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Total number of records: 302

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items244
Archives52
Indexes5
Textiles1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
English Literature105
Brotherton Collection32
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society31
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse7
Quaker Collection6
Incunabula5
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History5
Ripon Cathedral4
International Textile Collection1
Joseph Wood Collections1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
churches, quaker10
judaism -- liturgy -- texts.9
manuscripts, hebrew -- 18th century -- texts.6
building5
cabinetwork5
church and state5
decoration and ornament5
gilding5
metal-work5
tithes4

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Italy5
Great Britain4
Comtat Venaissin (France)2
London (England)2
Provence (France)2
Africa, North 1
Cavaillon (France)1
Cracow (Poland)1
Dhamar (Yemen)1
Egypt1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Society of Friends42
Burrough, Edward (1634-1662)39
Johnson, Samuel36
Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)36
Fox, George (1624-1691)28
Howgill, Francis (1618-1669)19
Burrough, Edward6
Catholic Church6
Alembert, Jean Le Rond D' (1717-1783)5
Bacon, Francis (1561-1626)5

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From 13003
From 14007
From 150011
From 1600128
From 1700150

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Up to 1699126
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Archive Item

Bond in the sum of £20

17 Nov 1627

1 Samuel Wade of Plumptrebanckes 2 Peter and William Middelton To observe the terms of a lease for 1,000 years of the same date

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Bargain and sale with feoffment of messuage and land in Nether Buccrose

20 Jun 1635

1. Francis, Earl of Cumberland, and Henry, Lord Clifford 2. William Wallock of Nether Buccrose

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Bargain and sale of dwelling house and land

24 Jun 1679

1. Margaret Wiglesworth of Brownebank in Rathmell, widow 2. Hugh Wiglesworth of same, her son

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Copy of Charles I's speech to Parliament

3 Nov 1640

Also notes from Parliament re restriction of papists to ten miles from London, and many other matters

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Bond for performance of covenants

19 Apr 1704

1. Francis Shires of East Keswick, Harwood, and Richard Shires of Sumerscales in Skipton 2. James Atkinson of Coniston Cold, yeoman

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Le Moine, traduit de l'anglais (v.1-2)

Lewis, M G (1775-1818)

An V--1797

Page 61 of volume 4 wrongly numbered 6.

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Declaration of trust

7 Mar 1765

1. William Norcross of Alston, Lancashire 2. John Blanchard of Grimsargh Declaration relating to lease and release, dated 6-7 Mar 1765, of premises in Clitheroe by Robert Page of Treals to John Bl...

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