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Memoranda Book (A/Y)
Y/COU/1/4/1 · Item · c.1327-c.1547
Part of York Civic Archive

One of the two earliest city memoranda books. Detailed information on the contents can be found in the Giles Catalogue (1909)

Mayor and Commonality of the City of York
Memoranda Book (B/Y)
Y/COU/1/4/2 · Item · c.1372-c.1603
Part of York Civic Archive

One of the two earliest city memoranda books. Detailed information on the contents can be found in the Giles Catalogue (1909)

Mayor and Commonality of the City of York
Register book
Y/COU/1/4/3 · Item · c.1561-c.1681
Part of York Civic Archive

General register book, includes infomation on alienation of lands, city appointments, gild and ordinances, recusants and land. Detailed information on the contents can be found in the Giles Catalogue (1909).

Mayor and Commonality of the City of York
Register book
Y/COU/1/4/4 · Item · c.1482-c.1600
Part of York Civic Archive

General register book, includes orders, decrees, inquisitions, peitions, deeds, payment of fee farm. Detailed information on the contents can be found in the Giles Catalogue (1909).

Mayor and Commonality of the City of York
Register book
Y/COU/1/4/5 · Item · c.1578-c.1825
Part of York Civic Archive

General register book containing copies of earlier documents and original later documents such as orders, decrees, charters, gifts, acts. Detailed information on the contents can be found in the Giles Catalogue (1909).

Mayor and Commonality of the City of York
Y/COU/2/1/4 · Item · 20 June 1590
Part of York Civic Archive

Deed of conveyance from William Holdyard Esquire, Recorder of York, to the Lord Mayor, Sheriff and certain Aldermen of the House called the Guild or the Fraternity of Corpus Christi without Micklegate Bar with all lands and tenements belonging to the guild in the City and in Stamford Bridge and Buttercrambe parcel of the possessions of the same guild. Also one annual rento f £16 reserved out of certain lands (the other part of the possessions of the guild but sold to John Palmes Esquire by Indenture dated 20/6/1590).

Wardmote court book
Y/COU/3/11 · Item · c.1485-1497 and 1575-1586
Part of York Civic Archive

Proceedings of wardmote courts in the wards of the city including offences, penalties and fines. The first10 folios concen the years 1485-1497 (note these pages are imperfect and badly damaged in places). The bulk of the volume concerrns the years 1575-1586.

Freemen (Unreformed)
Y/COU/3/4/1 · Item · 1461-1502
Part of York Civic Archive

This register of weavers' apprentices commences in the reign of Edward IV (1461) and, with omissions, continues to 1502. This book is significantly decayed with many entries being illegible.

Freemen (Unreformed)
Castle Committee minutes
Y/COU/5/2/10 · Item · 1934-1945
Part of York Civic Archive

Concerning the Castle Museum and the municipal offices that were to be built in the castle area.

Castle Committee