Borthwick Catalogue

Copy extract from the will of Robert Madock, bequeathing £100 to Retreat

RET/3/1/4/2
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19th century

Part of The Retreat Archive

Copy extract from will of Mary Dale of Tottenham, Middlesex, d. 1812, bequeathing £100 to Retreat

RET/3/1/4/1
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19th century

Part of The Retreat Archive

Copy of the will of Mary Cawood of Worsley, Lancashire

MD/47/16
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11 November 1876

Part of Miscellaneous Documents

Copy of the will of Mary Cawood, spinster, late of Worsley, Lancashire, dated 7 February 1872. She leaves her estate to her brother-in-law John Baldwin of Wortley in trust for her sister Sarah Ann Baldwin.

Copy of the will of Sarah Sharp of Keighley

MD/47/15
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13 June 1871

Part of Miscellaneous Documents

Copy of the will of Sarah Sharp, spinster, late of Intake in the parish of Keighley, Yorkshire, dated 13 March 1871. She leaves her estate in trust for her cousins Sarah Ann Baldwin and Mary Cawood, including three dwelling houses in Keighley.

Copy of will of William Cobb of Foston

MD/149/3
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1752-1753

Part of Miscellaneous Documents

Copy of will of William Cobb of Foston, yeoman, dated 15 February 1752/3, with Grant of Probate, 1 June 1753.

Deed relating to property in Petergate and Fulford with will of Elizabeth Taylor

MD/214
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1699-1723

Part of Miscellaneous Documents

Deed relating to property in Petergate and Fulford, 1699, with will of Elizabeth Taylor of Fulford 1723.

Inventory of the goods of Richard Wetherill of Pickering

MD/197
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January 1658/9

Part of Miscellaneous Documents

Inventory of the goods of Richard Wetherill of Pickering yeoman, made January 1658/9. (Probate of the will granted in London, 1659, during the period of the Commonwealth.)

MS Commonplace Book, perhaps compiled by Countess Grey

HALIFAX/A1/8/52/1
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c 1801-1816

Part of Hickleton Papers

Manuscript extracts and typescript account, with extracts, of diary of Alfred Smith, patient at the Retreat, 1870s

RET/1/10/2/17
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c. 1930s

Part of The Retreat Archive

Monition to James Fryer

MD/30/8
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12 December 1810

Part of Miscellaneous Documents

Monition to James Fryer, gentleman, of York to deliver the will of Richard Henry Beaumont of Whitley Hall, pa Kirkheaton, into the prerogative court of York for probate by the sole executive Elizabeth Bernard (wife of Lt. General George Bernard an...

Monition to exhibit for probate in the prerogative court the will of Francis Dalton

MD/30/6
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4 December 1802

Part of Miscellaneous Documents

Monition to exhibit for probate in the prerogative court the will of Francis Dalton, wrongfully proved in the court of the archdeacon of Richmond.

Papers relating to Alfred Smith

RET/6/19/1/157
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1877 - 20th century

Part of The Retreat Archive

His diary 1877 - 1878, and with it a photograph of him, a few minor printed items and 20th c. notes about himHis diary records in minute detail the routes of his walks around York, and it also gives some detail of his Retreat lifePatient no. 881, ...

Papers relating to Elizabeth (Eliza) Pryor

RET/6/19/1/132
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1863

Part of The Retreat Archive

Commonplace book, including loose papers and a letter to herPatient no. 685, in Retreat 1843 - 1871 (died). Age 33 on admission, Quaker, married, wife of umbrella manufacturer, from Islington, London. Melancholia and excitement

Papers relating to Mary Catlin

RET/6/19/1/35
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1833 - early 1850s

Part of The Retreat Archive

5 small account books detailing her purchases, 1833 - 1849; writings by her, comprising 1 paper and 4 commonplace books, undated, c. 1840s; letter by her to her niece, 1855; printed notice of death of J.J. Gurney of Earlham, Norwich, 1847; 33 bill...

Papers relating to Robert Taylor

RET/6/19/1/166
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1868 - 1869

Part of The Retreat Archive

Memorandum bookThis is part diary, part commonplace book, with notes on religious topicsPatient no. 1121, in Retreat 1867 - 1870 (died). Age 57 on admission, Quaker, single, gentleman, of York. Religious melancholia, caused by paralysis

Probate copy of the will of Edwin Smith of Acomb