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Probate of will of John Norton of Welton, clerk
Will dated 23 Jun 1656; probate granted 24 Aug 1657
Appointment of gamekeeper
1806-1807
Authorisation granted by Lord Ribblesdale to appoint Thomas Collins of Gisburn as gamekeeper within the manor of Fooden and setting out his powers; with certificate issued by the Deputy Clerk of the P...
Payments No 1
Mar 1726-Jan 1732
'Account of money disbursed for my master's use' Includes references to payments for the new building at Low Hall - see the book of particulars At back: note of buck skins sent for dressing, Aug 172...
Cash accounts
Feb 1827-Dec 1832
Cash journal of receipts and disbursements for domestic and estate items (including payment of 5 guineas for a map of Yorkshire, Aug 1828) At back: account of sundry articles of servants' clothing on...
Housekeeper's account book
Sep 1801-Jul 1805
Notebook with accounts for various foodstuffs and a few other payments for clothes mangling; work done at the house; walling at Haltongill Heberside; chaise to Stackhouse, Giggleswick, Burrow Hall, Lo...
Assignment of lease
25 Apr 1630
1. Thomas Danser, late of Gisburn, shoemaker 2. William Browne of Gisburn, carpenter Property: messuage with garden and fold, leased for 4,000 years by Henry Farrer to John Wilkinson on 2 Aug 1592...
Miscellaneous letters written
1896-1920
Including letter to his wife, 1896; letter to sister Beatrix 'This has been a very interesting week in my life - as Mr Gladstone has been here all the time', n.d.; letter about repairs to pictures, 19...
Assignment of lease
5 Jun 1630
1. Stephen Speake of Gisburn, clerk 2. John Blagburne of Gisburn, husbandman Property: land named Spithill Myre [endorsed 'Spital Myers els Bell Ing'], leased for 4,000 years by Henry Farrer to Jo...
Leeds: releases of all actions
1643-1650
Release and quitclaim by Thomas Cliff of Leeds, clothworker, to Mrs Elizabeth Dixon of London, executrix of her late husband, John Dixon citizen of London, girdler, 24 Aug 1643 [Former ref: Box 57]...
Letters
1742-1764
Letter to 'Dr Richardson' from H Richardson at Bierley, with results of searches in the West Riding Registry of Deeds for details of incumbrances on lands in Wyke and Cleckheaton; also refers to table...
Deed declaring uses of a fine
14 Nov 1690
1. James Parker of Storth, Slaidburn 2. Thomas Armistead of Gisburn, yeoman Fine levied June 1684 (MD335/1/1/12/1/151), the premises in Gisburn being to the use of Thomas Armistead; With copy, a...