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Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832)65
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Misereres, Ely, B Bearded man with feet of a goat, a satyr L. Man fiddling R. A dog, grotesque
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Praying woman (fol. 190r)
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Praying woman (fol. 190r)

[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]

The 3-line foliate initial 'O' is inhabited with a young woman in prayer, clad in a blue dress with a gold belt and a white head-dress.

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Agreement

1476

Copy agreement as to payment of wages of foresters of the walks in Fulwith, Swindon and Okeden in the Forest.

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Estreats

15th-17th centuries

Estreats from temp Henry VI to James I

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Furniture Inventory and Account book of Mrs A B Windler

1888-1889

Furniture account book of Mrs Annie Beatrice Windler Haslewood Cooke, 10 Clifton Terrace, Fallowfield, Manchester, 1888-9, MS list of furniture and fittings supplied by George Faulkener Armitage.

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Index Card: Glass vase

Jun 1988

Produced by: James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars)

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Enclosure of the wastes of the Forest of Knaresborough

1307-1709

Enclosure of the wastes of the Forest of Knaresborough Sir Thomas Slingsby, 2nd bart. (1635-1688)

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KNARESBOROUGH COURT ROLLS

No date

Several bundles of estreats from the rolls of the courts held at Knaresborough for the manor, forest and liberty, being surrenders and admittances to copyhold property, as follows:

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Pardon

1470

General pardon to John Slingsby of Scriven (alias late of Northstodeley) gent.

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