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Total number of records: 2686

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Books and printed items2024
Archives648
Indexes9
Objects2
Art items1
Coins1
Textiles1

Top 10: Collection group

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Brotherton Collection610
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society521
English Literature333
Quaker Collection302
Ripon Cathedral60
Medieval Manuscripts13
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse11
Incunabula9
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections5
Business Archives3

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
churches, quaker53
society of friends47
sermons, english43
popish plot, 167823
judaism -- liturgy -- texts.20
church and state19
english poetry19
manuscripts, hebrew -- 18th century -- texts.19
persecution19
history, modern17

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Great Britain241
Europe26
France21
London (England)13
Yorkshire (England)8
Italy7
Rome7
Verona (Italy)6
Holy Roman Empire4
Ireland4

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Society of Friends253
Fox, George (1624-1691)139
Great Britain. Parliament137
Great Britain111
Voltaire (1694-1778)96
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron De (1732-1799)92
Beisson, Francois-Joseph-Etienne (1759-1820)92
Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas De Caritat Marquis De (1743-1794)92
Decroix, Jacques Joseph Marie (1827)92
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)69

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Lease for 21 years

14 Sep 1605

1. John Whittacres of Lower Hall and wife Elizabeth, Lancelot Marton of East Marton and William Malham of Elslack 2. Randolph Holker of Reade, Lancashire, and John Higson of Gisburn, yeomen Proper...

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Lease for 21 years

10 Feb 1597

1. Thomas Lister, son and heir of Thomas Lister of Westby in Craven, esquire 2. William Muncks [Monkes] of Gisburn, husbandman Property: messuage and land, being part of the rectory of Gisburn An...

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Lease for 21 years

1630

William Welby of Gedney esq to William Bartholmewe of Gedney yeoman pasture containing 26

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Lease for 21 years

11 Oct 1682

1) Henry Marsden of Gisborne co.York Esq. 2) Samuel Birkby of Gisborne husbandman In consideration of the yearly rent, 1) has leased to 2) a dwelling house or cottage and ground in Wilsden in the oc...

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Lease for 21 years

2 Dec 1590

1. John Lambart of Calton in Craven 2. John Preston of Ayrton otherwise called 'Long John Preston', yeoman Lease of moiety of messuage and toft in Malham now held by Robert Leyland, to take effect...

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Lease for 21 years

14 Apr 1564

1. Henry, Earl of Cumberland 2. William Lawson of Long Preston the elder, husbandman Confirmation of lease of two pieces of demesne land in [Long] Preston with common of pasture Annual rent: 5s. ...

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Lease for 21 years

23 Mar 1706

1. Michael Rolles of London, merchant 2. Thomas Timbrell, citizen and clothworker of London Premises: messuage in Bishopsgate Street, London Consideration: £300 paid as a fine or income; annual ...

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Lease for 21 years

1676

1. Lord Halifax 2. Elizabeth Roebuck of Denby, widow Property: messuage in Denby in her possession with 65 acres of the demanses of Denby Hall

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Small notebook 21

Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)

1790-1791

Comprises accounts of journeys undertaken by Joseph Wood including some to meetings at Emley, York and Rushworth. 'No. 12' is written in ink and '1790-1' in pencil on the front cover. There is an ind...

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Lease for 21 years

25 Aug 1666

1. Sir Lyon Pilkington of Stanley, Baronet, and Lady Phebe his wife 2. William Cotton of Hawkeshurst, Silkstone, ironmaster Lease of messuage and premises in Nether Bradley, Colne Bridge, in the t...

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Lease for 21 years

30 Jul 1724

Mary Stapylton alias Erington of the City of York widow & Thomas Reay of Berwick Hill yeoman and others re farm in Berwick Hill called Sikeromes

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Lease for 21 years

30 Jul 1724

Mary Stapylton alias Erington of the City of York widow & Gilbert Turnbull of Berwick Hill

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