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Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society9
Brotherton Collection5
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Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvieres De La Motte6
Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvieres De La Motte (1648-1717)6
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)2
Wagstaffe, William (1685-1725)2
Anstey, Christopher (1724-1805)1
Bowyer, Jonah1
Bowyer, Jonah (1722-)1
Carlisle, Lucy Percy Hay, Countess of, 1599-16601
Dodsley, James1
Dodsley, James (1724-1797)1

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Bond

1611

Tobie Pighles of Langfield to Sybil Gunsonne of Sowerby - £20.

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The priest dissected: a poem, : addressed to the Rev. Mr. ---- Author of Regulus, Toby, Cæsar, and other satirical pieces in the public papers

Anstey, Christopher (1724-1805); Hazard, Samuel (1806); Dodsley, James (1724-1797); Wilkie, John (1785); Frederick, William (1776); Fletcher and Hodson (Firm)

[1774]

Anonymous. By Christopher Anstey. Half-title: 'A priest dissected:... By the author of the New Bath guide'. With three final advertisement pages.

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Bond

16 Oct 1676

Savil Jackson of Carlton, Yorkshire, gent., to Tobie Sylle of Wakefield, gent.. Relating to property in Wakefield

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Lease for possession

17 Feb 1672

Joshua Oley of Newcastle upon Tyne, gent., on one part, and Toby Syll of Wakefield, gent., on the other part. Relating to property in Wakefield

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Release

18 Feb 1672

Joshua Oley of Newcastle upon Tyne, gent., on one part, and Toby Syll of Wakefield, gent., on the other part. Relating to property in Wakefield

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Title: A song called The Brown Jugg

Author: Fawkes, Francis

Attribution: The Revd Mr Fawkes

Date(s): 1761 (published)

Manuscript: Lt 12

Contents: Comic drinking song, telling how the brown jug was made by a potter out of

the mortal remains of Toby Fillpot (or Philpotts), a famous drinker

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Feoffment

14 Nov 1659

Toby Humfrey of Askern, esq., and Ann Humfrey his wife, of one part; and Robert Middleton of Sutton, Yorkshire, yeoman, on other part. Relating to property in Sutton

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Power of attorney

11 Feb 1762

William Hepworth of Liversedge Butcher appoints three attorneys of the Court of Common Plea to appear for him in an Action of Trespass in Ejectment at the suit of Toby Thrustout for one messuage, one ...

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The character of Richard St-le, Esq; with some remarks

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Wagstaffe, William (1685-1725); Gucht, Michael van der (1660-1725)

1713

First edition. A satire on Sir Richard Steele. Attributed to both Jonathan Swift and William Wagstaffe. Plate: frontispiece portrait engraved by M. van der Gucht. Signatures: [A]², B-E⁴. Ha...

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Modern amours : or, a secret history of the adventures of some persons of the first rank. Faithfully related from the author's own knowledge of each transaction. With a key prefixed

Grainger, Lydia

1733

Anonymous. By Lydia Grainger. "The key" (contents list) on leaf inserted between A-1 and A2. Possibly incomplete; concludes "End of the first part", though the key implies no further matter.

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Settlement

7 Jul 1721

Ann Nevile of Wakefield, widow of John Nevile late of Chevett, Yorkshire, deceased, of first part, James Sill of Wakefield, gent, and Toby Sill of Wakefield, mercer, of second part, and Ann Nevile, sp...

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