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| Storiths; Hazlewood; Skipton; Yorkshire West Riding | 2 |
| Deerstones; Beamsley; Skipton; Yorkshire West Riding | 1 |
| Elwicks; Thorpe Underwoods; Little Ouseburn; Yorkshire West Riding | 1 |
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cuneiform tablet
6th century BCE
A two sided cuneiform tablet with damage across the bottom and in the centre of the top edge. 1 loose paper label.
Grotesques (fol. 14v)
[ca. 142-?]
The historiated border includes three grotesques: a green bird with a head of a bearded old man wearing a hat and a collar; a lion with a man's head clad in a hood, man's for- legs clad in socks, and ...
cuneiform tablet
c. 1700-1500
An irregular shaped fragment of a cuneiform tablet with lines between the inscription, which is on one side only. The reverse side is concave and has a round paper label attached with a '3' in pencil...
cuneiform tablet (section)
No date
A section of a pink clay cuneiform tablet, with script on one side.
Grant of toft, croft and land in Storthes by Stokebrige
[Late 13th century]
1 Nicholas del Beyemeslay 2 Richard son of Peter de ?Ditherstayn Witnesses: Sir Peter de Westwyke, Sir John leW[...], [...] de Plumpton, knights; William Mauleverer del Beyemesley; Peter de Midd...
Priest and clerics (fol. 228r)
[ca. 1260]
The first initial 'C' encloses two clerics singing, the second has a priest censing the altar.
Gift with warranty
24 Aug 1537
1) William Percye of Scarburghe gent. son and heir of Thomas Percye late of Scarburghe [Scarborough] deceased 2) Richard Barkar of Budlome Gift from 1) to 2) of lands and tenements, meadows, feeding...
Lease for 4,000 years
2 Aug 1592
1. Henry Farrer of Ewood, esquire 2. Richard Danser, son of Thomas Danser of Gisburn, yeoman Property: close of land called Over Upper Croft containing 4a., lying between the town of Gisburn and t...
New Millerdam: fishing rights
3 May 1578
Royal commission appointing Cotton Gargrave, Robert Bradford, Robert Lea and Godfrey Bosvile to enquire into complaint made before the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster by Richard Tempest against R...
Grant
[Late 13th century]
Robert de Hyda to his son Alexander, all his land in Denton, only reserving the pasture in Denton to Robert and to the men of Halcton and Hyde; Alexander to grind his grain at Robert's mill Witnesses...