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Affadavit and correspondence
GDC/420/89 · File · 24 March 1945
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Inland Revenue Affadavit of Benjamin Dodsworth and correspondence concerning the affairs of Jane Dodsworth, deceased, who died 6 March 1945. Copy will also enclosed.

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York Gas Bill
GDC/418/2 · File · 1936
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Bundle of copies of 'York Gas. A Bill as amended in Committee). The bill was 'To confer upon the York Gas Company powers with reference to the making of provision for supplies of gas in certain cases and for other purposes.'

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York Gas Bills
GDC/418 · Series · 1935-1936
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Includes details of the House of Commons session 1936, minutes of proceedings and copies of the bill.

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GDC/39 · File · 1931
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Documents relating to an auction sale in Leeds of freehold properties known as 6 and 10 Grosvenor Place in the City of Leeds - Vendor George Shann. Comprises contracts for sale and purchase, abstracts of title and also relating to freehold properties known as 10 Grosvenor Place and 14 Grosvenor Place, Leeds, together with file of correspondence (Note - No sale was effected).

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Schedule of deeds
GDC/41/3 · Item · 3 October 1929
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Dean Duncombe’s Trust – duplicate schedule of deeds and documents handed to Messrs. Trower Still & Co relating to various properties.

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Lists of York Sheriffs
GDC/419 · File · 1928-1939
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Bundle of printed documents entitled 'List of Sheriffs and under Sheriffs Deputies and Agents etc.'

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Envelope of papers
GDC/240/11 · File · 1928
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Envelope of papers relating to the trust of Mrs Elizabeth Clifton as well as the payment of estate duty payable on the death of Miss Laura Willis who died on 14 May 1928 age 95. Under the will of Elizabeth Clifton of Barton Lode she was entitled to an income of £1000.

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Probate of a will
GDC/415/1 · Item · 12 October 1925
Part of Gray, Dodsworth & Cobb, York solicitors

Grant of Probate of the will of The Right Reverend Robert Jarratt Crosthwaite of Bolton Percy in the Ainsty of the City of York, formerly Bishop Suffragan of Beverley, who died on 9th September 1925. Executors: Robert Crosthwaite the son of the deceased and Cecil Henry Cobb.

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Transfer of mortgage
GDC/410/1 · Item · 1925
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Draft transfer of mortgage of copyhold hereditaments situate in the township and part and parcel of the Manor of Helperby in the County of York.

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GDC/410 · Series · 1925-1926
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Includes draft transfer of mortgage, file of correspondence, deed of surrender (draft) and duplicate schedule of deeds. Please see file and item level descriptions for more detailed information about the contents of this series.

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Vacation of pension
GDC/415/3 · Item · 18 August 1923
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Declaration of vacation of pension under the provisions of 'The Incumbents Resignation Acts 1871-1887', relating to the The Right Revd. Robert Jarratt Crosthwaite, D.D.

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GDC/415 · Series · 1923-1925
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Includes probate of the will of The Right Reverend Robert Jarratt Crosthwaite of Bolton Percy, legal correspondence and vacation of a pension. Please see file and item level descriptions for more information about the contents of this series.

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GDC/104/8 · Item · 24 September 1920
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Probate of the will of Henry Blain of Ryecroft, Severus Avenue, Acomb in the Ainsty of the City of York. Executors: Violet Maud Woollons the daughter of the deceased (wife of Thomas Henry Woollons) and Thomas Thompson. Died 1 August 1920.

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York wills
GDC/392 · File · 1920-1921
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1819: Probate and five codicils of Mrs Mary Burgh; 1823: probate of the will of John Fothergill; 1920/21: letters of administration to the estate of Mrs Elizabeth Blair.

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Bundle of receipts
GDC/435 · File · 1 October 1919-1923
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Three receipts relating to stock, shares and the railways. Only one has been conclusively identified, and is in the name of Mrs M E Webber.

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Papers relating to sale
GDC/67/3 · Item · 4 September 1919-9 September 1919
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Plans, particulars and conditions of sale of the Kirby Hall Estate of about 3,6000 acres between York and Boroughbridge.

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GDC/67/1 · Item · 3 September 1919
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Contract for the sale of Kirby Hall and other hereditaments (about 2,533 acres) by Lord Knaresborough to Thomas Clayhills Henderson of Darlington, esquire, and John Todd of Northallerton, land agent.

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Estate Duty
GDC/81/9 · Item · 3 February 1919
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Inland Revenue form concerning Estate Duty. Form to be returned to Dublin.

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Kirby Hall Estate
GDC/67 · Series · 1919
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Includes contract of sale for Kirby Hall, contract of sale for hereditaments at Marton-cum-Grafton and papers relating to the sale.

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Inland Revenue accounts
GDC/81/7 · File · October 1918
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Inland Revenue Accounts for the succession to personal property where the Possession Duty is payable on capital.

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Lists of trustees
GDC/81/6 · Item · September 1918
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One single page listing: Trustees of Major E.T. O'Kelly Webber's settlement; Trustees of Mrs Gibbs' marriage settlement; Trustees of Mrs. Coote's Marriage settlement.

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GDC/101/9 · Item · 18 April 1918
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Admission out of court of Francis Nathaniel Creswick of Sheffield, solicitor, now a Captain in His Majesty's Army stationed at Malta as the son and heir of Sir Nathaniel Creswick, deceased.

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Valuation of jewellery
GDC/81/5 · Item · 31 December 1917
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Valuation of jewellery, the property of the late Mrs. E.M.Webber carried out by Bennett and Son, 6 Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin. Total £463- 16s-6d.

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Probate of Emily Stork
GDC/98/5 · Item · 4 December 1917
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Probate of the will of Emily Stork, late of Holly Lodge Station Avenue Bridlington in the County of York, widow. Died 5 June 1917. Gross value £964-5s-0d. Many members of family mentioned.

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Death certificate
GDC/81/4 · Item · 23 July 1917
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Original death certificate for Matilda Emily Webber, who died of cardiac disease on 18 July 1917, widow, age 75.

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License
GDC/81/3 · File · 1917
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License to purchase a Motor Spirit booklet, plus notes and cheque.

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GDC/99/10 · Item · 30 December 1916
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Release by Sir George Everard Cayley Bart of Tempe Woodbridge in Suffolk to The Right Honourable Francis Baron Derwent formerly Honourable Francis Johnstone of Hackness.

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Draft Indenture
GDC/99/8 · Item · 1916
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Draft indenture between Sir George Everard Arthur Cayley Bart of Tempe Woodbridge in Suffolk to the Right Honourable Francis Baron Derwent formerly Honourable Francis Johnstone of Hackness.

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GDC/99/6 · Item · 1916
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Copy and draft conveyance of freehold hereditaments and premises known as 'The Keeper's Cottage' and 'The Brickyard Field' at Brompton in the County of York by Sir George Everard Arthur Cayley Bart and the Mortgagees of his settled estates to Agnes Green.

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GDC/99/7 · Item · 1916
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Draft Conveyance of a piece or parcel of freehold land containing 2.031 acres at Brompton in the County of York by Sir George Everard Arthur Cayley Bart and his mortgagees to Agnes Green, wife of John Albert Green of Brompton Stud Brompton, horse trainer.

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Solicitors' correspondence
GDC/99/14 · File · 1916-1917
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Bundle of correspondence between Solicitors Messrs. Gray Dodsworth of York and Tasker Hart and Munby of Scarborough.

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Cayley family
GDC/99 · Series · 1915-1917
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Includes legal documents, assurance papers, mortgages, releases and conveyances relating to the Cayley's settlement and settled estates. Also includes details for the appointment of new trustees.

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Copy of Will
GDC/86/2 · Item · 29 June 1914
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Copy of the will of Mrs Matilda Emily Webber, widow of Thomas Wingfield Webber.

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Trustee appointment
GDC/98/4 · Item · 8 December 1913
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Appointment of Jonathan James Beal to be a trustee in place of Richard Beal, deceased.

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Reconveyance of land
GDC/79/26 · Item · 29 September 1913
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Reconveyance by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England to George Shann and others of land originally conveyed for the site of the parsonage. Includes a map.

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Correspondence file
GDC/6/6 · File · November 1911-January 1912
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File of correspondence relating to mortgage of the life policy of Reverend T G Baillie and Thomas E Yorke Esquire.

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Reconveyance of 'Cleveland'
GDC/286/2 · Item · 1911
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(Draft) reconveyance of 'Cleveland' in Clifton by Henry Arthur Hudson of York, solicitor to Peter Wollstadt Schmidt of West Field in Fulford. Doctor of Medicine.

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Correspondence
GDC/94/7 · File · 1910-1925
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Bundle of corrspondence between Solicitors and the family relating to Transfer etc.

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GDC/93/16 · Item · 5 April 1909
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Further charge on freehold and copyhold hereditaments at Cawood and Wistow and elsewhere in the County of York to secure £25 and interest by Edwin Gray of York, gentleman and another to the Yorkshire Fire and Life Insurance Company.

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Account Book
GDC/397/2/4 · Item · 1909-1912
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Account with George Thompson, General Butcher, Blossom Street, York

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Appointment of Trustee
GDC/65/8 · Item · 5 February 1908
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Appointment of the Public Trustee to be a trustee under the will of the late George Arthur Hutton Croft as regards £30,000 in trust for Sydney Hilda Du Plat Taylor and her issue.

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GDC/246/6 · Item · 8 January 1908
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Probate of the will with codicil of Catherine Mary Croft of Aldborough Hall, Boroughbridge in the County of York widow. Died 18 October 1907. Executors Bernard Thomas Hutton Croft, esquire her son and Honourable Algernon Sydney Arthur Annesley.

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Telegrams
GDC/423/4 · File · 1908
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Bundle of copy telegrams to Guy, Lendal, York. They are instructions to buy and sell stock.

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GDC/423/9 · Item · 1907-1908
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Letter book of J. P. Guy containing carbon copies of letters from 28 September 1907 to 1908, dealing with transfers of shares and related matters.

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Receipts and bills
GDC/397/1 · Sub-series · 1907-1919
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Annual bundles of receipts and bills for shops, investments, insurance, charitable donations and other financial matters. Includes some decorative billheads. Incomplete series

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Letters of administration
GDC/29/4 · Item · 4 September 1906
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Grant of Letters of Administration at Lincoln of Edith Lowe deceased of Tentercroft Street in Lincoln, spinster. Died 7 May 1881. Administrators: Sutton Harvey Lowe and Ernest Ralph Dodsworth, the executors of the will of Septimus Lowe deceased (whilst living was father and only next of kin of the said Intestate). Septimus Lowe having survived the said Intestate but died without having taken upon himself the Letters of Administration of her personal estate.

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