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2 images of bill of sale from the George Inn (landlord David Winn) totalling 2 pounds, 1 shilling, 1 pence for food and drink
Format: Black and white, 11 x 8
Provenance: Unknown

1 image of bill of sale from the Golden Punch Bowl, Stonegate (landlord Richardson) for drinks and tobacco, totalling 3 shillings 2 pence.

Sketch of the Green, possibly by Francis Place
Format: Black and white 14 x 9
Provenance: Unknown

Sketch of the Green, very similar to previous image.
Format: Black and white 14 x 9
Provenance: Unknown

Includes an 18th century image by Nathan Drake of the New Walk, as well as the Nicholas Street World War One Peace Party, the Nunthorpe Road Zeppelin bombing (1916) and Nunthorpe Hall.
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Includes details of the printers devil, ship's figurehead, plaques and street frontages.
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Includes images of Todd's Book and Print Warehouse, the Punchbowl, the Minster Gates and Mulberry Hall.
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Includes images of an unidentified mile post and the Jorvik Hotel (1977).
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Images of old Ouse Bridge including Drake, Cave, David Cox, Ridsdale Tate.
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Exterior views of York Castle area in the 18th century.
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One. Burton Constable, in Yorkshire, the Seat of Wm. Constable Esquire. Black and white engraving by G. [George] Barret R.A. pinxt, W. Watts sculpt. Published as the Act directs August 1st, 1779, by W. Watts, Kemp's Row, Chelsea. Two. Burton Constable. B

Black and white postcards of St. Maurice's Church and Monkgate.

Drawings from 1684 and 1783.

Contains information relevant to the development of the fire brigade in York from 16th century to the 1970s. Detailed information on the York City Police-Fire Brigade officers and events during 1939-1941.

Includes deeds from Nicholson to the York Corporation.

Steel plate depicting the letterhead of Cave, an engraver and printer. Dated '1732'.
Format: Black and white, 11 x 8
Provenance: YAYAS (Evelyn collection) no 1732

Includes images of the 'Bounds of Bishophill Junior', the old parsonage by Henry Cave, North Street passage, old cottages and the Viking Hotel.
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Includes a drawing from Francis Drake, Francis Frith photo (1885), images of the Jubilee (1935) and the River Ouse frozen in 1947 and 1981.
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Images of old Ouse Bridge including St. William's chapel, St. William Alabaster, Halfpenny, Girtin, Cave, Mann.
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Held by Sir Tancred Robinson of Mr Squire, £9 10s p.a.

For rents received for Lord Gratham and disbursements made.

By Nathan Drake.

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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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 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 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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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.

Bargain and demise from Gerard Bothomley of Westminster, gentleman to Dorothy Viscountess Dowager Downe. Plus counterpart of same date.

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Includes deeds relating to a messuage in Shambles (1706), one sixth of Manor of Poppleton (1746), Lord Mayor's Walk, Marygate, Colliergate and Minster Yard (1855).

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Includes manuscript sermons by Rev. Thomas Adam in his own hand. 'Thoughts on marriage with the unconverted', by Rev. W Richardson of York with a copy made by Lucy Gray.

2 copies.

Anthony Beverley to Thomas Pickering. Relating to two closes in Clifton called Town End Close and Farr Pittlands, containing 10 acres, in the several tenures of John Brown and John Lee, as security for the payment of £150 with interest on or before 28 July next. Reciting the agreement dated 12 Jan. last, (as in CLY/1/14/2). It was hereby agreed that all the property on which the fine was levied should henceforth be held by Thomas Pickering as security for the repayment of the said sum. Signed and sealed by Anthony Beverley.

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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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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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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Thomas Pickering, Esq., Alderman of York, and Anthony Beverley of York, Gent, to Sir William Robinson of Newby, Bart. and Metcalfe Robinson, esq, his son and heir, Town End Close and the Farr Pittlands containing 10 acres, in the tenure of John Brown and John Lee. Reciting the mortgage of 28 Jan, 1708 as in CLY/1/14/4, whereon the principal of £150 and £25 interest was yet unpaid. Conson. £175 to Thomas Pickering and £95 to Anthony Beverley. Signed and sealed by Thomas Pickering and Anthony Beverley.

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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Original manuscript manor court records for Acomb, Holgate and Clifton.

Includes deeds, with one document dated 1756 relating to Fishergate Postern.

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Includes disputes and discussions over what should happen to the land. There are also testimonies from workers such as the surveyor or the lock keeper on what has happened to the land, as well as opinions from town officials on what should happen, and a p

For land tax, window duty, poor assessment of Mint Yard, church dues and (17 Apr 1734) the rebuilding of Skip Bridge and transportation of felons, payable for Sir Wm. Robinson’s house in Blake Street.

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 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.

Marriage settlement between Jeremiah Horsfield of York, gentleman and Sarah Man, spinster.

Bundle 1 relates to property in Lopp Lane, whilst bundle 2 includes a Deed of Covenant relating to Peasholme Green and St Cuthbert's.

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Includes abstract of title, conveyance title deeds and other legal papers. Also Includes a complete list of the contents in the box.

Schedule of Mrs Ann Thompson's deeds. Two copies, only one signed.

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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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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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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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Black and white print of an original plan.

Contains information on the parliament that was held from 1722 until 7 January 1726. Printed by John Baskett. The book regards an Act for improving the Navigation of the River 'Ouze.'

Letter from William Sisson in Lisbon to Richard Ingham in Hull, officer of excise. It encloses a letter of attorney for the sale of his two houses in York.

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A number of documents about the early activity in the Assembly Rooms. Includes a photocopy of the 1729 list and account of interest and arrears with Subscription list of 1777, listing the 190 original subscribers and the present proprietors. Also includes a List of Nobility and Gentry appearing at the Assembly Rooms in the Race Week of 1776.

William Smelt and Francis Furby plaintiffs and John Myers and Catherine his wife deforcients. 2 copies.

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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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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.

Includes pictures of a York Minster Policeman; and the notice to apprehend Jonathan Martin.
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Bundle of notes extracted from undefined sources (M23/1) with extracts from the records of the Assembly Rooms. The notes start in 1730 with the purchase of Mr George Gibson's house on Finkle Street to enable a passage to be built for drains. Ends 1773 (marked as p155 of the original source).

Documents concerning the case of Serjeants Inn vs. the Dean and Chapter of York. Contains both demurrer and answers.

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 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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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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A report of negotations to settle the dispute with the Serjeants over Serjeants Inn on Fleet Street. Possibly in the form of a Diary.

Deeds relating to Masham House, many relating to lease of property by Trinity College Cambridge. Document of 1863 includes small plan relating to property/road changes.

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Accounts of the produce of Rowcliffe Ings and Unthank Close, estimates of the profits thereof, costs of foddering horses, summer pasture on the Manor Shore, amounts of manure let to Unthank Close.

Also includes covering letter.

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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Images of the Ouse in the city centre near Ouse Bridge.
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Legal documents. One relates to Micklegate in Selby.

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Elusive Virtuosi. Drawing from Drake's book (Eboracum?)
Format: Black and white, 17 x 17
Provenance: Francis Drake 1736

In 'York Historian', Old Market Place and All Saints Pavement etching.
Black and white print, 16.5 x 21.5 cms
Provenance: None
Duplicates: Yes
Type of item: Modern print of drawing, see Drake

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.

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.

2 copies.

Includes Terrier of Rentall of York and Acomb (1738), note of purchases made at York (to 30 December 1740), contents of land at York and Acomb (1740). Terrier of Rentall of York and Acomb (1746), Terrier of Clifton (1746) and Clifton Rentall (1746).

Original deed for land for Acomb Windmill along with printed transcriptions and additional notes.

Various deeds and supporting legal documents relating to the Redfearns factory site, Fishergate, York. Also includes a loose, boxed, wax seal. It is not clear which document this seal once belonged.

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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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.

Includes wills of William Smith (1740) and Thomas Wilson (copy, dated 1740); also purchase of Manor of Warthill by Joseph West, 1775.

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There are no surviving call books for the period 1758-1763.

Receipts for keeping Clifton Court. 11 receipts of Wm. Bowes for £1 1s. p.a. received from Sir Tancred Robinson for holding Clifton Court each Michaelmas.

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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Bundle of wills relating to York individuals, most likely lodged by clients of Gray, Dodsworth & Co.

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By John Haynes. One picture is missing.

Comprising mortgages, leases, conveyances and feoffment.

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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 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.

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 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.