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Brotherton Collection77
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List of mills sold by the contractors with price and rent

27 Jan 1608

Ayton Magna, Haydon, Barwick, Walton, Easinwold, Bradford, Grindleton, Fleet, Rothwell, Scawby, Barnby upon Dun, Fewston, Hounslett, Acomb, Slateburne, Kettlewell, Hull, Sheriffton, Lowdon in Worsbro'...

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Receipt for £5 due from William Middelton to Henry Rawlins

9 Sep 1647

On back: draft bond in £34 for repayment of a debt of £17 15s 7d by William Middelton to Henry Rawlins

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Receipt for rent for lordship of Hempholme

14 June 1544

Received from Thomas Harpam on behalf of Thomas Myddelton esquire by John [Lord] Lumley, half year's rent of £17 6s 7d

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Copy of account roll

1 Nov 1537

John Wyghell, John Staveley, William Fullthorp, Thomas lepton, leonard Franke and Marmaduke Stringer Collectors of one whole Fifteenth and Tenth from the laity of Northrythyng county York They render...

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This for dear friends in London and them that are aboard the ship in order to transportation; or else where all abroad

Dewsbury, William (1621-1688)

[1665]

Two letters signed W.D.; the first (p.4) dated, 12th day of the 6 moneth, 1665, the second (p.7) dated, 26 day of 6 month, 1664. Caption title. Attributed by Wing and NUC pre-1956 imprints to Will...

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New memoirs and characters of the two great brothers, the Duke of Bouillon and Mareschal Tvrenne

Saumières, Jacques de Langlade baron de (1620-1680); King, William (1663-1712)

1693

Translation of Mémoires de la vie de Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, duc de Bouillon, avec quelques particularitz de la vie et des moeurs de Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vte. de Turenne. ...

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The Tvvo most vvorthy and Notable Histories which remaine vnmained to Posterity : (viz:) The Conspiracie of Cateline, vndertaken against the gouernment of the Senate of Rome, And The VVarre which Iugurth for many yeares maintained against the same State

Sallust (86 B.C.-34 B.C); Heywood, Thomas (1574-1641)

1608

Signatures: 3 leaves unsigned, [paragraph]-[paragraph paragraph]⁴, 1 leaf unsigned, B-G⁴, H⁶; Aa-Oo⁴, Pp³; Ee3, Ff3 incorrectly signed E3, F3, respectively). Pages 2-7, 24, 1st group of pag...

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An essay on translated verse

Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon earl of (1633?-1685)

1685

In verse. Catchword on D4v unanswered.

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Faction display'd : A poem

Brown, Thomas (1663-1704); Shippen, William (1673-1743)

1675

Not in Wing or Foxon.

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A key (with the whip) to open the mystery & iniquity of the poem called, Absalom & Achitophel : shewing its scurrilous reflections upon both king and kingdom

Ness, Christopher (1621-1705)

1682

In verse. Place of publication from Wing. The text begins at p. 17 with 'A key'; Ness's 'A whip fpr the fools back', [1681], occupies pp. 1-16, and although frequently bound with 'A key' (also by ...

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PHOTOCOPIES OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO KEIGHLEY IN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY RECORD OFFICE

(17th century)

1. Photocopy of document in Latin. Reference ZWNB21/16 [n.d.] 2. Photocopy of document in Latin. Reference ZWN/B21/17 [1624] 3. Photocopy of document in Latin. Reference ZWN/B21/18 [n.d.] 4. Photoc...

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A satyrick poem against those mercenary wretches and troublers of Englands tranquility, the authors of Heraclitus and Observator, infamous for their scribling throughout England

Philopatris author of A satyrick poem against those mercenary wretches... [etc.]

1682

Authors of Heraclitus and Observator = Thomas Flatman and Sir Roger L'Estrange.

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