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Total number of records: 1430

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items1146
Archives120
Indexes82
People and organisations82

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection772
Incunabula266
English Literature185
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society88
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse71
Medieval Manuscripts19
Quaker Collection16
Letters Database14
Ripon Cathedral6
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History2

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
law reports, digests, etc24
manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)19
law19
political science15
popish plot, 167815
voyages around the world14
tithes14
state, the11
psychology10
books of hours10

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain195
Europe19
Yorkshire (England)12
France12
London (England)11
Rome10
Turkey6
Crimea (Ukraine)5
York (England)4
Italy4

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)265
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton235
Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax Baron (1612-1671)78
Great Britain70
Great Britain. Army67
Great Britain. Parliament58
Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax56
Montesquieu, Charles De Secondat Baron De (1689-1755)55
Lyttelton, George Lyttelton Baron (1709-1773)39
Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-167134

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 11002
From 12001
From 13002
From 1400276
From 150046
From 1600437
From 1700655

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Latest dateCount
Up to 11992
Up to 13992
Up to 1499271
Up to 159935
Up to 1699426
Up to 1799694

Archive Collection

Court Baron, Manor of Shelley

26 Oct 1786

The Court Baron of the Reverend Samuel Kirshaw, Doctor of Divinity.

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Court Baron and estreat roll

7 Oct 1619

Cavelton (A) View of Frankpledge and Court Baron of Robert Barton Esq. and William Rosse gent, lords of various manors, held by their agreement. Names of free tenants, tenants at will and jurors. Off...

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Court Baron and estreat roll

16 Oct 1639

Cawton. (A) View of Frankpledge with Court Baron of Ralph Salven Esq. Names of free tenants, tenants at will, residents and jurors. Offences. (B) Estreat Roll for the same court.

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