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- 1720-1739 (Creation)
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1 volume
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Scope and content
Minute and orders book, covering the period February 1720 - January 1739. Entries are in chronological order. An alphabetical subject index is included at the end of the volume.
This volume begins with a title page, reading 'This house Book begins in the year 1719/20 In the second Mayoralty of Tobias Jenkins, esq.'. Attendance lists of members of the council are included at the start and end of the volume, for each year 1720-1738, including list of 'the body of the City of York', the twenty four, and commons of each of the four wards of York.
Several additional documents have been bound into the back of the volume, including: 'Hall rents and fines' relating to guild halls in York; a list of 'Fees paid to officers and upon swearing the searchers of Trades; a list of 'Fines of Companys'; [copy of legal document]; and a list of names.
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Material is available subject to the usual terms and conditions of access to Archives and Local History collections.
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Copies are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
Language of material
- English