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Contemporary copy of a charter dated 3 June 1664.

One volume:

1: 1664-1665

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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The note, which has been partially scored out, details lands in Clifton as part of the survey of 1665, compared with land in the area as at 31 December 1737.

Includes marriage settlement, letter of attorney, leases and releases, bond, indenture and legal papers relating to an oxgang of land in Snainton. Also includes probate documentation.

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John Smith of Snainton, gentleman & Francis Skelton, yeoman & William Nicholoson of Brompton, yeoman & Alice his wife & William Hutchinson of London, yeoman & Frances his wife &Elizabeth Laycock of Brompton to Richard Whitehead of Kilham, yeoman & Anne his wife. An oxgang of land in Snainton to the use of Anne the wife of Richard Whitehead in fee. On the outside is written 'Wm Dove writings'.

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Three accounts dated 23 Mar 1667, 25 Jun 1671, and 20 Mar 1670, detailsing weapons and arms in Clifford's Tower. Also includes an envelope addressed to Major C.D. Johnstone, formerlery York Castle.

The conveyance relates to messuages in Pavement, Coppergate, Layerthorpe and Castlegate.

Includes lease, indenture, lease and releases, mortgage, will of Elizabeth Colson, sale agreement and schedule of writings. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

Lease of a farm at Thorpe by William Mann of Thorpe, Charles Mann of Leeds, Nicholas Lister of Rigton and Thomas Williamson of York to George Wrightson of Thorpe.

Letter from Robert Mellish of the close of Lincolne, to Robert Hitch, Dean of York, regarding Sargeants Inn.

The answer of Robert Hitch, Doctor in Divinity, Dean of the Cathedral and Metropolitan Church of St Peters of York and Chapter of the same, defendant to the bill of complaint of Sir John Keeleinge, Knight and Lord Chief Justice of the court of Kings Bench, Sir Thomas Tirvill, Knight one of his Magesties Justices of his Magesties Court of Common Pleas, Sir Christopher, Knight one of the Barons of his Magesties Court of Exchequer, Sir William Wylde Knight, one other of his Magsties Court of Common Pleas, Sir John Maynourd, Knitght, his Magesties Serjeant at Law, John Fountain, Charles Halloway, Thomas Broome and John Serjeants at Law.

2 copies.

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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.

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.

Guy Marshall (son of Bryan Marshall, deceased) of Sicklinghall, husbandman, to Francis Thompson of Whixley, yeoman. Relates to a Mansion or dwellinghouse and lands at Thorp Underwood.

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Manor of Hatfield (near Doncaster). Robert Sedgwicke of Badsworth, gentleman, asks for land in the Manor and it was granted. Also includes an enlarged photocopy.

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Includes assignment, agreement, legal summons, lease, bills and other legal documents. Please see file level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Described by George Benson. 2 copies.

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'.

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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Includes:
E80a: 1670 volume relates to the Wapentake of the Ainsty
E80: 1671 volume relates to the City of York.
M30.22: Account for the year 1665 (Lady Day)
M30.23: Account for the year 1665 (Michaelmas)
M30.24: List for the City of York, 1670
M30.25: List for the Ainsty, 1671
M30.26: List for York and the Ainsty, 1674.

The conveyance relates to John Earnley of Alne, gentlemen.

By: Sanderson, Robert
London
Inscribed 'John Blake His Booke' together with [?] contemporary translations of epigraphical citations.

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Settlement of one oxgang of land in Snainton on the marriage of William Stubbs the yunger (son of Richard Stubbs of Snainton) with Jane Skelton, daughter of Frances Skelton of Snainton

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At present this collection only comprises one bundle of title deeds and associated documents relating to the Hardings premises at 26 and 27 High Ousegate, and 18 Coppergate.

Title deeds and associated documents relating to the Hardings premises at 26 and 27 High Ousegate, and 18 Coppergate. Also contains a small number of plans.

Includes invoice book, ledgers, property papers and plans, financial papers, photographs and glass plate negatives, examples of stationary, half-yearly catalogues, advertising signs and materials, fabric samples, printed books, papers relating to the incorporation of the company and its winding up, sales catalogues, legal papers, newspaper cuttings, third-party advertisements, Midland Bank coin bags, papers relating to the involvement of the Harding family with the Merchant Taylors Company, Econasign stencilling set and framed photograph of the premises under construction. Please see series level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this collection.

The conveyance relates to a messuage in Coppergate.

The conveyance relates to a messuage in Petergate.

The conveyance relates to a messuage in Petergate (near to Bootham Bar).

Lease between (1) William Ramsden, Lord Mayor of the City of York and the Commonalty of the same city and (2) William Clarke, draper, for a term of seven years. Yearly rent £66.
". . . all that capital messuage or tenement called Tang Hall and also all that close closes or pasture of ground called Tang Hall pasture . . ."

The conveyance relates to a house and garden in Petergate and Gillygate.

The conveyance relates to a house and orchard in Petergate and Gillygate.

William Rokeby of Ackworth Park in the County of York, esquire and Ann Sedgwick of Badsworth (executrix and widow of Robert Sedgwick her late husband). This document appears to be an inventory which states, among other things.

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Extracts from Archbishop's Papers at Bishopthorpe. This volume contains notes by a Vicar, Choral. Also includes a contract for York Minster organ, pew and great chair, and notes of books and papers lent by R. E. Smithson in 1882.

By: No author given
London
''With great diligence Revised and Amended, according to the excellent French Translation of Monsieur Arnauld D'Andilly.'

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History of York Waterworks Company.

History of York Waterworks Company.

History of York Waterworks Company.

The document includes a detailed history of the Bowes family.

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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.

Bundle of letters and papers relating to claim by the Dean and Chapter of York Minster under the will of Sir Arthur Ingham, for sum of money to provide candles to light the Minster.

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From the Evelyn Collection.

Black and white sketch.

The collection comprises a printed edition of John Guillim's 'Display of Heraldry' and correspondence and accounts relating to the business of William Peckitt.

The volume was owned by Peckitt, as a note in the front of the volume states it entered his collection in 1752. It would appear that Peckitt has hand-coloured the black and white heraldic symbols in Guillim's work.

For 12s p.a. rent paid by Sir Wm Robinson to Lord Viscount Irwin for a piece of waste ground, (Windmill Hill, Abbey Mill Bank and ground adjoining the Foss) for a highway. Includes a memo. 22 Oct. 1737 stating 'This rent is now paid by the town of Clifton'.

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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Includes leases, obligation, wills of Magdalen Carrack and Thomas Cass and bond. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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.

George Henlake of Nether Dusnforth to his son George Henlake of Branton Green of the Springs (11 Acres).

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George Wrightson of Upper Dunsforth, yeoman, and his eldest son George Wrightson to George Henlake of Branton Green of a close called Outwood (4 Acres) in Great Usburn.

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Indenture between Phillippe Herbert of York, alderman of the first part, Ralph Grange of Inner Temple, London of the second part ad Robert Waller of York gentleman.

The indenture relates to a messuage in Micklegate on the north side of the street in the parish of St John.

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Grant of administration of the estate of William Moore, to Ellena Moore, his widow. From the Court of Richard Sterne, Archbishop of York.

Includes grant of administration of the estate of William Moore, settlement by William Moore in favour of his daughter, deed of release, release of legacies and abstract of title. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

This seal relates to charter Y/ADM/1/1/50. Natural wax, on red and yellow laces. Condition: half seal wanting, remaining part badly cracked. Impression: indistinct. Noted in Birch, Volume 1, 620, p.68.

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Accounts of the sums received and paid on account of the Poor Folks, 1683-1692;
Entries of carriages required for the Kings Service on certain occasions between 1686 and 1691 (irregularly entered).

Sir Thomas Strickland of Sizergh, Westmorland, John Middleton of Stockhill, Yorkshire esquire and Jane, his wife (daughter of Sir Thomas Strickland) to Robert Dalton of Thurnham, Lancashire, esquire and Thomas Sheppard of Natland, Westmorland, gentleman.

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Pedigrees and documents detailing the family tree of the Gray family starting with Robert Gray.

Two views of Clifford's Tower. Black and white engravings from The Gentleman's Magazine Supplement of 1790 by J Tyson.

Black and white engraving from The Gentleman's Magazine Supplement of 1790 by J Tyson.

Colour drawing of Clifford's Tower with drawbridge and soldiers, from original held by York Art Gallery.

Includes sale documentation relating to properties, as well as mortgage and lease and release. Please see item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Sale by Henry Howlett of Holtby, clerk and Elizabeth his wife to George Gillman of York, Merchant Taylor and Agnes his wife. Relates to a messuage or tenement with a little garth and garden in Davie Gate. £30.

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The booklet is a short history of the convent.

Probate of the will of George Henlake senior of Moat Green Dunsford, yeoman.

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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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Includes demise, appointment by Thomas Johnson, sale and bargain and demise documents, release, lease and mortgage, copy of the will of Lady Dorothea Downe and other legal leases.

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Probate of the will of Margery Harrison of the City of York, widow and relict of Charles Harrison.

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Copy of the will of Sir Stephen Thompson of York. Will proved at York on 3 July 1692.

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Abraham Hellier, son of Joseph Hellier the elder of London, gentleman, receiving £16-13s-4d from Robert Rowland of London.