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Total number of records: 434

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Archives8

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Quaker Collection122
Brotherton Collection13
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society4
English Literature1
Medieval Manuscripts1
Ripon Cathedral1

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churches, quaker38
inner light13
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repentance10
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christian life6
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Society of Friends183
Fox, George (1624-1691)116
Burrough, Edward (1634-1662)52
Howgill, Francis (1618-1669)20
Smith, William (1672)14
Catholic Church10
Elys, Edmund (1634-1707)9
Burrough, Edward8
Penington, Isaac (1616-1679)8
Bayly, William (1675)7

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Counterpart lease for 21 years of a messuage with 32a 2r 19p land

22 Jan 1631

1 Sir Peter Middelton of Stockeld, knight 2 Francis Robinson of Nesfield, yeoman

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Counterpart lease for 21 years of a tenement with 32a arable and meadow, and pasturage in Procterland Close

24 Jun 1561

1 William Hussey of North Duffield, esquire 2 Thomas Cowper of North Duffield, husbandman

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Counterpart lease for 21 years of a tenement with 32a arable and meadow land, and pasturage in the Armytts

24 Jun 1561

1 William Hussey of North Duffield, esquire 2 Trystram Patten of North Duffield, husbandman

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A consideration and a resolution : First, concerning the right of the laity in nationall councels. Secondly, concerning the power of bishops in affaires secular

Dering, Sir Edward (1598-1644)

1641

Pagination irregular: 1-5, 4-5bis, 6-18, blank page followed by 2 unnumbered pages, 21-32. Anonymous. By Edward Dering. Printed May 1641.

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Notes upon Mr. Dryden's poems in four letters

Clifford, Martin (1677); Brown, Thomas (1663-1704)

1687

The "Reflections" (p.17-35) are by Thomas Brown. Collation: A-D⁴, E². No error in pagination. Indexed in: Issue not in Macdonald.

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Assignment of Aplegarthe [Applegarth]

6 Dec 1591

1 John Middelton of West Aplegarthe, gentleman 2 William Middelton of Stockeld, esquire Property: mansion house called Aplegarthe, late parcel of the possessions of the Marquis of Northampton, w...

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Publii Uirgilii maronis opera

Virgil; Brant, Sebastian (1458-1521); Servius; Donatus, Aelius; Landino, Cristoforo (1424-1504); Mancinelli, Antonio (1452-1505); Calderini, Domizio (1478); Vegio, Maffeo (1458)

[1502]

Panzer, VI, 27, no. 12. Schmidt, I, 60. Muther 557. Kristeller: Strassburger Bücher-Illustration, 99 and p. 32 ff. Roman, Gothic and Greek type (Proctor 9888); 31-34 lines of text, 71-74 lines of c...

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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

Clifton family

[late 14th century, possibly before 1389]

The original total of leaves is likely to have been 118, with the majority of the missing leaves likely to have contained illuminations and been cut out in post-medieval times. Decoration: Three 8 t...

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Truth's principles : or, Those things about doctrine and worship which are most surely believed and received amongst the people of God called Quakers

Crook, John (1617-1699); Penington, Isaac (1616-1679)

1663

"Concerning perswasions in matters of religion," signed Isaac Penington: pp. 21-23.

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