Catalogue description Wills and related legal papers

This collection comprises

Papers relating to the settlement of the estate of Cornelius Clark including copy letter book containing copies of letters sent by Francis Wardale, acting as agent for Richard Clark, executor to Cornelius Clark 1817-1819; Francis Wardale's account submitted to Richard Clark, executor of the will of Cornelius Clark, relating to the settlement of the estate 1818-1821; letter from Richard Clark of Bath to Hannah Clark of Whitby, refusing to act as executor and trustee under the will of his late brother 1817; extracts from the baptismal register giving details of the children of Cornelius Clark and Hannah Metcalf, 1794-1808, 1817; bills of various tradesmen requiring settlement from the estate of Cornelius Clark 1817-1819; stamp duty forms giving details of legacies paid to the children of Cornelius Clark 1818; account of Richard Clark's account with Simpson, Chapman and Simpson, relating to the estate of the late Cornelius Clark 1818; two cases and legal opinions by Edward Wilbraham of Lincolns Inn, relating to the administration of the estate of Cornelius Clark 1818; declaration of trust by Richard Clark, late of Whitby, but now of Bath 1818; counsel's opinion by John Pemberton of York concerning Cornelius Clark's will 1821; articles of agreement 1787; two bills of sale 1784/1785 and 1799; share certificates for shares in the 5% annuities held by Francis Wardale 1794-1819; Promissory note of Cornelius Clark and Benjamin Chapman 1815; extracts from the enclosure award of allotments in the parish of Lythe 1818; schedule of freehold and leasehold estate belonging to the late Cornelius Clark 1818; notice to quit 1818; appointment of George Henry Wakefield of Stainsacre, Whitby, gent, and his wife Elizabeth 1834.

Papers relating to descent of the estate of William Anderson to the Dodgson family including copy will of William Anderson of Stainsacre, Whitby, yeoman c1832; draft abstract of title covering 1600-1821, 1830s; Copy will and grant of probate of William Knaggs of Whitby, gent 1849; extract from the burial register of Sneaton parish church 1853; lease and draft lease 1868 and 1879; draft transfer of mortgage 1880; release 1882.

Papers relating to the settlement of the will of Hannah Ness of Ainthorpe, widow, as it affected the children of her daughter Jane Walker including conveyance 1880; marriage settlement between Johnson Herbert of Whitby, surgeon and Hannah Mary Walker of Whitby, spinster 1880; copy will and grant of probate of Jane Walker of Ruswarp, Whitby, widow 1891; agreement 1891; schedule of deeds, covering 1854-1895, relating to property at Houlsike purchased by William Ness Walker 1895.

Papers relating to the settlement of the estate of Ann Littlefair as it affected the children of Ann Ware, her daughter including assignment 1786; four releases 1786-1789; extract from the Whitby parish registers 1788.

Papers of the trustees of Elizabeth Ann Burnett including marriage settlement between Francis Burnett of Whitby, gent and Elizabeth Ann Noble of Whitby, widow 1875; appointment of trustee mentioning Elizabeth Ann Burnett 1883; copy will and grant of probate of Elizabeth Ann Burnett 1893; case relating to the marriage settlement and will of Elizabeth Ann Burnett 1892; two releases 1892 and 1906; bill of sale 1890; draft declaration by Thomas Stephenson of Whitby, gent 1893; agreement by Elizabeth Hatt and Francis Burnett permitting ground in Aislaby near their property to be used as a burial ground 1896.

Papers relating to property of Thomas Walker of Sutton Washway, Lincolnshire, ship owner including will of Thomas Walker of Whitby, yeoman 1805; copy will and grant of probate of Thomas Walker of Whitby, yeoman 1813; list of debts due to or owed by the late Thomas Walker c1813; correspondence with the Stamp Office relating to duty due on the estate of Thomas Walker the elder 1813-1830; copy will of Christopher Walker of Girsby, farmer 1801; papers relating to the management of the sloop Resolution, owned by Thomas Walker the younger c1812-1813.

Papers relating to the settlement of the estate of Richard Wilson of Whitby, saddler including copy will and grant of probate of Richard Wilson of Whitby, saddler 1851; deed of disclaimer mentioning the will of Richard Wilson of Whitby, saddler 1851; accounts and receipts relating to the settlement of the estate of Richard Wilson of Whitby, saddler 1867-1870.

Other wills and related legal papers including copy will and grant of probate of John Walker of Lythe, publican 1852; copy will and grant of probate of Robert Wellburn of Whitby, draper 1885; copy will and grant of probate of William Frankland of Newholm cum Dunsley, gent 1858; copy will and grant of probate of George Lockey of Whitby, furniture broker 1851; copy will and grant of probate of John Jonathan Rigg of Whitby, gent 1884; copy will and grant of probate of Jane Robinson of Newholm cum Dunsley, Whitby, widow 1883; copy will and grant of probate of John Robinson of Whitby, surgeon, 1854; copy will and grant of probate of John Gallilee of Sleights, Whitby, mariner 1845; copy will and grant of limited probate of Catherine Simpson, wife of Thomas Brodrick Simpson of Ruswarp, Whitby 1866; copy will and grant of probate of Israel Hunter of Whitby 1831; copy will and grant of probate of John Chapman Simpson of Whitby, gent 1894; copy will and grant of probate of John Frankland of Ruswarp, Whitby 1838; copy will and grant of probate of Richard Robinson of Whitby, gent 1847; letters of administration of the estate of John Speedy of Whitby 1874; copy will and grant of probate of Richard Wilson of Fylingdales, yeoman 1736; copy will and grant of probate of Robert Braithwaite the elder of Ruswarp, Whitby, ship owner 1842; copy will and letters of administration of Daniel Yeoman of Whitby 1851; letters of administration of the estate of Joshua Yeoman of Whitby 1851; copy will and grant of probate will of Emily Smales of Stakesby Manor, near Whitby 1889; letters of administration of the estate of the Reverend Robert Rastall of Windthorpe, Nottinghamshire 1868; copy will and grant of probate of Richard Clark of Ruswarp, Whitby 1822; copy will and grant of probate of Thomas Willis of Bagdale, Whitby, gent 1817; copy will and grant of probate of Henry Linton of Newholm-cum-Dunsley, Whitby, brewer 1876; copy will and grant of probate of Jane Belcher of Ruswarp, Whitby 1892; copy will and grant of probate of Mathew Hornsey of Middlethorpe, York, farmer 1803; copy will and grant of probate of Matthew Hornsey of the Pack Horse Inn, innkeeper 1864; copy will and grant of probate of Elizabeth Walker of Whitby, spinster 1816; copy will of James Gray of Whitby 1916; copy will of John Boulby of Sleights c1828; copy will and grant of probate of Elizabeth Harrison of Ruswarp, Whitby, spinster 1826; copy will and grant of probate of Elizabeth Harrison of Ruswarp, Whitby, widow 1822; letter giving legal opinion on the effects of the wills of William Coates and members of the Harrison family 1832; copy will and grant of probate of Martha Coates Harrison of Ruswarp, Whitby, spinster 1847; copy will and probate of William Harrison of Whitby, gent 1844; copy will and grant of probate of Ann Harrison of Ruswarp, Whitby, spinster 1850; copy will and grant of probate of Mark Weighill of Whitby, late tanner 1873; copy will and grant of probate of Thomas Webster of Boghall, Whitby, rope maker 1846; copy will and grant of probate of Jonathan Storm of Whitby, master mariner and late master of the ship Vicissitude of London, of which he is part-owner 1812; copy will and grant of probate of Thomas Jackson of Ruswarp, Whitby 1848; copy will and grant of probate of Jane Huntrodes of Robin Hoods Bay, widow 1709; copy will and grant of probate of George Alderson of Whitby, butcher 1845; letters of Administration of the estate of Nathaniel Campion of Ruswarp, Whitby 1832; copy will and grant of probate of Rebecca Campion of Esk Hall, widow 1859; copy will and grant of probate of William Turnbull of Whitby, late railway servant 1881; will of Benjamin Coates of Whitby, gent 1756; will of Mercy Coates of Whitby, widow 1757; leases for life concerning the Reynolds family of Whitby 1759; copy will and grant of probate of Thomas Backas of Aislaby, Whitby 1843; copy will and grant of probate of Mary Dickinson of Ruswarp, Whitby 1795; copy will and grant of probate of John Moss of Ruswarp, Whitby 1815; copy will and grant of probate of Jonathan Sanders of Whitby, merchant 1796; copy will and grant of probate of Martha Hobkirk of Stokesley, widow 1825; copy will and grant of probate of Margaret Campion of Whitby, widow 1812; copy will and grant of probate of George Sanders of Ruswarp, Whitby, gent 1825; copy will and grant of probate of Brown Marshall of Whitby, jet ornament manufacturer 1878; copy will and grant of probate of Joseph Addison of Whitby, gent 1839; letters of administration of the estate of Samuel Merryweather of Whitby, surgeon dentist 1865; copy will and grant of probate of Abel Chapman of Ruswarp, Whitby 1852; copy will and grant of probate of William Benson of Whitby 1838; copy will and grant of probate of John Campion of, Ugthorpe, Lythe 1852; copy will and grant of probate of Tyson Coverdale of Robin Hoods Bay, Fylingdales 1852; copy will and grant of probate of William Reynolds Hunter of Whitby, gent 1851; copy will and grant of probate of William Cavallier of Whitby, cabinet maker and upholsterer 1861; copy will and grant of probate of James Benson of Aislaby, Whitby 1802; copy will and grant of probate of Jonathan Sanders of Whitby, merchant and banker 1829; copy will and grant of probate of John Boulby of Whitby, land surveyor 1874; copy will and grant of probate of Ruswarp, Whitby, gent 1792; copy will and grant of probate of Mary Douglass of Whitby, spinster 1838; copy will and grant of probate of Ralph Davison of Ruswarp, Whitby, yeoman 1815; copy will and grant of probate of James Smith of Howslyk, Danby and Whitby, builder 1877; copy will and grant of probate of Joseph Brown the elder of Whitby, plumber and glazier 1870; copy will and grant of probate of Richard Hilton of Whitby, pipe manufacturer 1852; letters of administration of the estate of Eleanor Barrick of Whitby, widow 1864; copy will and grant of probate of Thomas Buttery senior, of Grosmont Abbey, Egton, farmer 1845; copy will and grant of probate of Richard Scott of Whitby, gent 1832; copy will and grant of probate of John Sanderson of Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre, Whitby, gent 1860; copy will and grant of probate of Matthew Bedlington of Robin Hoods Bay, Fylingdales, ship owner 1874; copy will and grant of probate of Thomas Strother of Thorpe, Fylingdales 1829; copy will and grant of probate of Alice Brodrick of Ruswarp, Whitby, spinster 1860; copy will and grant of probate of Thomasina Campbell of Whitby, widow 1854; letters of administration of the estate of Mary Clark of Robin Hoods Bay, widow 1883; copy will and grant of probate of Thomas Colpits of Sneaton, farmer 1826; letters of administration of the estate of Jane Clark, widow, late of Southport, Lancashire 1873; copy will and grant of probate of William Campbell of Whitby, doctor of medicine 1840; accounts relating to the administration of the estate of Mary Cass of Cockmill, Whitby, widow 1830; letters of administration of the estate of Sarah Hannah Clegg, late of Whitby 1891; accounts relating to the administration of the estate of Thomas Callender 1834; copy will and grant of probate of William Clark the younger of Whitby, grocer 1880; copy will and grant of probate of John Cummins of Whitby, master mariner 1878; letters of administration of the estate of Eliza Cummins late of Whitby, widow 1893; copy will and grant of probate of William Cass of Skelton, yeoman 1817; copy will and grant of probate of Joseph Curtis Cooper of Whitby, confectioner 1887; copy will and letters of administration of Sarah Chirnside, wife of Peter Chirnside of Whitby, engine fitter 1884; letters of administration of the estate of William Cole late of Staxton, saddler 1879; letters of administration of the estate of Mary Cooper, late of Newbeggin, Lythe 1868; copy will and grant of probate of Hannah Charter of Whitby, spinster 1878; copy will and grant of probate of Matthew Robinson of Newholm cum Dunsley, parish of Whitby, yeoman 1817; copy will and grant of probate of John Rigg of Whitby, plumber and glazier 1789; copy will and grant of probate of Ann Willis of Whitby, widow 1828; copy will and grant of probate of Jane Knaggs of Robins Hood Bay, Fylingdales 1843; copy will and letters of administration of John Clarke, of Whitby, tallow chandler 1833; copy will and grant of probate of Harriot Walker of Whitby, spinster 1872; copy will and grant of probate of William Nellist of Whitby, grocer 1875; copy will and grant of probate of Ruswarp, Whitby 1882; copy will and grant of probate of Robert Pennock of Whitby, labourer 1870; copy will and grant of probate of Edward Pennock of Whitby, master mariner 1847; copy will and grant of probate of William Prodham of Robin Hoods Bay, Fylingdales, grocer 1852; letters of administration of the estate of Elizabeth Parkinson of Whitby, spinster 1866; copy will and letters of administration of Samuel Lythe of Whitby, master mariner 1784; letters of administration of the estate of Mary Peirson, late of Goathland, Pickering 1844; letters of administration of the estate of Joseph Peacock of Robin Hoods Bay, Fylingdales 1871; letters of administration of the estate of Joseph Peacock of Robin Hoods Bay, Fylingdales mariner 1873; letters of administration of the estate of John Pearson, late of Robin Hoods Bay, Fylingdales, fish merchant 1871; letters of administration of the estate of Betsey Peacock of Robin Hoods, Fylingdales 1873; copy will and grant of probate of Zachariah Garbutt of Sandsend, Lythe, gent 1845; copy will and letters of administration of William Morley of Whitby, ship chandler 1854; letters of administration of the estate of John Avery the elder, late of Robin Hoods Bay, fisherman 1876; letters of administration of the estate of Christopher Holt Appleby, late of Lowdale, Whitby, master mariner 1869; letters of administration of the estate of Robert Agar of Whitby, cabinet maker 1870; letters of administration of the estate of Dorothy Akenhead of Whitby, widow 1872; copy will and grant of probate of John Alderson of Whitby, builder 1859; copy will and grant of probate of Harriet Duke of Whitby, widow 1898; letters of administration of the estate of John Dickinson of Ruswarp, Whitby, yeoman 1783; letters of administration of the estate of Ralph Dove, late of Whitby, mariner 1822; copy will and grant of probate of Thomas Duck of Whitby, mariner 1802; copy will and grant of probate of John Dixon of Low Rigg, Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre, Whitby, yeoman 1898; copy will and grant of probate of Hannah Farndale of Whitby, widow 1845; copy will and grant of probate of Taylor Renwick of Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre, Whitby, late blacksmith 1877; copy will and grant of probate of Sarah Robinson of West Hartlepool, County Durham 1895; copy will and grant of probate of Henry Roberts of Whitby, gent 1823; copy will and grant of probate of William Readman of Leatholmside, Glazedale, farmer 1883; letters of administration of the estate of Henry Robert of Whitby, ship owner 1866; letters of administration of the estate of Ann Robinson, late of Stockton-upon-Tees, County Durham 1869; letters of administration of the estate of Charles Richardson of Whitby, master mariner 1870; copy will and grant of probate of James Kinnersley of Whitby, hatter 1826; copy will and grant of probate of Hannah Duck of Whitby, widow 1879; copy will and letters of administration of Thomas Mankin of Ruswarp, Whitby, boot and shoemaker 1887; letters of administration of the estate of George Storm, late of Robin Hoods Bay, Whitby, master mariner 1860; letters of administration of the estate of Ann Steward the younger of Whitby 1860; letters of administration of the estate of Mordaunt Smalpage, late of Melbourne in the Colony of Victoria, Australia, late Lieutenant in the Royal Navy 1886; copy will and grant of probate of William Monkhouse of Middlesbrough, gent 1900; letters of administration of the estate of Isabella Lowther, late of Eskdaleside, Whitby, widow 1846; letters of administration of the estate of Isabella Moorsom of West Hartlepool, County Durham 1883; copy will and grant of probate of George Maston the elder of Whitby, late draper 1868; copy will and grant of probate of Mary Marwood of Ruswarp, Whitby, widow 1854; copy will and grant of probate of Robert Mills of Whitby, retired master mariner 1883; copy will and grant of probate of John Morrell of Whitby, silversmith 1847; copy will and grant of probate of Sarah Moore of Lythe, widow 1840; copy will and letters of administration of William Davison Morley of Whitby 1860; letters of administration of the estate of Dorothy Maclellan of Whitby, widow 1870; letters of administration of the estate of William Mead of Whitby, flour dealer 1880; papers relating to administration of estate of Mary Ann Moorhouse, late of Middleton, spinster 1853; copy will and grant of probate of Francis Mead of Key Green near Egton Bridge, farmer 1883; copy will and grant of probate of Andrew Smith of Stockton-upon-Tees, County Durham, confectioner 1858; copy will and grant of probate of George Sayer of Newholm-cum-Dunsley, farmer 1891; copy will and grant of probate of Sarah Skerry of Robin Hoods Bay, widow 1884; copy will and grant of probate of William Steward of Whitby, ship owner 1879; letters of administration of the estate of William Jameson of Whitby, master mariner 1865; copy will and grant of probate of Mary Ann Jameson of Whitby, widow 1873; letters of administration of the estate of Christopher John Bonington of Whitby 1856; letters of administration of the estate of James Burton of Sneaton Castle, domestic servant 1848; letters of administration of the estate of Jane Bolton late of Whitby, widow 1843; letters of administration of the estate of Ann Butterwick, Fylingdales 1851; copy will and grant of probate of Leonard Francis of Whitby, late mariner 1801; letters of administration of the estate of Elizabeth Grayton of Carlton, Snaith 1836; copy will and grant of probate of William Johnson of Loftus, yeoman 1801; copy will and grant of probate of Thomas Joplin of Littlebeck, Ugglebarnby, Whitby 1838; copy will and grant of probate of William Jefferson of Whitby, master mariner 1866; copy will and grant of probate of George Barrick of Whitby 1868; letters of administration of the estate of Eleanor Jefferson of Hinderwell, spinster 1877; letters of administration of the estate of Elizabeth Jefferson of Whitby, widow 1877; copy will and grant of probate of William Simpson of Whitby, master mariner 1873; copy will and grant of probate of Eleanor Beeforth of Whitby, spinster 1878; copy will and grant of probate of Elizabeth Benson of Whitby, widow 1864; copy will and grant of probate of Thomas Bennison of Whitby, innkeeper 1892; letters of administration of the estate of Thomas Boanas of Ruswarp, Whitby, farmer 1862; letters of administration of the estate of Matthew Boyes the elder of Whitby, master mariner 1878; copy will and grant of probate of Albert Bradley of Whitby, stationer 1897; copy will and grant of probate of Richard Bradley of Whitby, professor of music and stationer 1885; copy will and grant of probate of Elizabeth Dale Bradley of Whitby, widow 1896; letters of administration of the estate of John Lennard of Goldsbrough, Whitby, shoemaker 1884; letters of administration of Mary Smith, formerly Mary Bridekirk, late of South Shields 1843; copy will and grant of probate of George Frank of Whitby, joiner 1836; letters of administration of the estate of Ann Steward of Whitby, widow 1862; letters of administration of the estate of Maria Simpson of Whitby 1855; letters of administration of the estate of William Snaith of Whitby, mason 1873; copy will and grant of probate of Robert Skelton of Aislaby, Middleton, yeoman 1784; copy will and grant of probate of James Skerry of Robin Hoods Bay, ship owner 1876; copy will and grant of probate of Joseph Shaw of Whitby, woollen draper 1846; copy will and grant of probate of Thomas Shimms of Whitby, gent 1879; letters of administration of the estate of Sarah Jane Jackson, late of Huntcliff near Saltburn by the Sea 1884; letters of administration of the estate of William Ferguson of Whitby, master mariner 1859; letters of administration of the estate of Jane Flakin of Whitby, widow 1863; letters of administration of the estate of Margaret Fewster of Harwood Dale, Hackness, widow 1877; letters of administration of the estate of June Foster of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 1863; letters of administration of the estate of John Fawcett of Ruswarp, Whitby, farmer 1869; letters of administration of the estate of William Martin Fawcett of Whitby, master mariner 1873; letters of administration of the estate of William Martin Fawcett of Whitby, master mariner 1876; copy will and grant of probate of William Sinclair of Whitby, Secretary of the Whitby Waterworks Company 1882; copy will and grant of probate of Henry Thompson Burton of Whitby, master mariner 1874; papers relating to the estate of George Shevill the elder of Whitby, rough jet merchant 1875-1879; copy will and grant of probate of Alice Lawson of Whitby, widow 1818; copy will and letters of administration of James Woodill of Whitby, mariner 1830; will of Mary Woodall 1814; copy will and grant of probate of Mary Woodill of Whitby, widow 1824; copy will and grant of probate of George Trueman of Whitby, painter 1848; deed of disclaimer by John Chapman of Whitby, banker, and Henry Simpson of Whitby, banker, two of the executors and trustees of the will of George Trueman of Whitby, painter, deceased 1855; copy will and grant of probate of George Pyman of Sandsend in the parish of Lythe, yeoman 1847; copy will and grant of probate of Ann Harrison of Ruswarp, Whitby, spinster 1850; copy will and grant of probate of Henry Hayes of Whitby, gent 1895; copy will and grant of probate of Ann Clark of Ruswarp, Whitby, spinster 1882; papers relating to the marriage settlement of Sarah Reeve Dunn and John Chapman Simpson including copy birth certificate and copy marriage certificate 1880-1894; copy will and grant of probate of Mark Noble of Scarborough, gent 1867; copy will and grant of probate of Helen Noble, late of Aislaby, Whitby 1872; annuity receipt submitted to the Inland Revenue in respect of the an annuity paid to Anna Hilda Harrison under the will of Elizabeth Hatt of Scarborough, widow 1897; copy will and grant of probate of John Holt of Whitby 1851; copy will and grant of probate of Peter Coble of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, gent 1853; copy will and grant of probate of Isaac Hugill of Danby End, Danby, yeoman 1875; advertisement and particulars of a freehold farm call Conn House Farm, Danby 1897; copy will and grant of probate of Robert Burbank of Ruswarp, Whitby, gent 1820; copy will and grant of probate of William Usherwood the elder of Whitby, gent 1831; copy will and grant of probate of Jacob Johnson of Whitby, gent 1851; copy will and grant of probate of Sarah English of Whitby, widow 1880; copy will and grant of probate of Robert Usherwood of Whitby 1845; copy will and grant of probate of Henry Simpson of Ruswarp, Whitby, banker 1826; copy will and grant of probate of William Usherwood of Whitby, gent 1860; marriage settlement between reverend John Bolton late of Whitby and Emma Forrest Usherwood of Whitby, spinster 1856; copy will and grant of probate of Thomas Simpson of Ruswarp, Whitby 1843; copy deed of enlargement concerning George Buchannan of Whitby, gent 1889; copy will and grant of probate of George Littlefair of Whitby, gent 1791; copy will and grant of probate of George Augustus Peters of Ruswarp, Whitby 1870; inventory of plate belonging the George Augustus Peters 1869; inventory of plate from Whithorpe bought by George Augustus Peters on the death of the reverend Robert Rastall 1870; copy will and grant of probate of William Rickinson of Whitby, mariner 1816; copy will and grant of probate of Hannah Stephenson of Ruswarp, Whitby widow 1833; copy will and grant of probate of Jane Coble of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, spinster 1881; copy will and letters of administration of Eliza Jane Thompson of Whitby 1874; copy will and grant of probate of Joseph Thompson of Whitby, auctioneer 1881; appointment of trustee concerning the will of Joseph Thompson 1884; copy will and grant of probate of John Steward of Ruswarp, Whitby 1830; release mentioning the will of John Steward late of Whitby 1871; copy will and grant of probate of Christopher Barnard of Whitby, insurance agent 1888; copy will of Israel Preston of Ruswarp, Whitby, gent c1771; copy will of Robert Petch of Danby c1659; copy will of William Carr of Ruswarp, ship owner c1830; copy will of Nathaniel Langborne of Whitby, gent c1841; copy will and grant of probate of Matthew Stevenson of Hawsker cum Stainsacre, yeoman 1893; copy will and grant of probate of John Stevenson of Whitby 1902; copy will and grant of probate of Francis Hayes of Whitby, gent 1876; copy will and grant of probate of John Park of Wild Slack Farm, Danby, yeoman 1834; appointment of trustees mentioning the will of Ann Harrison late of Ruswarp, Whitby, spinster 1877; agreement mentioning the will of George Langburn of Danby, yeoman 1896; Sale particulars of a freehold farm in the township of Barnby 1900; copy will and grant of probate of Mary Duck of Whitby, widow 1829; copy will and grant of probate of Catherine Fawcitt of Whitby, widow 1849; copy will and grant of probate of Jane Carr of Ruswarp, Whitby, widow 1843; copy will and grant of probate of John Brown formerly of Pickering 1821; copy will and grant of probate of Thomas Clegg of Whitby, gent 1877; copy will and grant of probate of Elizabeth Walker of Whitby 1827; copy will and grant of probate of Thomas Cowley of Whitby, musician 1820; letters of administration of the estate of Thomas Harrison of Robin Hoods Bay, fisherman and ship owner 1860; letters of administration of the estate of Sarah Jane Harrison of Middlesbrough 1865; letters of administration of the estate of John Herbert of Whitby, boat builder 1829; letters of administration of the estate of Henry Hill of Whitby, ship owner 1853; copy will and letters of administration of the estate of Thomas Harland, master mariner 1836; papers relating to the settlement of the estate of Thomas Harland, including bills, receipts, and accounts relating to his ship the snow Wellington 1833-1837; letters of administration of the estate of Isabella Harland of Whitby 1861; copy will and grant of probate of Mary Coverdale of Ruswarp, Whitby, spinster 1829; papers relating to the settlement of the estate of Mary Coverdale 1829-1837; copy will and grant of probate of Robert Waite of London, gent 1842; letters of administration of the estate of Betsy Hillas of Ruswarp, Whitby 1876; letters of administration of the estate of Thomas Harrison of Robin Hoods Bay, master mariner 1873; letters of administration of the estate of Stephen Hodgson of Whitby, master mariner 1873; copy will and grant of probate of Mary Hall of Whitby, widow 1864; letters of administration of the estate of Thomas Hill of Glazedale, Lythe, farmer 1861; copy will and grant of probate of William Clarkson of Whitby, ironmonger 1814; copy will and grant of probate of Mathew Storm of Prospect House, Fylingdales, gent 1819; copy will and grant of probate of Elizabeth Storm of Robin Hoods Bay, widow 1844; copy will and probate of William Summerson of Whitby, gent 1848; copy will and grant of probate of Martha Harrison of Norton, County Durham, spinster 1841; copy will and grant of probate of George Heseltine late of Socket Mills, near Guisbrough 1875; letters of administration of the estate of Edward Knaggs of Robin Hoods Bay, butcher 1842; letters of administration of the estate of Elizabeth Knaggs of Robin Hoods Bay, spinster 1875; copy will and grant of probate of Robert Kilvington of Whitby, master mariner 1859; copy will and grant of probate of Mary Sanderson (formerly Alderson) of Whitby, widow 1864; copy will and grant of probate of Jonathan Hartley of Westerdale, retired farmer 1883; copy will and grant of probate of William Harland of Whitby, late cabinet maker 1882; letters of administration of the estate of Mary Ann Hunter of Whitby 1868; copy will and grant of probate of John Holliday of Whitby, ship owner 1873; copy will and grant of probate of Richard Hill of Newholm cum Dunsley, Whitby, gent 1887; copy will and grant of probate of William Taylor of Whitby, ship chandler 1839; copy will and grant of probate of William Thompson of Whitby, roper 1857; copy will and grant of probate of Joseph Trowside of Whitby, gent 1875; copy will and grant of probate of Joseph Tindale of Whitby, gent 1875; letters of administration of the estate of Mary Ann Thompson of Whitby, widow 1871; copy will and grant of probate of Ann Thompson of Whitby, widow 1877; copy will and grant of probate of George Watson of Stoup Brow, Fylingdales, yeoman 1766; copy will and grant of probate of William Vart late of Sleights, yeoman 1822; copy will and grant of probate of Jonathan Oyston of Whitby, gent 1842; copy will and grant of probate of Thomas Thompson of Whitby, saddler 1862; copy will and grant of probate of Robert Harrison, Hawsker cum Stainsacre, Whitby, farmer 1837; copy will and grant of probate of Elizabeth Haden of Whitby, widow 1875; copy will and grant of probate of Hannah Cooper of Whitby, spinster 1860; letters of administration of the estate of Nathaniel Campion of Ruswarp, Whitby, gent 1869; copy will and grant of probate of Mary Cass of Cockmill, Whitby, widow 1830; copy will and grant of probate of Cuthbert Wigham of West Hartlepool, County Durham, gent 1861; letters of administration of the estate of Ann Wilkinson of Whitby 1871; letters of administration of the estate of Betsey Wherrit of West Hartlepool, County Durham 1883; letters of administration of the estate of Mary Ann Wood of West Hartlepool 1881; copy will and grant of probate of John Wood of the Ship Inn, Egton, innkeeper 1876; letters of administration of the estate of Elizabeth Wood 1884; copy will and grant of probate of William Willis of Whitby, master mariner 1812; letters of administration of the estate of Joseph Jackson of Runswick, Hinderwell, master mariner 1762; letters of administration of the estate of Ann Jackson of Ruswarp, Whitby, widow 1780; copy will and grant of probate of Robert Watson of Whitby, mariner 1816; copy will and grant of probate of Mary Winn of Whitby, domestic servant 1859; letters of administration of the estate of Esther Wiggins (formerly Esther Chapel) of York 1824; copy will and grant of probate of Margaret Wilson of Whitby, widow 1864; letters of administration of the estate of Eliza Wilson of Whitby 1879; letters of administration of the estate of Mary Wilson (formerly Mary Dalton) 1880; copy will and grant of probate of Wilson Bedlington of Lowdale, Ugglebarnby, Whitby, ship owner 1833; copy will and grant of probate of Sarah Estill of Whitby widow 1881; copy will and grant of probate of Richard Hall of Oakleyside, Danby, yeoman 1763; copy will and grant of probate of Christopher Grainger of Robin Hood's Bay Town, Fylingdales, master mariner 1832; copy will and grant of probate of the Reverend William Long, Vicar of Lythe 1858; copy will and grant of probate of Robert Wilkinson of Skelton, yeoman 1854; copy will and grant of probate of James Gray of Whitby, ship owner 1883; copy will and grant of probate of John Featherstone of Whitby, ship owner 1812; copy will and grant of probate of Hannah Farndale of Whitby, widow 1845; copy will and grant of probate of Mary Godden of the parish of Fylingdales 1840; copy will and grant of probate of William Ombler the elder late of Market Weighton, gent 1845; copy will and letters of administration of Margaret Greenberry, wife of Edward Heselton Greenberry of Whitby, jet ornament manufacturer 1881; copy will and grant of probate of Elizabeth Feardon of Whitby, spinster 1882; copy will and grant of probate of William Clarkson of Whitby, draper 1852; copy will and grant of probate of John Readman of Lealholm, Glaisdale, gent 1873; copy will and grant of probate of Thomas Wood of Ugglebarnby, Whitby, farmer 1851; letters of administration of the estate of Rebecca Noble Elgie of Prospect Hill, Ruswarp, spinster 1847; letters of administration of the estate of William Elgie of Prospect Hill, Ruswarp, miller 1847; papers relating to the settlement of the estate of Rebecca Noble Elgie and William Elgie c1840s; copy will and letters of administration of Joseph Wilson of Whitby, stonemason 1880; copy will and letters of administration of Ann Watson of Robin Hoods Bay, Fylingdales, spinster 1863; copy will and grant of probate of Hannah Weighill of Whitby, widow 1869; copy will and grant of probate of Henry Wellburn of Fylingdales, farmer 1866; copy will and grant of probate of Matthew Wellburn of Whitby, auctioneer 1896; copy will and grant of probate of George Winspear of Esk Hall, Glazdale, miller 1890; executor's accounts relating to the settlement of the estate of George Winspear 1890-1891; letters of administration of the estate of Maria Wood, late of Sleights, Whitby 1893; copy will and grant of probate of Joseph Sanders of Whitby, merchant 1855; copy will and grant of probate of George Hall of Oakleyside, Danby, yeoman 1832; copy will and grant of probate of Christopher Hunter of Whitby, gent 1815; copy will and grant of probate of William Tose of Whitby, harbour master 1876; copy will and grant of probate of Robert Clark of Whitby, gent 1843; copy will and grant of probate of Edward Parratt of Whitby, jet ornament manufacturer 1889; copy will and grant of probate of Thomas Yorke of Liverpool, Lancashire, cash keeper 1846; executor's accounts relating to the settlement of the estate of Thomas Yorke 1877; copy will and grant of probate of Mary Yorke of Whitby, widow 1891; executors' accounts relating to the settlement of the estate of Mary Yorke 1891; copy will and grant of probate of the will of Thomas Hunter of Whitby, gent 1846; copy will and grant of probate of Thomas Hartley of Whitby, gent 1880; copy will and grant of probate of Simon Horner of Whitby, gent 1873; copy will and grant of probate of William Thompson of Whitby, rough jet merchant 1886; copy will and grant of probate of Rebecca Winspear of Lealholm, Glaisdale, spinster 1898; copy will and grant of probate of Joseph Sedman of Whitby, late railway guard 1881; copy will and grant of probate of John Thompson of Fryup, Glazedale, Danby, farmer 1888; copy will and letters of administration of William Taylor of Whitby, cordwainer 1865; copy will and letters of administration of Hannah Thompson of Whitby, widow 1830; copy will and grant of probate of Edward Steward of Whitby, gent 1859; copy will and grant of probate of Jane Hebron of Lealholmside, Glaisdale, Danby, widow 1894; copy will and grant of probate of George Hebron of Lealholmside, Glaisdale, Danby 1886; copy will and grant of probate of Frances Clark of Whitby, widow 1883; copy will and grant of probate of William Baxter of Thorpe, Fylingdales, ship owner 1891; copy will and grant of probate of James Estill of Whitby, ship owner 1865; copy will and grant of probate of George Ebblewhite of Whitby, foreman, shipwright 1874; correspondence relating to the estate of Robert Petch 1844; copy letters of administration of the estate of Robert Petch of Great Broughton, Kirby c1802; letters of administration of the estate of Robert Petch of Great Broughton, Danby 1844; copy will and grant of probate of Thomas Pressick of Whitby, ship owner 1860; copy will and grant of probate of Joseph Baker Richardson of Sneaton Hall, Sneaton 1875; copy will and grant of probate of the Reverend Isaac Fearon of Crofton 1815; copy will and grant of probate of William Harrison of Thorpe Fylingdales, near Whitby, retired farmer 1899; copy will and grant of probate of Robert Watson of the parish of Whitby, mariner 1816; copy will and grant of probate of Mary Thompson of Whitby, widow 1860; copy will of William Breckon of Glaisdale, Danby, weaver c1723; copy will and grant of probate of Ann Cook, wife of John Cook of Glazedale, Danby, gent 1828; letters of administration of the estate of John Noble of Ugglebarnby, Whitby, farmer 1847; copy will and grant of probate of James Hall of Westerdale, yeoman 1786; copy will and grant of probate of William Langburn, Danby, yeoman 1812; copy will and letters of administration of John Camplin of Whitby Lays, Whitby, yeoman 1743; copy will and grant of probate of Henry Thistle of Aislaby, retired farmer 1882; transfer of mortgage and further charge 1868-1869; draft deed of covenant 1876; agreement 1817.

Jones, Mr A, fl 1967, solicitor

• Whitby, North Riding of Yorkshire
• North Riding of Yorkshire

This collection was deposited by Mr A Jones, solicitor in August 1967.

The arrangement seems to follow that of the four cases and original bundles in which they were deposited as noted in the Accessions Register, by Percy Burnett in undertaking his extracts and as summarily listed by John Gaskin in 1988. Numbering does not follow that adopted by Gaskin. The whereabouts of Bundles O and P are unknown - they were not present when Gaskin listed the collection in 1988. It is possible that some at least of the loose deeds formed these bundles.

Some of these papers concern Cornelius Clark who executed his will on 23rd July 1803 in which he appointed his brother Richard Clark, Thomas Pierson and George Pierson executors and trustees. The will instructed the trustees to sell all his real and personal property and to hold the proceeds in trust for his five illegitimate children by Hannah Metcalf, whom he had recently married, and any subsequent children. Hannah Metcalf was to receive the interest on the invested trust funds during her widowhood and the minority of the children.

Cornelius Clark died on 13th October 1817, by which time he had had a further daughter, and his eldest son and two eldest daughters were of age. Thomas and George Pierson refused to act as executors and trustees because of the widow's fractiousness, Richard Clark only doing so after being persuaded that it was in the best interest of his brother's children. As Richard Clark lived in Bath, he employed Francis Wardale to act as agent on his behalf in the settlement of the estate.

Some papers relate to Hannah Ness. In her will dated 26 Jul 1866 and proved at York on 28 Nov 1868 Hannah Ness left a farm at Leatherholm Lawns in the township of Glazedale to John Ruddock upon trust to let the farm and pay the income to her son John Ness for life, on his death the income was to be paid to her daughter Jane Walker: on the death of the survivor of them, the farm was devised to the children of the said Jane Walker. The testatrix also devised to Jane Walker use for life of the farm known as High Farm and the messuage in Ainthorpe in which the testatrix lived; on the death of Jane Walker these were devised to her children.

Some papers relate to Ann Littlefair. In her will dated 23 Aug 1777 Ann Littlefair appointed Wakefield Simpson her trustee and devised him £300.0.0 upon trust to invest and pay the income to her daughter Ann Ware; after Ann Ware's death the principal sum was to be held upon trust for Ann Ware's children.

Some papers relate to the trusts established under the marriage settlement of Elizabeth Ann Noble and Francis Burnett and her will. Legal problems arose because these trusts, being charitable in nature were invalid under the Statute of Mortmain, although she died after the Mortmain and Charitable Uses Act, 1891, under which they would have been valid.

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