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Books and printed items10
Archives5
Indexes2
Coins1

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Brotherton Collection10
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society5
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse2
Quaker Collection2
Coin Collection1
Incunabula1

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voyages and travels4
quaker church buildings1
tithes1

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Furness Abbey; ; Furness; Lancashire2
Germany2
Great Britain2
Netherlands2
Braunschweig1

Top 10: People and organisations

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Astley, Thomas4
Green, John4
Green, John (1757)4
L'Estrange, Sir Roger (1616-1704)2
Penn, William (1644-1718)2
Society of Friends2
Wither, George2
George II (1727-60)1
John Fountain1
Markham, George, 1752 Or 1753-18161

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Coin

Denomination: 4 mariengroschen

Date(s): 1735-1735

Issuer/creator: George II (1727-60)

Place: Braunschweig

Material: silver

Title: The careless lover

Author: Wither, George

Attribution: John Fountain

Date(s): 1622 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 78

Contents: Expressing lack of interest in a woman's virtues or beauty if she takes no

interest in him

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Archive Print piece

O1v

M.cccc.l.xxvii. die primo Iullii. [1 July 1477]

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Archive Item

Writ concerning the property of Furness Abbey in Stubham

8 Feb 1344

Writ, attested by J de Stonore, directed to the sheriff of Yorkshire, ordering him to summon Eustachia, widow of Sir Peter de Midelton, knight, to answer to the Abbot for entering upon land mentioned ...

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Acknowledgement concerning ownership of lands in Stubham

12 Nov 1383

John, the abbot, and the convent of Furness acknowledge that William, a previous abbot, held no part of the premises in dispute when a fine was levied in 1246, but that the ancestors of Nicholas de Mi...

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Archive Item

Grant

Mid 13th century

1. Walter de Chyueth 2. Henry the forester of Crigleston Witness: Sir John de Hoderode [Steward of Pontefract 1246-1258] Seal, greenish-black wax, pointed oval with an eight pointed star.

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A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America...[etc] (v.2)

Green, John (1757); Astley, Thomas

1745-47

Published in parts. Numerous additional plates and anomalies; a full account of these is inserted in the book. Anon.,Compiled by John Green for Thomas Astley, and known as the Astley collection.

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