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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.

Includes correspondence with various clients of Grays solicitors on a number of matters, as well as calculations regarding Mrs Menzies renewal of a lease, a complaint to the York Board of Health regarding Baynes, Duffill & Co, appeal against assessed taxes by Reverend M N Stone and receipts. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

The letter requests £2-3s-4d as Reserve Rent, and includes a receipt of payment.

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 complaint is about smoke caused by Baynes, Duffill and Co, Mahogany Merchants. Also includes their reply.

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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Legal papers relating to the Fairfax family.

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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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Four documents from the Charity Commission about Robert Fairfax’s School.

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Includes will of Henrie Raper of Pickhill, bond and mortgage bond of William Brass, and indenture of Thomas Condon of Kilwick. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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.

Includes one copy of a lease and one search of a lease relating to the premises. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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.

Includes leases and releases, mortgages, one conveyance and one receipt, relating to properties and land in Great Ouseburn. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Lease and release of Waterside Close in Great Ouseburn, between Richard Pick of Great Ouseburn and others to John Sharper of Great Ouseburn, farmer.

Lease and release of Waterside Close in Great Ouseburn, between John Sharper of Great Ouseburn, joiner and Jane Watson of the same place, widow, to William Barker of Great Ouseburn, yeoman.

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.

Conveyance by William Barker to Edmund Robinson of land at Great Ouseburn with an assignment of a term. The document is signed by Dorothy Atkinson of Ripon, widow, William Barker of Great Ouseburn, yeoman, Robert Tesseyman, servant to Mann Horsefield of Thorpe Green, esquire, Edmund Robinson of Thorpe Green, esquire and Thomas Atkinson of Thorpe Green, farmer.

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.

Includes deed of appointment, transfer of a mortgage, counterpart lease, probate of the will of Anne Croft and two conveyances, relating to customers of Grays solicitors. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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.

Includes copies of marriage settlements (one is a draft), declaration of trust, estimate of estate, memorandum, correspondence regarding clients, indenture and instructions to counsel in a legal case. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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.

Instructions to Counsel for Indictment in the case of Regina v. The Inhabitants of the Township of Stirton with Thorlby for the want of repairs of the road leading from Skipton to Gargrave. The instructions also include an accompanying document confirming that the length of the Keighley and Kendal Turnpike Road in the township of Stirton with Thorlby repaired by the Trustees (2572 linear yards, measured 15 February 1857 by Robert Bradley, surveyor). The document also contains two letters to W. Gray, Solicitor, York with instructions to lay information and to lay indictment.

The letters are contained in a wrapper with ‘per book post’ on the outside and addressed to Mrs Horner at Boston Spa Parsonage, Tadcaster. The package is marked ‘Mrs Laws settlement sent to Messrs King and son of Brighton July 18 1866’.

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

Includes abstract of mortgage and copy abstract of title relating to lands and property in Bilbrough in possession of William Agar, as well as abstract of title of William Waite Esquire to the Manor of Craike. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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.

Abstract of the title of William Waite esquire to the Manor of Craike in the County of Durham and to a freehold and copyhold estate there. The document goes back to 1710 and includes several family names; Thompson, Crofts, Sunderland, Seward, Spence, Sparrow, Groves, Lief, Coulson and Gillow.

Includes mortgage, further charge, recovery and release and reconveyance relating to Thorpe Green, in the hands of the Robinson family. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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.

Includes lease and release relating to land at Full Sutton, as well as probate of the wills of John Menzies and Hall Plumer. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Lease and release by Robert Quarton of Full Sutton, gentleman and Charity his wife, and William Catton of Fangfoss, yeoman, and Mary his wife, to John Ramsey of Beverley, gentleman. The document concerns two closes of land at Full Sutton.

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.

Legal papers relating to activities in the Coxwold area of Yorkshire.

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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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Assignment of 5 twelfth parts of rectories tithes and promises for the residue of a term of 20 years – John Horner of Louth Lincolnshire, clerk & George Horner of Easingwold, farmer & Jonah Horner of Kilburn, doctor of medicine & Fewster Robert Horner of Kingston upon Hull, doctor of medicine & William Solomon Horner of Kilburn, clerk to Joseph Smith of Wildon Grange, gentleman. Includes two other documents – 30 January 1830 Purchase agreement by Messrs Horner to Joseph Smith (2) 9 January 1832 Letter from William Smith of Wildon Grange to William Gray, solicitor.

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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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Includes copy marriage settlement, lease and release, copy of common recovery, mortgage, note regarding the will of Jerom Dring, surrender and schedules of title deeds. Many of the documents relate to property in Thorpe Green and Little Ouseburn. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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.

Lease and release between Sarah Horsfield of the City of York, widow of Jeremiah Horsfield deceased, and Mann Horsfield of York, their only son and heir of the first part and Solomon Fell of Castle Yard in the parish of Saint Andrews, Holborn, London, gentleman of the second part. The documents concern land in Thorp Underwood, Thorp Green, Kirby Cattall and the parish of Little Owesbourn alias Little Osbourne, also in Rusholme and the parish of Drax.

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.

Includes copy will of Mr Bowes, copy of the will of Ann Bowes of York, schedule of title deeds relating to Sergeant's Inn, Fleet Street, assignment of a messueage, deposit book for York Savings Bank, notice to quit, statutory declaration by Thomas Beale of York, memorandum and rental account. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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.

Includes correspondence received by William Gray, solicitor, as well as a note about interest on death, draft agreement relating to a property in Micklegate, demand note for Poor Rate, maps and a lease. These documents relate to various clients of Grays solicitors. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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.

The letter contains a draft deed of conveyance.

Includes a rough plan. The location is currently unidentified.

The property concerned is currently unknown.