W T LANCASTER YORKSHIRE COLLECTIONS: VOLUME 1
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: W T LANCASTER YORKSHIRE COLLECTIONS: VOLUME 1
Classmark: YAS/MS401
Date(s): 19th century-20th century
Size and medium: 1 volume
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/461250
Collection group(s): Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society
Description
Comprising Vol 1. Birdforth Wapentake, many charters from Dodsworth mss relating to Byland Abbey and the Priory of Newburgh. Also extracts from records and printed sources relating to the wapentake
Biography or history
This ms was compiled by William Thomas Lancaster FSA, Hon Librarian to the YAS 1908-1920.
William Thomas Lancaster was born in Thirsk in 1848, the elder son of George Brown Lancaster and Roth Fawcett. He was educated at Clitheroe Grammar School, and on leaving school he joined the Thirsk branch of the Yorkshire Banking Company, later becoming manager of the Leeds branch.
On retiring in 1908 he became honorary librarian for the Yorkshire Archaeological Society. In addition to his duties as librarian he published abstracts of the chartularies of Fountains and Bridlington abbeys. Lancaster also published "Ripley and the Ingleby Family" and contributed to publications by the YAS and Thoresby Society. On his death (15 Nov 1920) he bequeathed £200 to the Thoresby Society and £200 plus the residue of his estate to the Yorkshire Archaeological Society.
Access and usage
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