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GDC/130/1 · Item · 14 November 1691
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Counterpart of an assignment of a judgement between (1) William Justice of York, gentleman, (2) Thomas Worsley of Hovingham, esquire, and (3) John Holt of … in Holderness, son and heir of Richard Holt late of Tollerton.

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Indenture
GDC/228/2 · Item · 30 November 1692
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Indenture by Elizabeth Fountain of Tollerton, widow to William Milner of Tollerton and Thomas Woodward of Myton, yeomen for the use of her daughter Elizabeth Fountain the younger.

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Lease
GDC/231/4 · Item · 20 January 1693
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Lease of a farm at Thorp Underwood by Richard Mann of Eltofts in the County of York, merchant to William Abbey and William Lund of Thorp Underwood, yeomen.

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Kiplin to Hesketh
GDC/265/1 · Item · 14 February 1694
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Sarah Kiplin of York, widow of James Kiplin, bricklayer and her son Charles Kiplin to Mary Hesketh of York, spinster.

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Letter of Attorney
GDC/59/3 · Item · 14 November 1694
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Letter of Attorney by Robert Beswick of Scarbrough (sic), marriner. Also includes his will leaving everything to his brother.

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Map of Walmgate
YAW/4/2 · Item · 1694
Part of York Architectural workshop

Copied from the Benedict Horsley map of the city.

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Benedict Horsley map
HMU/P/6/110 · Item · 1694
Part of Hugh Murray archive

Photgraph of Horsley's 1694 F7 map from one of Hugh Murray's books
Format: Black and white, 16 x 12
Provenance: Unknown

Sale from Clarke to Tireman
GDC/90/2 · Item · 5 November 1695
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Sale by Robert Clarke of Wigginton, yeoman and Anne his wife and William Clarke (son and heir of the said Robert Clarke) to James Tireman of York, blacksmith of a close called Goatland within the manor of Wigginton for £54.

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MAP/2 · Series · 1607-1695
Part of Plans and maps of York and Yorkshire

Plans and maps of various parts of Yorkshire. Retrived as a binder, not individual items.

  1. Christopher Saxton 'Eboracensis Comitatus...West Riding' (1607)
  2. John Speede 'Yorkshire' (1610)
  3. John Speede 'The West Ridinge of Yorkshyre with the most famous and fayre Citie Yorke described' (1610)
  4. John Speede 'The North and East Ridings of Yorkshire' (1610)
  5. John Blaeu 'Ducatus Eboracensis Anglice Yorkshire' (1645)
  6. John Blaeu 'Ducatus Eboracensis pars accidentalis: the West Riding of Yorkshire' (1645 reprinted 1672)
  7. John Ogilby 'The continuation of the road from London to Barwick, beginning at Tuxford and extending to York' (1675)
  8. John Ogilby 'The continuation of the road fom London to Barwick, beginning at York and extending to Chester in ye Street' (1675)
  9. John Ogilby 'The Road from York to Lancaster' (1675)
  10. John Ogilby 'The continuation of the road from London to Barwick commencing at Tuxford and extending to the City of York' Description (1675)
  11. John Ogilby 'The road from York to West Chester' (1675)
  12. John Ogilby 'The continuation of the road from London to Barwick commencing at the City of York and extending to Chester in the Street Description' (1675)
  13. John Ogilby 'The Roads from York to Whitby and Scarborough in Yorkshire (1675)
  14. 'A Survey of the roads from York to Chester with a branch from Manchester to Derby AND a survey of the road from york to Lancaster' (1675)
  15. Robert Morden, The East Riding of Yorkshire (1695)
  16. Robert Morden, The North Riding of Yorkshire (1695)
Bond
GDC/59/5 · Item · 3 January 1696
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Bond by William Bywell & Francis his wife to Roger Dove.

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Lease and release
GDC/59/4 · Item · 22 January 1696-23 January 1696
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Lease and release of a messuage etc in Snainton by Abraham Bywell of the parish of St John of Wapping in Middlesex, victualler and Francis his wife to Roger Dove of Snainton, yeoman.

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Lease and release

John Burton of Clifton, yeoman, and Jane his wife, Joseph Burton of Clifton, glasier, and Mary his wife, Richard Burton of York, brazier, and Elizabeth his wife, Matthew Gower of York, tailor and Jane his wife, and Mary Burton of York, spinster, to Sir William Robinson of Newby, Bart. 3½ acres of arable land in Fose Field, Clifton, adjoining the lands of Sir William Robinson on the north and south. The lane called the Horsefaire on the west and Whitecrosse Lane on the east. A fine was to be levied on the land before Easter next. Mary Burton was to seal and execute the deed on reaching the age of 21 years. Conson £42. Signed and sealed by the releasors.

Indenture of fine
GDC/59/6 · Item · 2 February 1696
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Indenture of Dine by Abraham Hywell and Francisca his wife to Roger Dove. 3 messuages, 1 cottage, 3 gardens, 2 orchards, 13 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow, 20 acres of pasture, 30 acres of heath....in Fylingdales & Snainton. £20.

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Sale from Wressell to Solley
GDC/90/3 · Item · 17 November 1696
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Sale for £22-10s-0d by Thomas Wressell of Redness in the County of York, bachelor to John Solley of the same place, yeoman. The sale relates to Five Acres Cottage at Redness.

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Release
SWN/2/1 · Item · 26 February 1697
Part of Swann Family Papers

(Lease of 25 Feb. missing) to make a tenant to the praecipe and to lead the uses of a recovery. Joseph Thompson of Askham Richard, gentleman (son and heir of Wm Thompson of Askham Richard, gentleman, deceased) and John Thompson of York, grocer

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Lease and release

Elizabeth Fothergill of York, widow, Thomas Goodall of Clifton, Gent and Mary, his wife, to Sir William Robinson of Newby, Bart. A close called Tyle House Hole with two adjacent tofts, crofts or garths in Clifton, in the tenure of William Lockwood. Conson: £85. Signed and sealed by Elizabeth Fothergill, Thomas Goodall and Mary Goodall.

Lease
MAS/11/1 · Item · 26 January 1698
Part of Munby and Scott, York solicitors

The 120 year lease relates to a property in Micklegate and is between William Heigh of York and Thomas Varley of York.

Conveyance
MAS/7/3 · Item · 26 January 1698
Part of Munby and Scott, York solicitors

The conveyance relates to a property in St George's Parish, York, and is between William Heigh of York and Thomas Varley of York.

Lease and release
SWN/3/1 · File · 25 February 1698-26 February 1698
Part of Swann Family Papers

Lease and Release to make a tenant to the praecipe and to lead the uses of a recovery. Joseph Thompson of Askham Richard (son and heir of Wm Thompson, late of the same place, gentleman) and John Thompson of York, grocer.

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Messuage in Blake Street in tenure of John Wilkinson, shoemaker, and messuage in Lendall Street in tenure of Mary Lund, widow.
Principal: £100; £3 to be repaid on 30 Nov next and £103 on 01 Jun 1699

Signed and sealed by Thomas and John Dalton

SWN/3/3 · Item · 1698
Part of Swann Family Papers

Wm Stephenson, gentleman, plaintiff and John Commins, gentleman, defendent. Manor of Askham Richard, 10 messuages, 1 dovecote, 150 acres of land, 50 acres of meadow, 50 acres of pasture, 100 acres of heath, 100 acres of moor, 70/- rent

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Marriage settlement
SWN/3/5 · Item · 6 May 1699
Part of Swann Family Papers

Marriage Settlement by Release upon Trusts for £600. Joseph Thompson of Askham Richard gentleman and John Thompson of York, mercer to Stephen Weelkes, the younger of Ripon, gentleman and Wm Chambers, Mayor of Ripon, trustees

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Thomas Surbey papers
SUR · Fonds · 1699

At present this collection only comprises his Survey of the River Ouse.

Surbey; Thomas (?-1703)
Bargain and Sale

Humphrey Harwood and Lewis Darcy, Gent, both of York, to Elias Robson of Clifton, yeoman, the annual rent of 10s from the Rectory of St Olave’s. Conson. £6. Endorsed The annual rent of 10s was bargained and sold by the trustees for selling fee farm rent to Arthur Young, esq. by an indenture dated 7 May 1652, and by him bargained and sold, 3 July 1657, to Humphrey Harwood. Signed and sealed by Humphrey Harward and Lewis Darcy.

Charities
Y/SOC/3 · Sub-sub-fonds · 15th-17th century
Part of York Civic Archive

This is a selection of the civic archive containing the records which are currently available for access only. Further historical and modern records will be added to this section as they are catalogued.

Lease

William Robinson to John Witty a messuage called the Thorne Tree in Castlegate and the place called the Cockpitt. Term: 21 years. Rent: £7 per annum. Conson: £65 7s 6d. The lessee was to pay the hearth tax and other assessments, and to repair the messuage. Signed and sealed by John Wittie. Attached. Bond, in £100, of John Wittie for performance of covenants.

YPS/5/2 · Item · [c. 17th century]
Part of Yorkshire Philosophical Society Collections

Includes a copy of ordinances 1417-1675, with a list of bretheren admitted 1675-1698. The ordinances appear to have been copied at a later date in at least two separate hands.

Many of the pages in the volume contain scribbles and rough notes. A note on the first page reads 'From Mrs Hannah Horne ...'. It is not clear what this note refers to.

Assignment

Robert Metham of Clyfton, Gent, to Thomas Gotherike of Clyfton. A croft in Clifton of an annual rent of 6d, containing ½ acre near James Hutchinson’s croft on the north and a croft in the tenure of John Wells on the south and in the west part, abutting on the Mylne Field on the east part and a small way on the west part; one acre of land worth 12d p.a. in the Town End Fields of Clifton, situated near William Robinson’s land. On both parts abutting on the Tofts on the west and a milestone on the north; and one acre of land in Foss Field of an annual rent of 12d. near the White Crosson the north part and the lands of Robert Weddell on the south and abutting on the highway on both parts. All the property was part of the manor of Acom and Holegate, part of the possessions of Edward late Duke of Somerset exchanged, and lately in the occupation of Thomas Gothericke. Conson. £20. Term. 57 years. Rent. 2s 6d p.a.

Mortgage
SWN/3/6 · File · 1 May 1700-2 May 1700
Part of Swann Family Papers

Mortgage for £650 and 1/- by Lease and Release. Joseph Thompson of Askham Richard, gentleman, for 1/- and Alderman Thos. Mosley of York, esquire (one of the executors of the will of Samuel Walker, late of York, gentleman) for the £650 to Wm Garforth

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Marriage settlement
SWN/3/7 · Item · 26 October 1700
Part of Swann Family Papers

Marriage Settlement by Release upon Trusts. Wm Garforth to Stephen Weelks, the younger of Ripon gentleman and Wm Chambers of Ripon, Alderman, trustees for marriage settlement of John Thompson of York, mercer and Margaret, his wife

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Further charge on mortgage
SWN/3/8 · Item · 7 November 1700
Part of Swann Family Papers

Further Charge of £100 on Mortgage for £650 ofJoseph Thompson of Askham Richard, gentleman to Wm Garforth of York, merchant. Manor of Askham Richard and appurtenances.

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Fine
GDC/430/4 · Item · 1700
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Between Maria Hesketh and Robert Samson and his wife Ann. Regarding one messuage in York for £100.

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Copy Partnership Agreement

Between 1. Sir Wm Robinson of Newby, Bart, 2. Robt. Squire of York, Gent, 3. Chas Bathurst of Clynt, Esq, Robt Byerley of Goldsbrough, Esq, Edw Bower, Wm Bower and John Bower, all of Bridlington Quay, merchants, Gregory Elsley of Kirkby Malzeaard, Gent., John Langstaffe of Crossbutts, gent., and Thos Langstaffe of Fremington, Gent. Paper. 7 sheets.

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Y/LEG/2/6/2 · Item · 6 September 1701
Part of York Civic Archive

Surrender between (1) Mayor and Commonalty of the City of York and (2) Jonathan Dryden Clerk Prebendary of Fridaythorpe for " . . . all that the manor or capital messuage called Tanghall parcel of the said prebend of Fridaythorpe with the appurtenances and also of a close of pasture called the Great Tanghall Fields of one other close of pasture called The Little Tanghall Fields and of one other close called Tong Greene . . ."

Y/LEG/2/6/4 · Item · 8 September 1701
Part of York Civic Archive

Lease between (1) Jonathan Dryden clerk prebendary of the prebend of Fridaythorpe and (2) the Mayor and Commonalty of the City of York and (3) William Blackbeard mercer and John Hevile mercer for a term of lives. Yearly rent £23. " . . . all that the said manor and capital messuage called Tanghall . . . and also all those closes called Great Tanghall Fields little Tanghall Fields and Tong Greene . . ."

Y/LEG/2/6/3 · Item · 8 September 1701
Part of York Civic Archive

Lease between (1) Jonathan Dryden clerk prebendary of the prebend of Fridaythorpe and (2) the Mayor and Commonalty of the City of York and (3) William Blackbeard mercer and John Hevile mercer for a term of lives. Yearly rent £23. " . . . all that the said manor and capital messuage called Tanghall . . . and also all those closes called Great Tanghall Fields little Tanghall Fields and Tong Greene . . ."

Y/LEG/2/6/5 · Item · 18 January 1702
Part of York Civic Archive

Lease between (1) John Peckett Lord Mayor of the City of York and the Commonalty of the same city and (2) Christopher Hutton and Matthew Bayock for nine years. Yearly rent £54.
" . . . all that the manour or capital messuage house called Tanghall parcell of the prebend of Fridaythorpe in the county of York with the appurtenances as also one close of arable meadow or pasture ground called the great Tang Hall Field also one other close of arable meadow or pasture ground called the little Tang Hall Field . . . together with the Tang Hall Green . . ."

Lease
GDC/231/5 · Item · 6 February 1702
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Lease of a farm at Thorp Green by Richard Mann of York, merchant to Richard Bilbrough and Thomas Clemishaw both of Thorp Underwood, yeomen.

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Release of equity
SWN/3/11 · File · 5 June 1702
Part of Swann Family Papers

Release of Equity of Redemption on above Mortgage for £1,000. Joseph Thompson to William Garforth. Also a bond concerning the above.

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Lease and release
SWN/3/12 · File · 5 June 1702-6 June 1702
Part of Swann Family Papers

Lease and Release for £1,000. William Garforth to John Thompson for life at peppercorn rent (sic). Manor of Askham Richard etc. Also includes bond in £500 for performance of above covenants.

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Release
SWN/3/13 · Item · 15 September 1702
Part of Swann Family Papers

Release for 10/- John Commins of the Middle Temple, London, gentleman and Samuel Walker of York, gentleman (for 5/-each) to Wm Garforth of York, merchant. Manor of Askham Richard.

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Draft lease and counterpart

Arthur, Lord Viscount Irwin in the Kingdom of Scotland to Sir William Robinson of Newby Bart, Abbot Mill Dam on the Foss, on the east side of the highway from York to Earsley Bridge, and the ground called Abbot Mill Dam Bank near the Foss, extending from the stone bridge near the dam northward to a close in the possession of Isaac Johnson of York, baker; and the ground called the Windmill Hill opposite the dam on the west side of the said land and adjoining a close belonging to William Robinson and in the tenure of Thomas Hawton, innholder. Term. 21 years. Rent. 12s. p.a. Endorsed not executed. Paper.

Release
MAS/7/5 · Item · 10 February 1703
Part of Munby and Scott, York solicitors

The document relates to land at Gate Fulford, York and is between Elizabeth Smith of York and Percival Winterscales of York.

Copy of a lease and release
GDC/169/1 · File · 15 September 1703-15 September 1703
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Attested copy of a lease and release of land from Catherine Dawson of York, widow, to William Garforth of York, merchant and Thomas Tyreman of York, gentleman. The properties in question were firstly; two messuages with outhouses, edifices buildings, barns, stables, tofts, crofts, garths and gardens thereunto belonging and also 19 ½ acres of arable meadow and pasture ground situate at Coneystropp and Clareton in the County of York. Secondly lease and release on one messuage in Skeldergate, as well as property and land in North Deighton. Also contains a document showing details of transactions of various properties.

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Lease and release
GDC/294/2 · Item · 21 September 1703-22 September 1703
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Lease and release by Mary Rhodes of London, spinster (daughter and heiress of Francis Rhodes late of York, upholsterer) and others to Charles Rhodes of York, gentleman. Relates to a messuage or tenement in Colliergate.

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