| Description | Odd items found muddled in with the verses and other material in the box, comprising:
/1 List of closes with mansion house assigned to Dame Isabella De Magerine (?); list of tenants of lands assigned to Mr Thorold, and to Jane Bastwick, 18th century
/2 Leaf from small book with contents list of treatises, 18th century
/3 Envelope addressed to Miss Treusis, Lord Harcort House, London, 18th century
/4 Writ to John Totty the younger, Richard Foster, William Woof and William Milner to appear at the Exchequer Court to hear the judgement in the case against them brought by Rt Hon Ridgeway Pit, Earl of Londonderry, 26 June 1752
/5 Declaration of tenancy of William Carrick of Bubwith, Yorkshire, yeoman, to Ann Blyth's cottage at Bubwith, rent payable to Jermiah Rudsdell of Heworth, gentleman, 8 August 1753
/6 Case for the opinion of Counsel on the title of Thomas Mason to Teng Hall Farm, leased to him by the Mayor and Commonalty of the City of York, c 1753
/6 Five receipts for legacies left under the will of Francis Jefferson of York, 1758-1773
/8 Bill of [Richard Wilson], solicitor, for legal work relating to the purchase by Mr Coats of lands at Hirst Courtney [West Yorkshire] from Mr Thompson of Leeds, 1782-1783, with receipt for total attached, 17 December 1784
/9 Declaration by John Clough relating to bond for £1,400 from Messrs Smith, Tomlinson, Seaton, Foster and Thompson to William Marshall, 27 December 1820
/10 List made by auditor Giuseppe Franceschi of the date and duration of eleven loans made from 1765 to 1808 [in Italian], c 1808
/11 Letter from J.T. Hunt to F.W. Duke of Red Lion Square, Holborn, apologising for not being able to send his coals sooner, assuring him of their delivery the next afternoon and stating that he is not frightened by his threats, 5 August 1829
/12 Letter from J. Snoding to Mr Porter, asking for the loan of a sovereign, 12 August 1830
/13 Letter from Const. Korff, St Petersburg, to unidentified woman [? Mrs Lord]: he comments on her news of her son's health, other family news, 11/23 January 1894 [in French]
/14 Colour painting depicting a butterfly on a branch with leaves and flowers, 19th century [on tracing paper] |