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| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 807 |
| English Literature | 358 |
| Quaker Collection | 338 |
| Ripon Cathedral | 229 |
| Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society | 191 |
| Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections | 104 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 73 |
| Incunabula | 15 |
| Business Archives | 8 |
| Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse | 3 |
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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Society of Friends | 226 |
| Marmontel, Jean-Francois | 108 |
| Marmontel, Jean-Francois (1723-1799) | 108 |
| Bastide, Jean Francois De | 107 |
| Bastide, Jean Francois De (1724-1798) | 107 |
| La Place, Pierre Antoine De | 107 |
| La Place, Pierre Antoine De (1707-1793) | 107 |
| Church of England | 104 |
| Fox, George (1624-1691) | 55 |
| Great Britain | 55 |
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Notice from trustees to Wm Muff (trading as Frank Muff & Son)
31/12/1895
To quit premises in the White Cloth Hall by 1st July
Estreat
1545
Edward Ratclyff esq. and Charles Ratclyff his son and heir (by John Sutclyffe of Lee and John Grenewood) surrendered an annuity of 7s. issuing out of a messuage in Heptonstall then in tenure of Miles ...
Survey
8 Aug 1561
Survey of Knaresborough Castle in custody of Peter Slingsby, gent., porter and keeper. Signed, vera copia, Ab. Cave.
Adami de Domerham Historia de rebus gestis Glastoniensibus : E codice ms. perantiquo, in bibliotheca Collegii S. Trinitatis Cantabrigiæ, descripsit primusque in lucem protulit Tho. Hearnius. Qui & (præter alai, in quibus dissertatio de inscriptione perveteri Romana, Cicestriæ nuper reperter,) Guilielmi Malmesburiensis librum de Antiquitate ecclesiæ Glastoniensis, et Edmundi Archeri excerpta aliquammulta satis egregia è registris Wellensibus, præmisit (v.1)
Adam of Domerham (1291); Hearne, Thomas (1678-1735); William of Malmesbury (1090-1143); Archer, Edmund; Trinity College (University of Cambridge)
1727
Head and tail pieces. Vol. 2 has half-title only.
Adami de Domerham Historia de rebus gestis Glastoniensibus : E codice ms. perantiquo, in bibliotheca Collegii S. Trinitatis Cantabrigiæ, descripsit primusque in lucem protulit Tho. Hearnius. Qui & (præter alai, in quibus dissertatio de inscriptione perveteri Romana, Cicestriæ nuper reperter,) Guilielmi Malmesburiensis librum de Antiquitate ecclesiæ Glastoniensis, et Edmundi Archeri excerpta aliquammulta satis egregia è registris Wellensibus, præmisit (v.2)
Adam of Domerham (1291); Hearne, Thomas (1678-1735); William of Malmesbury (1090-1143); Archer, Edmund; Trinity College (University of Cambridge)
1727
Head and tail pieces. Vol. 2 has half-title only.
Minshaei emendatio, vel à mendis expurgatio, seu augmentatio sui Ductoris in linguas, The guide into tongues : Cum illarum harmonia, & etymologijs, originationibus, rationibus, & deriuationibus in omnibus his nouem linguis, viz. 1. Anglica. 2. Belgica. 3. Germanica. 4. Gallica. 5. Italica. 6. Hispanica. 7. Latina. 8. Græca. 9. Hebræa
Minsheu, John; Haviland, John (fl. 1613-1638)
1627
Signatures: pi² A-2H⁶ 2I⁴. First edition published 1617 under title: Hēgemōn eis tas glōssas, id est Ductor in linguas, The gvide into tongves (STC 17944); subsequent editions became known a...
Copy of final concord
9 October 1621
Final Concord levied on 6 Oct. 1621 between: 1) John Whitley - plaintiff 2) John Gibson Senior & Lucy his wife and John Gibson Junior - deforciants Premises: 1 messuage, 1 barn, 1 garden, 9a.land, ...
Reliques of ancient English poetry : consisting of old heroic ballads, songs, and other pieces of our earlier poets, chiefly of the lyric kind, together with some few of a later date (v. 1)
Percy, Thomas (1729-1811); Byrne, George (1791)
1766
Edition: first issued: London, 1765 in 3 v. Dedication signed by Percy. Types used include: Black letter (e.g. v. 1, D\9); Anglo-Saxon (e.g. v. 1, O3\v; v. 3, a9\4). Signatures: v. 1, A³, B-N¹...
Reliques of ancient English poetry : consisting of old heroic ballads, songs, and other pieces of our earlier poets, chiefly of the lyric kind, together with some few of a later date (v. 2)
Percy, Thomas (1729-1811); Byrne, George (1791)
1766
Edition: first issued: London, 1765 in 3 v. Dedication signed by Percy. Types used include: Black letter (e.g. v. 1, D\9); Anglo-Saxon (e.g. v. 1, O3\v; v. 3, a9\4). Signatures: v. 1, A³, B-N¹...
Reliques of ancient English poetry : consisting of old heroic ballads, songs, and other pieces of our earlier poets, chiefly of the lyric kind, together with some few of a later date (v. 3)
Percy, Thomas (1729-1811); Byrne, George (1791)
1766
Edition: first issued: London, 1765 in 3 v. Dedication signed by Percy. Types used include: Black letter (e.g. v. 1, D\9); Anglo-Saxon (e.g. v. 1, O3\v; v. 3, a9\4). Signatures: v. 1, A³, B-N¹...