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Letters of Induction
GDC/131/5 · Item · 19 June 1892
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

The Archbishop of York confers the vicarage of Saint Olave's with Saint Giles on Reverend William Wallis Dodsworth after the resignation of William Croser Hey.

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GDC/93/12 · Item · 15 January 1892
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Deed of charge on freehold hereditaments and mortgage of copyhold hereditaments at Cawood for securing £800 and interest by Edwin Gray of York, gentleman and another to Henry John Ware of York, gentleman and others.

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GDC/416 · Series · 1687-1891
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Includes probates for wills, letters of administration, papers relating to residuary accounts, deeds of settlements, deeds of appointment and releases relating to a number of individuals. Please see item and file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Estate of Thomas Quinn
GDC/416/39 · Item · 2 November 1891
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Letters of Administration of the estate of Thomas Quinn, formerly of Haxby but late of Weaverthorpe both in the County of York, Station Master, who died on 29 June 1891 at 55 Freehold Street in the Borough of Kinsgston upon Hull, a widower without child or parent. Named executrix was his wife Anna Quinn, however she pre-deceased him. The estate was therefore transferred to Eliza Storry, widow, the natural and lawful sister and one of the next of kin of the deceased.

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William Henry Nicholson
GDC/92/16 · Item · 16 October 1891
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William Henry Nicholson formerly of Cawood but late of Clifton (died 12 February 1891) by will to Edwin Gray and Reverend James Paget Wright.

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Bundle of legal documents
GDC/237 · Series · 26 October 1773-5 March 1891
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Includes page of shorthand relating to Anne Paver, probate of the wills of Joseph Simpson, Anne Clapham and William Henry Nicholson, discharge from Miss Susannah Wormald, mortgage and marriage settlement. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Marriage Settlement trustees
GDC/98/3 · Item · 30 December 1890
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Appointment of Richard Beal and William Stork to be trustees of the settlement made on the marriage of Arthur Stork and Emily Beal.

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Deed of Appointment
GDC/416/16 · Item · 23 July 1890
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Deed of appointment of Thomas Fothergill Wilson Crawhall-Wilson, as a new Ttustee of the marriage settlement of Mr and Mrs George Crawhall dated 21 September 1863, in the place of Octavius Joseph Crawhall deceased.

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GDC/73 · File · 30 August 1839-2 April 1890
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Includes:
Grant of annuity, William Bradley and wife to Mr Richard Hornby, 30 August 1839;
Settlement on the marriage of Mr Richard Henry Feltoe with Miss Sarah Frances Hornby, 11 May 1852;
Mortgage of parcels of land in Heworth, Richard Hornby to Richard Henry Feltoe, 1 February 1858;
Mortgage of freehold land at Heworth and leasehold messuages and buildings in Bedern, Richard Hornby to Rocjard Henry Feltoe, 1 April 1871;
Transfer of mortgage on premises at Heworth, William Henry Cobb to Messrs John Frederick Augustus Coppen and Bannister Dent, 18 September 1872;
Conveyance in fee of several pieces of parcels of land in Heworth, Reverend R W Bilton Hornby DD to Henry Wilson, 1 May 1874;
Mortgage of three messuages or dwellinghouses at Heworth, Mr Henry Wilson to Mr Mark Relph, 28 August 1874;
Mortgage in fee of hereditaments, Mr Henry Wilson to Messrs George Seller and John Thomas Seller, 17 July 1875;
Reconveyance of a piece of land on Heworth Moor, Messrs J L Foster and W H Cobb and another to Mr William Bennett, 6 July 1877;
Appointment of new trustees under the marriage settlement of Mr Richard Henry Feltoe and Mrs Sarah Feltoe, 12 June 1879;
Transfer of mortgage and further charge on hereditaments at Heworth, Mrs Ann Relph and Messrs William Wood and Stephen Young to Messrs J Melrose, F J Munby and E Pulleyn, 19 November 1881;
Transfer of mortgage and further charge on hereditaments at Heworth, Mesrrs James Melrose, F J Munby, E Pulleyn and Henry Wilson to G Seller and J T Seller, 23 June 1882;
Release, Sarah Frances Feltoe and Frances E Baker to Messrs Richard Henry Feltoe and John Pattinson Guy, Trustees and Executors of Miss Ann Horby deceased, 1 July 1886;
Release, Mr Charles Brant and others to Mr R H Feltoe; 2 April 1890.

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Accounts
GDC/423/2 · Item · 1889
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Commission accounts dated 31st January 1889 and 29th September 1889, showing J.P.Guy in account with Harvey L. de Montmerency and Lingham.

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Eliza Mary Croft
GDC/65/10 · Sub-series · 1884-1889
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Papers relating to the death and estate of Eliza Mary Croft, including letters of administration.

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Probate of a will
GDC/416/43 · Item · 17 December 1889
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Probate of the will of Halley Plowman late of 23 Garden Street in the City of York, gentleman, who died on the 10th November 1889. Executors: John Nicholson and John Duffit Plowman, the nephews of the said deceased, and Robert Smith.

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GDC/65/10/3 · Item · 7 September 1889
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Letters of Administration de bonis non granted to Robert Wharton, the acting executor of the will of George Arthur Hutton croft who died 8 April 1889.

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Probate
GDC/417/36 · Item · 1 July 1889
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Probate of the will of William Todd late of Nunnery Lane in the City of York, draper, who died on 28th May 1889. Sole Executor: Ellen Todd Widow the relict of the said deceased.

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Appointment of trustees
GDC/95/2 · Item · 26 March 1889
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Appointment of new trustees of a term of 3,000 years created by the will of Sir Samuel Crompton (died 28 December 1848).

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GDC/6/8 · File · 1888
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Draft Inland Revenue affidavits and draft corrective affidavits regarding the estate of the Honourable and Reverend John Baillie deceased. The documents were sworn by Mrs Cecilia Mary Baillie (widow and relict) and Hugh John Baillie (son of the deceased), joint executors.

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Wills
GDC/405 · File · 1860-1888
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Bundle of wills relating to York individuals, most likely lodged by clients of Gray, Dodsworth & Co.

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GDC/6/2 · File · 1888
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Copy of the Schedule of Personal Estate in Scotland annexed to the Affidavit for Probate for John Baillie (see GDC/7/1). Sworn 25 October 1888. Also includes a letter dated 12 July 1900.

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Wills
GDC/401 · File · 1835-1888
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Bundle of wills relating to York individuals, most likely lodged by clients of Gray, Dodsworth & Co.

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Church Fenton
GDC/274 · Series · 1881-1888
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Includes papers relating to hereditaments at Church Fenton, and receipt for death duty following the death of Annie Hebblethwaite.

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GDC/102 · Series · 1747-1888
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Includes probates of John Harker, John Croft and the Reverend W Richardson, as well of letters of administration for H J Croft, mortgage and certificate of redemption. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information.

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Receipt for death duty
GDC/274/2 · Item · 19 November 1888
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Receipt for duty paid on the death of Annie Hebblethwaite who died 3 January 1882. Beneficiary is Louisa Wilhelmina Hebblethwaite.

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Probate
GDC/417/35 · Item · 14 September 1888
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Grant of probate of the will of Maria Hairsine who died 20 August 1888 formerly of 19 Walpole Street, Haxby Road in the City of York, spinster and late of 6 Brigg Street, York. Executors: William Henry Cobb and Edward Dosworth.

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Bundle of legal documents
GDC/222 · Series · 8 December 1798-2 May 1888
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Includes assignment, appointment, counterpart lease, mortgage, releases, list of charges, conveyance and probate of the wills of Slingsby Duncombe and Charlotte Thomson. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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GDC/94/4 · File · 16 April 1888
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Appointment in favour of Harry Yates Barker of Chester, gentleman of a sum of £10,000 to be raised after the death of Francis Henry Baker and Elizabeth his wife out of property composed in the marriage settlement dated 13 January 1858.

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Marriage Settlement
GDC/95/1 · Item · 16 April 1888
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Settlement on the intended marriage of Samuel Crompton of Woodend in the parish of Thornton le Street, esquire with Isabella Sophia Cathart, spinster being an appointment of a Rent Charge of £600 a year out of settled estates in the counties of Stafford.

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Bundle of legal documents
GDC/431 · Series · 18 March 1851-9 April 1888
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These legal documents were found during the course of cataloguing, and are not thought to have been listed elsewhere. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Security on settlement
GDC/94/3 · Item · March 1888
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Schedule of property at Preston on the Hill in the County of Chester proposed as security for the sum to be settled by Mr Barker.

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Disentailing deed
GDC/46/11 · Item · 11 February 1888
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Disentailing deed by Frances Kate Milner of 2 Albert Houses in Scarborough, spinster to Edwin Gray of York, gentleman. Part of the settled estates of Nathaniel Milner & William Nathaniel Milner.

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Milner and Jolliff families
GDC/46 · Series · 26 March 1794-11 February 1888
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Includes papers relating to members of the Milner and Jolliff families, including probate documents, agreements and grant paperwork.

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Bundle of documents
GDC/141 · Series · 2 September 1729-1887
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Includes assignment of bond and warrant of attorney, list of tenants from Easingwold Estate, letter from William Waite, schedule of title deeds and writings, valuation of the Hollings Grove Estate, extract from the will of William Beckett of Kirkstall Grange, draft abstract of title of William Waite, purchase contract relating to Crayke Castle, draft conveyance relating to Hollings Grove Farm, documents relating to the sale and purchase of the farm, and sketch of William Waite's estate at Easingwold. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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GDC/330 · Series · 1813-1887
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Includes conveyance of a fee farm rent, lease and release, lease and mortgage, lease and conveyance, reconveyance, mortgage and transfer of mortgage, relating to property in various streets in York city centre. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Provisions of will
GDC/61/3 · Item · 9 December 1887
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Direction by Emily Legard under the provisions of the will of her late father James Middleton Hall to Reverend Cecily Henry Legard of Healing Manor in the county of Lincoln & Emily his wife for raising & paying to her £4,500.

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Draft conveyance
GDC/141/9 · Item · 13 October 1887
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Draft conveyance relating to Hollings Grove Farm by Wiliiam Waite of Crayke Castle, Esquire, and his mortgage to Joseph Horatio Love of The Hawkhills, Esquire.

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Deed of release
GDC/420/72 · Item · 7 October 1887
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Deed of release on the winding up of the trusts of the will of the late Mrs Sarah Templeman made between the beneficiaries under the will of the late Sarah Templeman. This item is missing.

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GDC/420/75 · Item · 7 October 1887
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Deed of release and indemnity on the winding up of the trusts of the will of the late Mrs Sarah Templeman and made between the beneficiaries under the will of the late Mrs Sarah Templeman and John Craven and Thos. Jewison Jefferson. This item is missing.

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GDC/420/74 · Item · 7 October 1887
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Deed of release and indemnity on the winding up of the trusts of the will of the late Mr Simeon Templeman and made between the beneficiaries under the will of the late Mr S Templeman to Messrs J. Craven and T. J Jefferson.

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Probate of a will
GDC/420/86 · Item · 26 August 1887
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Probate of the will of Henry Overton, late of Clifton in the North Riding of the County of York, gentleman. Date of death 15 July 1887. Executors: John Walton and William Henry Cobb.

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Purchase contract
GDC/141/8 · Item · 25 August 1887
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Purchase contract of William Waite of Crayke Castle, Esquire, selling Hollings Grove Farm to Joseph Horatio Love of The Hawkills, Esquire.

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Probate
GDC/417/55 · Item · 29 July 1887
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Probate of the will and codicil of James Jebson late of the the City of York, Millwright. Executors: John Nelson (named in the Will) and Nathan Turner (substituted by the Codicil).

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Probate
GDC/417/37 · Item · 3 March 1887
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Probate of the will of William Biscomb late of Peckitt Street in the City of York, builder, who died 13 January 1887. Executors: John Biscomb, Thomas Biscomb, George William Biscomb the sons of the said deceased.

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Probate of a will
GDC/420/70 · Item · 17 February 1887
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Grant of probate of the will of Sarah Templeman formerly of Claremont Terrace in the City of York but lately of Thorne near Doncaster in the County of York, widow. Date of death 30th December 1886. Executors: John Craven and Thomas Jewison Jefferson.

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Probate of a will
GDC/420/55 · Item · 8 September 1886
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Grant of probate of the will of Mr Luke Thompson, deceased, late of the City of York, solicitor. Died 29 June 1886. Executors: William Thompson, son of the deceased and John Taylor.

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Probate of a will
GDC/420/19 · Item · 6 July 1886
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Probate of the will of Mrs Ann Elizabeth Smales deceased late of Bishophill House in the City of York, widow who died on 11th May 1886. Executors: William James Ware and William Henry Cobb.

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Appointment of trustees
GDC/46/10 · Item · 14 May 1886
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Order appointing trustees for purposes of the Settlement Lands Act & for payment into court of the purchase money regarding the settlement share of Frances Kate Milner, an infant.

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Copy will
GDC/6/1 · Item · 7 May 1886
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Copy will of the Honorable & Reverend John Baillie, Canon Residentiary of York Cathedral. Died 7 August 1888. Probate 14 November 1888.

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Probate of a will
GDC/420/51 · Item · 27 March 1886
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Administration of the will of Robert Gowland late of the City of York Gentleman. Died 2 March 1886. Granted to William Henry Cobb and George Brown.

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Bundle of legal papers
GDC/195 · Series · 10 October 1781-2 January 1886
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Includes copy conveyance, copy admission, leases, agreement, probate of the wills of John Croft and Susannah Flint, transfer of mortgaeg and trust account relating to William Gray esquire. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Wigginton
GDC/369 · File · 1885
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Mortgage of equity of redemption between Abell and Cattley.

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Probate of a will
GDC/416/7 · Item · 1885
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Probate of the will of Miss Mary Ann Westland formerly of Lowther Street The Groves in the suburbs of the City of York but late of Union Terrace in the said City of York, spinster. Will proved by York District Registry 27 September 1884. Sole Executor Robert Smith of Clarence Place in the City of York, Banker's Clerk. (See also GDC/416/8-9).

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Probate of various wills
GDC/243 · Series · 1833-1885
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Includes William Boswell, Thomas Smith, William Silversides, Elizabeth Hudson, Mary Hudson. Benjamin Dodswort, Thomas Dennison, Mary Dennison and Clare Dodsworth. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Bundle of legal papers
GDC/198 · Series · 1707-20 November 1885
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Includes draft declaration, accounts of the Moore family, correspondence regarding clients, receipt for legacy duty, schedule of title deeds and mortgage. The papers relate to various clients of Grays solicitors. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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GDC/416/10 · File · 2 September 1885
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Release Indemnity and Account re legacies: George Frederick Herring and others, Robert Smith, Emily Elizabeth Herring. Includes the birth certificate of Emily Elizabeth Herring; and a sealed envelope endorsed 'Copy Will of the late J. Westland'.

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Bundle of legal documents
GDC/258 · Series · 27 June 1774-25 August 1885
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Includes probate of wills, grants of administration, family details relating to the Fairfax family and succession duty papers. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Succession Duty
GDC/258/22 · Item · 25 August 1885
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An Inland Revenue account of the succession duty in real property of Guy Fairfax of Bilborough Hall upon the death of Thomas Ferdinand Fairfax.

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GDC/89/11 · Item · 10 April 1885
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Probate of the will of Reverend Thomas Charles Thompson late of Ripley in the County of York, Clerk. Executors: Frederick William Thompson, his brother and Albert Childers Meysey-Thompson, his nephew. Died 16 February 1885. Gross estate £6,393-12s-9d.

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Mary Dennison of Lilling
GDC/243/10 · Item · 10 April 1885
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Probate of the will of Mary Dennison late of Lilling in the County of York, spinster. Died 9 February 1885. Executors Albinus James Dennison and George Styan Dennison her nephews. Gross estate £2,993-8s-1d.

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Probate of a will
GDC/417/58 · Item · 3 February 1885
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Grant of probate of the will of Mr William Weatherill, deceased, late of No. 2 Grove Place in the City of York, compositor, who died on 18th January 1885 at the aforesaid address. Executors: Thomas Wilfred Weatherill the son of the said deceased, William Coates and Henry Doughty.

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GDC/68 · Series · 1823-1884
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Includes probates of the wills of Reverend Frances Metcalfe, John Smith of Otley, William Bennett, Philadelphia Francis Cayley, John Robert Mills, Egerton Vernon Harcourt and Richard Dennison.

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GDC/89/10 · Item · 30 December 1884
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Probate of the will and two codicils of Amelia Frances Thompson late of Moat Hall, Ouseburn, spinster. Executor Albert Childers Maysey-Thompson, esquire, her nephew. Power reserved of making the like grant to Thomas Charles Thompson, her brother.

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Bundle of property papers
GDC/253 · Series · 5 April 1806-8 November 1884
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Includes lease and release, lease for a year, settlement of the Brompton Estate, probate of the will of Edward Stillingfleet Cayley and order of exchange of land. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Death
GDC/65/10/1 · Item · 21 October 1884
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Died 21 October 1884 at 23 Esplanade, Scarborough leaving George Arthur Hutton Croft her only child and next of kin.

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Probate
GDC/417/16 · Item · 27 September 1884
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Grant of probate of the will of Ann Westland deceased formerly of Lowther Street, The Groves in the suburbs of the City of York but late of Union Terrace in the said City of York, spinster who died 25th July 1884 in the said City of York.

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Probate of a will
GDC/416/33 · Item · 9 July 1884
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Grant of probate and codicil of Mrs Elizabeth Lambert deceased, late of Dove Street in the suburbs of the City of York, widow, who died on 21 May 1884. Sole Executor: William Henry Cobb.

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Probate of a will
GDC/420/73 · Item · 26 June 1884
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Grant of probate of the will of Simeon Templeman, formerly of South View but late of Heworth Road both in the suburbs of the City of York, Gentleman. Date of death 12 March 1884. Executors: Sarah Templeman, widow and relict of the said deceased; John Craven and Thomas Jewison Jefferson.

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Probate
GDC/417/30 · Item · 19 May 1884
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Probate of the will of Isabella Serjeantson late of Heslington in the East Riding of the County of York, spinster who died 19 March 1884. Executors: The Rev. William James Serjeantson, clerk, the nephew of the said deceased and Frank Henry Eadon (in the will written Frank Henry Edon Esq.) formerly Major in the West Yorkshire Regiment of Militia.

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GDC/31/6 · Item · 29 March 1884
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Release by Evan Charles Sutherland of Skibo Castle in the county of Sutherland, esquire to the Executors of the late William Gray Esquire, deceased referring to the will of Ann Walker, deceased.

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