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Total number of records: 1946

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items1819
Archives119
Indexes5
Coins2
Textiles1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection612
English Literature303
Quaker Collection207
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society54
Ripon Cathedral45
Incunabula30
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse8
Business Archives3
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections3
Medieval Manuscripts3

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
churches, quaker70
sermons, english40
english drama23
persecution23
judaism -- liturgy -- texts.22
popish plot, 167822
encyclopedias and dictionaries21
freedom of religion20
church and state18
oaths18

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain223
London (England)10
Italy9
Provence (France)8
Yorkshire (England)8
Comtat Venaissin (France)6
Ireland6
France5
Hull (England)4
Scotland4

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Society of Friends309
Fox, George (1624-1691)144
Great Britain139
Great Britain. Parliament106
Burrough, Edward (1634-1662)70
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)48
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)42
Johnson, Samuel36
Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)36
Church of England33

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From 140035
From 150036
From 16001065
From 1700797

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Archive Print Item
The Betrayal of Christ (fol. 19r)
Archive Piece

The Betrayal of Christ (fol. 19r)

[ca. 1490]

The full-page miniature depicts the scene of the betrayal and arrest of Christ. Judas Iscariot leans forward to kiss Christ, while a large group of soldiers surround them. St. Peter has just cut off M...

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Gift

3 Jan 1414

John de Wivelesthorp to Richard Bank of Quixley

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Archive Item

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Parker family of Browsholme

c1680-1789

Letters and papers, references include the Clitheroe schoolmaster and reasons for the inclosure of Clitheroe outpastures

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Estreat

1589

Halifax. Agnes Bates, Samuel (her son and heir) and Thomas Bates surrendered Wynlifroyd and 3½ acres of land to use of Robert Bates of Warley.

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Letters

1784

Including letter from T Lister to Thomas Lister about the Parker scandal; sale of some estates, specifically Jan, to Richard Varley: he has not a farthing in his pocket; gives instructions for the di...

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Bond

29 Mar 1711

1. Thomas Fletcher of Morrisby, Cumberland, and Albert Hodshon of Leighton Hall in Warton, Lancashire 2. Hugh Bisbrowne of [?Silverd] Lancashire Bond to convey messuage called Oray Green

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Legal paper

27 Nov 1574

A survey of Francis Slingsby's interest in the Castle of Slingsby and the land at Howthorpe

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