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Archives55
Indexes22

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Brotherton Collection50
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Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse21
Ripon Cathedral7
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Cookery Collection2
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections2
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law reports, digests, etc8
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chr 17983
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pasture, right of3
persecution3
regicides3

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Soviet Union5
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China1
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Anonymous9
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Great Britain. Court of Chancery7
Nottingham, Heneage Finch Earl of (1621-1682)5
Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)5
Society of Friends5
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Sheffield (England)4

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Decree

Jun 1623

Decree of the court of Wards and Liveries in Trinity Term, 1623 Recites that, at an Inquisition post mortem on James Hardy held at Bradford on 18 Aug 1615, it was found that he died (on 27 Nov 1613) ...

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Decree

1634

Copy of decree in Duchy court re soke of mills in manor and forest

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Exchequer decree

1647-1648

The site of the monastery of Marrick with 200 acres of land belonging to the farm were in the 16th year of his present majesty seized into his majesty’s hands at £50 pa by Sir Marmaduke Langdale ...

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Notes on decree

1650-1700

made between John sayer esq amd Averye Uvedale nd 17th cent

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Copy decree

7 May 1761

Sir Lionel Pilkington, baronet, against James Webster, Joshua Batty, Jacob Rhodes, Joshua White, William White, Timothy Crowther, Will Heald, Benjamin Johnson, Rob Wilson, Edmund Heron, Thomas Hatfiel...

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Draft decree

15 January 1918

TROTSKY, Leon. Draft decree, introducing an amendment to the 15 January 1918 decree on soldiers' pay, etc. [1918.] MS and TS versions. 1f.

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Copy Decree

2 May 1763

In Henry Greenwood v. John Sutcliffe and Mary his wife and others, re closes of land at Bent Hay and Little Ing in Stansfield.

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Duchy decree

1624

Duchy Decree as to tolls.

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Decree of Court of Chancery

15 Jul 1740

Reynold Newstead, Alice Newstead his wife, plaintiffs, and Allan Johnson the elder, Allan Johnson the younger, William Johnson, Mary Johnson, and Elizabeth Johnson, defendants. Relating to property in...

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Stillingfleet church stalls decree

10 Jun 1624

Ordination of the Archbishop of York, given at the Court of Chancery at York, for the lowering of stalls to make a passage through to the pulpit without the necessity of going through the family stall...

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Copy decree explaining soke

27 Jun 1651

Sir George Savile, plaintiff, and Robert Gill, Richard Wade, and William Wilby, deforciants. Relating to property in Wakefield, Stanley, Allerthorp, Gawthorp, Ossett and Horbury

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Duchy of Lancaster: court decree

Feb 1686

Final decree in case: William Husband, gentleman and wife Elizabeth plaintiffs, versus John Tomblinson, defendant

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