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GDC/106/1 · File · 30 October 1531
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Indenture concerning Hall Field in Heworth. Indenture made between John Barton of Whenby in the County of York, esquire and Roger Geges, Citizen and Bower of the City of York. [Transcript]. Also shorter document in Latin with the same names and dates].

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GDC/354 · File · 17th century-1835
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Three bundles originally wrapped in brown paper with the following information written on the wraps: 1) 'Old Deeds belonging to Petergate House, but those in the bundle dated March 1822 are sufficient to show a good title'. Comprises c.34 items including Christopher Vint's will and administration. 2) Bundle with wrapper addressed to 'T.W. Preston, Solicitor, No.2 Stonegate, York.' and in same hand 'Petergate House, Old deeds'. Later hand adds 'Petergate and some Monkgate C17-C18.' 3) Bundle with wrapper written in pencil 'Petergate House Sold- 1875. J.H.Preston'. In ink on wrapper also 'Mrs Agar, Brockfield Hall'. Bundle comprises miscellaneous papers relating to the name of Preston and Agar.

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Bundle of legal documents
GDC/383 · File · 17th century-19th century
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Includes City of York Charter of nomination (fifth year of reign of King James) - handwritten in Latin; City of York: Abstract of Order 'to prevent all clandestine indentures Apprenticeship' in the city; copy of an Act concerning Common Recoveries suffered in Copyhold or Customary Courts by Attorney (17 July 1807); York Festival September 1823: handwritten note of numbers attending events in the Minster and the Assembly Rooms; poster for raising subscriptions for performance by Madame Catalani [c. 1828].

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Bundle of legal documents
GDC/432 · File · 17th century-18th century
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Four legal documents, three of which are in Latin. One is an indenture of fine between George Townend and Thomas Cordley and Ann his wife. These legal documents were found during the course of cataloguing, and are not thought to have been listed elsewhere.

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Acts and charters
GDC/375 · File · 1665-1721
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17pp handwritten in Latin and English Translation, dated '16 Charles Second'.. folio 10 refers to election of Sheriffs; folio 12 to election of an Alderman. Reverse of final page lists Acts dating from King George I and King George II concerning the River Ouse, and from King George II preventing abuses in weighing and packing of butter in the City. 1721/22 Act for the better preventing abuses committed in weighing and packing butter in the City of York. Printed with MS annotations.

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Leases, assignments etc
GDC/385 · File · 1670-1879
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Includes lease from Jackson to Agar 1670; lease from Agar to Ambler 1685; document relating to Mr Greenbury's marriage settlement 1697; contract Mr Cotton daughter (?) to Mr Greenbury 1709; assignment Greenbury to Agar 1717. Also includes a schedule of Title Deeds of a site in Micklegate belonging to Messrs Raines and Co., 1879.

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GDC/341 · File · 1679-1836
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Bundles 1 and 2 include a deed signed by John Carr, the architect as Lord Mayor of York (1770); also messuage in St Crux parish and another adjoining Layerthorpe Postern on the one side and St Cuthbert's churchyard on the other c.1757. Bundle 3 includes a document relating to the Punch Bowl public house (1814) which is also referred to in a document of 1836 (bundle 5). Bundle 4 comprises mainly leases and conveyances. A number of documents concern property held by the Dean and Chapter of York Minster. Two documents of 1833 are conveyances to the New Market Trustees / The Trustees under the New Market Act. Bundle 5 contains documents of 1836 refer to property on the corner of Jubbergate and Silver Street and in St Sampsons Square and Harthwaite Lane.

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Lease
GDC/231/1 · File · 10 June 1679
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Lease of Burton Farm and Hall Farm by Isabell Mann of York, widow and Robert Mann of London, apprentice, to Roger Dawson of Thorpe Underwood, yeoman. The file includes a scrap of paper with same details.

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GDC/358 · File · 1691-1923
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Includes deeds for Silver Street, Jubbergate, Starthwaite Lane, Thursday Market, New Market Trustees, Skeldergate area (includes rough plan (undated) of Thomas Fairfax to north of Skeldergate. Also shows adjoining property owners. Scale 240' : 1''). Also includes a document of 1691 regarding a peppercorn rent; marriage settlement 1814 (relates to Elephant and Castle Inn), documents relating to Spen Lane, land and property in parishes of St. Crux (1819); St John del Pike (1817); St.Sampson's parsonage house (1821), St. Leonard's Place (1815) regarding lease of the De Grey rooms; 17 St.Paul's Square (1923) schedule of documents handed over upon completion (from 1849); completion account (undated).

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Lease and obligation
GDC/231/3 · File · 13 November 1691
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Lease of a farm at Thorp Green Richard Mann of Rigton, merchant to Richard Bilbrough of Whixley, husbandman previously occupied by George Wrightson. The file includes an obligation document.

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GDC/380 · File · 1695-1785
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Includes 1695 release relating to Monk Bar Without. Also includes documents concerning the marriage settlement of Elizabeth Coppendale; Weightman/Preston /Lavorate(?) marriage settlement 1705; documents relating to property (names mentioned include Robinson, Preston, Dove). Preston document 1753 relates to Preston's Monkgate Brewery.

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Bundle of legal documents
GDC/388 · File · 1698-1836
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Folder includes 1698 document relating to Heworth with signatories Cranbrook, Thweng and Agar; 1758 and 1760 Mortgage Bonds of Thomas Smith and Agnus Smith; 1765 - 1836 list of Vicars of Acomb; 1806 proof of sale J. Munby to Robert Cattle; 1833 Osbaldwick and near - land sold to George Hudson; undated, brief of a depostion v. Thomas Beuamont in the suit before the Council at York (relates to Selby and Wistow); undated, plan of Mrs Creamer's Estate (Hull Road); undated, Hull Fields plan (Matthew Oates and Son, architects).

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Copy of a lease and release
GDC/169/1 · File · 15 September 1703-15 September 1703
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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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Bargain and demise
GDC/60/6 · File · 5 November 1703
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Bargain and demise from Gerard Bothomley of Westminster, gentleman to Dorothy Viscountess Dowager Downe. Plus counterpart of same date.

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Deed
GDC/309/3 · File · 15 September 1707
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Hannah England of York, widow to William Preston of York, inn holder and Joseph Booth of York, brewer. Messuage in Fossgate. Includes a bond for £40.

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Bundle of legal documents
GDC/371 · File · 1708-1907
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Includes two fragments on parchment (undated); document dating back to 1708 concerning Willian Parratt and his sons [of Selby?]; probate of the will of Peter Rymer of York (1841) and associated documents (1852 and 1871); draft reconveyance documents (1906 and 1907).

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Bundle of legal documents
GDC/378 · File · 1710-1834
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Includes brief for Commissioners in the 'matter of Edward Horsman, gent a supposed lunatic'; Miss Dorothy Wilson's will and codicils (1710 and 1716); George Burnell of York, Spirit Merchant Assignments.

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GDC/360 · File · 1711-1792
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Deeds relating to Thursday Market; some relating to Kings Head Inn, Blue Bell Inn (1774-1792); Swinegate, Patrick Pool and Jubbergate (1795); malt kiln and premises in Walmgate and Clifton, 1762-1847. Also includes a marriage settlement for Hartley/Todd (1772).

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Walmgate
GDC/365 · File · 1714-1799
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Includes deeds, with one document dated 1756 relating to Fishergate Postern.

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Lease and release
GDC/226/2 · File · 10 March 1717-11 March 1717
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Lease and release by Isabella Brown of Pole Spring in the Parish of Little Usburne, spinster, to John Read of York, gentleman. Selling Marshall Close in Thorpe Underwood for £136-1s-0d.

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Lease and release
GDC/228/3 · File · 25 March 1720-26 March 1720
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Lease and release by Abram Bell of Great Usburne, husbandman and Elizabeth his wife, one of the daughters of Elizabeth Fountain, late of Tollerton deceased, to Anne Colston of York, widow for £120.

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GDC/347 · File · 1723-1832
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Includes an extract from the Osbaldwick Enclosure Award (1772); documents relating to property in Clifton, Shambles, Walmgate and Fulford (1723), property in Strensall including an Abstract of Title (1723-1793).

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GDC/345 · File · 1724-1897
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Deeds and correspondence. Includes two deeds concerning a messuage formerly in possession of Lord Widdrington (1725) and parcel of land near the Deanery (1825); deeds and correspondence relating to the Treasurer's House and Gray's Court, parties include Jacques Sterne, Francis Topham and William Gray; plans of house in Minster Yard and Petergate of William Hudson for road widening (1839).

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GDC/344 · File · 1724-1859
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Includes a 1813 deed concerning a messuage and land near Scarcroft Lane; a 1818 deed concerning a rampart and right of way over it adjoining Monk Bar; 1859 document concerning a butcher's business in North Street and messuages (No.17 and 18 Albert Street). Transcript of 1724 deed available.

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Indenture of Fine
GDC/288/2 · File · 1729
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William Smelt and Francis Furby plaintiffs and John Myers and Catherine his wife deforcients. 2 copies.

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GDC/141/1 · File · 2 September 1729
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Assignment of bond and Warrant of Attorney regarding Hollings Grove Farm in the parish of Easingwold by William Hauxwell of Bedale, tobacconist, and his wife Anne, and William Brass of Great Langton, yeoman, to James Bishoprick of Brumpton on Swale, malster. Includes two copies of a judgment in Latin.

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Letters and notes
GDC/175/9 · File · 1730
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A bundle of letters and notes. A copy of Act of Parliament 22 Char 2 Chapter 11 Section 80. A document in latin. Fourteen letters dating between 23 February 1730 and 5 November 1730. A copy of the judgment in the case of Halloway vs. Watkins. A note referring to Brodsworth and other chantries. A Bill of 24 Decmeber 1670. An abstract of a title. The notes on a property lease.

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Deed of annuity
GDC/310/2 · File · 11 September 1730-12 September 1730
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William Sisson late of Hessle and now of Kingston upon Hull, master and mariner and John Overton of Danthorpe, yeoman and Sarah his wife and Richard Ingham of Kingston upon Hull, gentleman and Ann his wife to Thomas Fox of York, silk weaver. Two messuages in Fossgate and a yearly annuity. £140. also an attested copy of the same.

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Mortgage
GDC/294/4 · File · 8 April 1731
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Mortgage by Mary Rhodes, widow of Charles Rhodes late of York, goldsmith and Ann Rhodes and Gertred Rhodes both of York, spinsters, to Richard Yoward of York, gentleman. Relates to a messuage or tenement in Colliergate. Two copies: one signed by the Rhodes family and one signed by Yoward.

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Wills
GDC/407 · File · 1732-1872
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Includes deeds referring to a close near St Nicholas Church; Ricall; Fulford; Patrick Pool; Goodramgate; Girdlegate (Inn); Aldwark; Jubbergate; and Micklegate Bar Without.

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Assignment
GDC/31/1 · File · 13 February 1734-21 March 1786
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Assignment of Eastallgarth in the County of York by William Hick of Sculcoates, gentleman (administrator of Elizabeth Clough late of Beverley widow, deceased) to Robert Hudson of Beverley, esquire & Elizabeth his wife. Enclosed with this deed is (1) an Indenture dated 13 February 1734 between John Fox of Otteringham, yeoman to Thomas Clough of Beverley, apothecary, being Deed of Feoffment of piece of ground in Beverley (2) Bond dated 9 September 1775 of Francis Boynton of Cherry Burton, esquire bound to Elizabeth Clough of Beverley for £500.

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GDC/426/9 · File · 7 March 1737-1836
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Includes conveyance to Mr Samuel Waud of a house in Micklegate, agreement about stopping up windows, conveyance of a house in York from Mr Robert Bower to Matthew Chitty St Quintin Esquire, extract from the will of Matthew Chitty St Quintin Esquire, will of Willia Taylor deceased, land tax certificate in the name of William Taylor Esquire, abstract of title to a messuage in Micklegate previously belonging to William Taylor Esq, release of a messguage in Micklegate, conveyance of one undivided eighth part of a dwellinghouse in Micklegate, extracts from wills and supplemental abstract of title.

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Lease and release
GDC/229/5 · File · 15 March 1737-16 March 1737
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Lease and release of lands in Great Usburn by (1) Isabell Surr of Great Usburn in the County of York widow, George Hall of Thorp Woods in the County of York, yeoman and Isabell his wife, Thomas Jackson of Low Dunsforth yeoman and Dorothy his wife, William Deighton of Moor Monkton yeoman and Sarah his wife, Margaret Simpson of Great Usburn widow to (2) Sarah Horsfield of York, widow.

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GDC/101/8 · File · 18 May 1739
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William Buskill of Scarborough to John Lazenby of Huntington, yeoman. Court record of transfer of land in the Manor of Strensall. (Also records for: 45th year George III: land and property in parish of Kirk Deighton; 53rd year George III; and other lands.

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Baker family
GDC/426/1 · File · 1740-1928
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Includes abstracts of title, conveyances, probate documentation, mortgages and other legal papers relating to the Baker and Ventress families. Full list of the contents is inside the first box.

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GDC/310/3 · File · 15 March 1742
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Probate of the will of Thomas Godson late of York, flax dresser. Sole executrix: Mary Godson his widow. Includes two receipts for legacies in 1749 and 1750.

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Wills
GDC/403 · File · 1743-1859
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Bundle of wills relating to York individuals, most likely lodged by clients of Gray, Dodsworth & Co.

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Legal papers of Ralph Yoward
GDC/429 · File · 1743-1745
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Yoward was the defendant's attorney in the case of George Skelton Esqire, plaintiff and William Plowman, defendent. The case was one of damage to the close of Mr Skelton called Ace House Garth.

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Lease and release
GDC/215/2 · File · 27 April 1744-28 April 1744
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Lease and release by William Atkinson the elder of Whixley, gentleman to William Atkinson the younger of Whixley his eldest son, of a property in Whixley and Thorpe Underwood on the payment of £20 per year.

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GDC/340 · File · 1748-1865
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Comprising mortgages, leases, conveyances etc. Also, in bundle two is an extract from the will of George Green (1818) and copy of probate of the will of Robert Hodgson, (1821).

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Lease and release
GDC/230/6 · File · 1 January 1748-2 January 1748
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Lease and release between Sarah Horsfield of York, widow and relict of Jeremiah Horsfield and Mann Horsfield of York, esquire and Solomon Fell of Castle Yard, London. The documents deal with properties in Thorp Underwood, Thorp Green, Kirby Cattall and the parish of Little Ousebourn and in Rusholme and the parish of Drax.

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Lease and release
GDC/210/2 · File · 1 January 1748-2 January 1748
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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.

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Wills
GDC/386 · File · 1750-1846
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Includes an examined copy of Henry Garbutt's will (St.Denys' Parish); probate of the will of Ann Beckwith; and assignment devised under the will of the late John Roper.

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Lease and release
GDC/59/11 · File · 19 July 1753-20 July 1753
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Lease and release by William Stubbs late of Scarborough but now of Harwood Dale in the parish of Hackness, yeoman & Ann his wife & others to John Cayley of Swine Brompton, clerk of an oxgang of land in Snainton. Also probate of will of William Stubbs

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Deed and seal
GDC/276/1 · File · 1754
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Deed with seal in a tin box attached. Recovery between the parties Thompson, Jackson, Myers and others.

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Lease and release
GDC/314/1 · File · 21 July 1756
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Lease and release by Butler Burton of York, grocer (only son of Ann Midgeley late of York, deceased) to George Hutchinson of Maunby, gentleman. Messuage or tenement in Fossgate. £105. Includes a bond for the performance of covenants.

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GDC/90/8 · File · 1759
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Final agreement between Joseph Simpson, plaintiff and Edward Turner and Jane his wife and Robert Silversides and Elizabeth his wife and Dinah Bell, spinster, deforcients. The agreement relates to lands in Stillingfleet. 2 copies.

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Bundle of jottings
GDC/233/2 · File · 1760-1780
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Jottings on various properties in Ouseburn area. The file includes Abstracts of Title from at least 1616, a title and draft deed referring to Fabrans, a short history of the Cass family as well as other sheets which include many crossings out and notes in the margins.

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Wills
GDC/400 · File · 1760-1819
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Bundle of wills relating to York individuals, most likely lodged by clients of Gray, Dodsworth & Co.

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Bundle of legal papers
GDC/426/8 · File · 1761-1 July 1901
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Includes extracts from the register of St James' Parish in Westminster, abstract of title relating to a messuage outside Micklegate Bar, copy of The Times (21 June 1827), copy of The Times (25 June 1827), copy of the Newcastle Courant (23 June 1827), note relating to Mr Collins legacy, appointment of Trustees for a marriage settlement of Reverened Francis Simpson and Anne his wife, settlement made on the marriage of The Reverend William Hague Barnby and Miss Mary Elizabeth Chalmers Francis, and Chinese Imperial Guaranteed bonds.

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Deed and seal
GDC/276/2 · File · 1761
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Deed with seal in a tin box attached. Recovery between the parties Jackson, Addison the Elder, Addison the Younger and his wife.

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Lease and release
GDC/226/4 · File · 26 March 1761-27 March 1761
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Lease and release by William Read of Sand Hutton, Esquire, (cousin and heir of John Read, deceased) to Mann Horsfield of Thorp Green, Esquire. Selling Marshall Closes for £270.

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Lease and release
GDC/203/1 · File · 19 October 1764-20 October 1764
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Lease and release of Waterside Close in Great Ouseburn, between Richard Pick of Great Ouseburn and others to John Sharper of Great Ouseburn, farmer.

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Final agreement
GDC/40/4 · File · 1765
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Final agreement between Charles Slingsby and Thomas Collins & Mary his wife concerning said Advowson and premises. Appears to be 2 copies.

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Indenture of fine
GDC/277/4 · File · 1766
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Indenture of fine by Edward Addison and Mary his wife to Thomas Norfolk, gentleman. Two copies.

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GDC/413 · File · 1766-1862
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Copies and exracts from of wills; letters of administration and notes of burials. Primarily relates to York wills (in the names of Bilton; Buckle; Clough; Fisher; Griffith) and two relating respectively to County of Lancaster (James Clough) and County of Buckinghamshire (William Levi).

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Lists of copyhold rentals
GDC/424/2 · File · 1768-1929
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Includes:
Copyhold Rentals 1768 - List of Poppleton Quit Rents
Copy of Tithe Rent List - 07.05.1776
Copyhold Rentals 1790
Copyhold Rentals 1817
Copyhold Rentals, undated, x 2
Copyhold Rentals 1863
Copyhold Rentals 1878 x2
Copyhold Rentals 1896
Copyhold Rentals 1899
Copyhold Rentals 1902
Copyhold Rentals 1905 x2
Copyhold Rentals 1908
Copyhold Rentals 1911
Copyhold Rentals 1914
Copyhold Rentals 1917
Copyhold Rentals 1920
Copyhold Rentals 1923
Copyhold Rentals 1929

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Lease and release
GDC/228/7 · File · 22 June 1769-23 June 1769
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Lease and release of Sykes Close in Thorp Underwood by Isaac Webster of Thorp Underwood and Ann his wife to Mann Horsfield of Thorp Green, esquire for £300.

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Bundle of correspondence
GDC/233/1 · File · 1770-1772
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Correspondence between Mr Yoward, attorney in York and others about the delay in handing over monies due to legatees on completion of sale of the estate at Little Ouseburn. The documents also arranging for a meeting of legatees and Mann Horsfield on behalf of others.

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Lease and release
GDC/223/6 · File · 28 March 1770-29 March 1770
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Lease and release of lands in Great Ouseburn by George Charnock of Wakefield, merchant to Mann Horsfield of Thorp Green, esquire.

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Lease and release
GDC/315/5 · File · 22 June 1770-23 June 1770
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Lease and conveyance by Thomas Fox of York, silk weaver to Thomas Weatherillof York, carpenter and joiner and Mary his wife. One messuage or tenement with the appurtencances in Fossgate.

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Copy deed
GDC/223/1 · File · 24 September 1770
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Deed in Latin held by the See of Chester, in which Thomas Drenton, the abbot of Egleston Abbey, grants property in Great Ouseburn to Sir John Watersonne vicar of the parish church there and his successors. The document is a copy of an original from 1537.

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Lease and release
GDC/224/9 · File · 11 May 1773-12 May 1773
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Lease and release by Ann Parker of Helperby, widow, and John Dewes of Marton cum Grafton, bachelor, to Mann Horsfield of Thorpe Green, Esquire. The document relates to three closes called Springs in Great Usburn [Ouseburn].

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Lease and release
GDC/203/2 · File · 4 April 1774-5 April 1774
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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.

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Lease and Release
GDC/225/15 · File · 12 May 1774-13 May 1774
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Lease and release for £1,305 by Thomas Peirse of Peirse-burgh in the Parish of Kirklevington, Esquire, (nephew of Grace Staines, deceased) and Constance his wife and Edmund Lodge of Leeds, merchant, and Grace his wife (niece of Grace Staines, deceased) to Mann Horsfield of Thorp Green, Esquire. Lands at Thorpe Underwood.

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Lease and release
GDC/224/10 · File · 14 May 1778-15 May 1778
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Lease and release of a messuage and premises at Great Ouseburn by Robert Lakeland of York, gentleman, and John Pullein of Thorp Underwood in the parish of Little Ouseburn, yeoman (son and devisee under the last will and testament of John Pullein late of Great Ouseburn in the County of York, labourer, deceased) and Elizabeth his wife to Mann Horsfield of Thorp Green in the parish of Little Ouseburn in the County of York, Esquire.

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Mortgage
GDC/163/1 · File · 11 July 1780
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Mortgage of an estate at Great Ouseburn in the County of York by Mann Horsfield of Thorp Green, Esquire, to Ambrose Gray of Thornton Bridge in the County of York, gentleman, for £1,700. 2 copies.

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Deed
GDC/272/11 · File · 1781
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

William Bilton, gentleman plaintiff v Thomas Dickinson and Susannah his wife deforcients. One third part of one messuage one cottage one curtlage and one garden and of common pasture for all cattle and common of Turberry in York. 2 copies.

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Lease and conveyance
GDC/272/13 · File · 12 July 1782-13 July 1782
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Lease and conveyance for £230 by Jane Wood of Leeds, spinster and Sarah Wormald of Leeds, widow and others to William Bilton of York, mercer and wool draper. Messuage dwelling house or tenement with apurtenances in or near Blake Street.

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GDC/417/70 · File · 27 August 1782-24 July 1816
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Bundle of documents endorsed, including wills of Miles Akid, Elizabeth Akid and Mr Harper. These appear to be: 1) Probate of the will of Miles Akid (Ale draper) (1782). Executrix: Elizabeth Akid his widow and relict. 2) Probate of the will of Elizabeth Akid (1808). Executrix: Martha Benson, wife of James Benson, formerly Martha Mollett. 3) Copy of will of Mr Harper (1816).

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Lease and release
GDC/179/2 · File · 11 May 1784-12 May 1784
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Lease and release of a messuage and lands at Great Ouseburn, with covenant to levy a fine. The documents are between William Benson of Ripley, gentleman and only son and heir of the late Edward Benson, who was a son of Peter Benson, and Mary his wife to Matthias Skilbeck of Healaugh, farmer.

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