Hannah Jane.

Reconveyance and release of £1,200 from Miss Harriet Ogle to Edmund Robinson esquire.

Reconveyance £3,500 from Miss Harriet Ogle to Edmund Robinson esquire.

Probate of the will of John Menzies late of the parish of the Holy Trinity in Micklegate in the Diocese of York. The executors are named as John Telford and George Telford and the will was made on 14 January 1801.

Probate of the will and three codicils of Hall Plumer, formerly of Stockton Hall but late of Bootham, who died on 25 April 1820.

Letter from Northallerton Register Office in reply to an enquiry by Messrs Thorpe & Gray, solicitors of York, about deeds in the name of Horner.

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Assignment of 1/6 part or share in a moiety of and in certain tithes hereditaments and premises in Cuckswold and other places in the County of York. Reverend Thomas Hartland Fowle of North Otterington, clerk to Jonah Homer of Kilburn, doctor of physic. Attached is a note dated 16 June 1830.

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Copy of promissory note given by Messrs Joseph & William & John & Thomas Smith to Messrs John & George & William & Fewster Horner.

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Attested copy of settlement of divers real estates belonging to Jeremiah Horsfield of York, gentleman and Sarah Man of York, spinster and daughter of Richard Man, deceased. The settlement is made previous to their marriage.

Attested copy of exemplification of a common recovery between Fell and Horsfield.

Mortgage for £1,800 between Mann Horsfield of Thorp Green, esquire and Jerom Dring of York, esquire, concerning property and land at Thorp Green and Little Ouseburn.

Note stating the will of Jerom Dring of York was dated 6 March 1797 and proved 20 January 1800.

Surrender of a messuage and land at Thorp Green between Ann Dring of York, spinster of the first part and Elizabeth Robinson of Thorpe Green, widow of Edmund Robinson, and Jane Robinson of Thorpe Green, spinster and sister of Edmund Robinson, of the second part.

Schedule of title deeds and documents relating to the Thorp Green Estate belonging to Edmund Robinson Esquire.

Schedule of title deeds and documents relating to the Thorp Green Estate belonging to Edmund Robinson Esquire and in mortgage to Harriet Ogle for £3,500.

The document includes a detailed history of the Bowes family.

List of leases showing dates and names of tenants between 1540 and 1698 relating to Sergeants Inn and Fleet Street.

Assignment of a messuage or dwellinghouse and lands in the Township of Aiskew in the County of York between John Fothergill of Aiskew, esquire, of the first part, James Murray of Great Crakehall, yeoman and Andrew Murray of Bulmer, innkeeper, the two sons of James Murray deceased, of the second part and William Prest of Aiskew, esquire of the third part.

Deposit Book for York Savings Bank belonging to Miss Julia Salmond in trust for William Bellerby.

Notice from Mr Garforth to quit on 11 October next. A duplicate of this document was served on Mrs Mary Holmes on 5 April 1850.

Statutory Declaration by Thomas Beale of York, innkeeper as to his knowledge of two houses and shops in Micklegate, York, in the respective occupations of Mr Fawdington and Mr Anderson with the warehouse and the house behind. The document includes details of the Beale family.

Memorandum from Mrs Jane Wardle relating to two windows which loooked into the garden of Mr Garforth and were not to be a hinderence to building work.

The letter is to someone of Manor House, York, and relates to organ pipes.

Mr Tempest states that Mr Swann's letter to him containing complicated instructions which he was unable to comprehend.

Includes a rough plan. The location is currently unidentified.

The property concerned is currently unknown.

The letter is about a legacy from Miss Henrietta Plumbe to her nephew Henry Dixon.

The letter is about interest on legacies from Miss Plumbe and Mrs Lister.

The letter is about a legacy from Miss Henrietta Mildred Plumbe.