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UPSALL. 29th April, 43rd Eliz. (1601). OflEicial document about the dower 
of Margaret, late wife of James Strangwaies, Esq., in East Upsall and West IJpsall. 
Fragment of seal. {Mr. E. Strickland). 
WAKEFIELD. Grant from William Earl of Warren, to John de Wakefield, 
his clerk, of the rent of 2s. per anmim, which he paid out of his messuage in 
Northgate, containing four acres of land. With a great part of the seal, show¬ 
ing a Knight on horseback, and, on the reverse, the Arms of Warren. {Purchased, 
1887). 
WELBORNE. 20th April, 36th Hen. VIII. (1545). Grant from Wm. 
Ramsden, of Longlay, co. York, gentleman, of a messuage in Welhorne, 
granted to him by Letters Patent, d. 14th September, 36th Hen. VIII., late 
belonging to the Monastery of Ryvalx- to John Clarke. With seal. {Mr. 
E. Strickland). 
WOLVISTON, w. DURHAM. Durham, 19th May, 3rd Hen. VI. (1425). 
Release from John Bery, vicar of Billingham, John More, chaplain, John Semer, 
chaplain, John de Mydilton, chaplain of Wynyard, and Robert Dryne, to Thos. 
Langton, of Wynyard, of their right in the lands, etc., which belonged to Walter 
de Uffyngton, brother of Alice de UflPyngton, and which after her death descended 
to John Corte, of Hertilpole, son and heir of the said Alice, in Wolveston. Seal 
gone. {Mr. E. Strickland). 
WORKSOP, NOTTS. 19th November, 1650. Official Document, under 
Seal, from the keepers of the Commonwealth of England, about some land at 
Worksop, Notts., claimed by James Lane, gentleman. With finely engraved title 
and borders. {Mr. E, Gray). 
YORK. Langley, 2nd June, 1st Edw. 11. (1308). Exemplification and 
Confirmation, under seal, by the King, of the Charter of Privileges granted to 
St. Mary’s Abbey, York, by Henry III. Fragment of seal. {Mr. E. Strickland). 
-York, die Jovis prox. post festum SS. Petri et Pauli, 10th Edw. II. 
(1317). Grant from Ranulph le Hoser, citizen of York, and Ellen his wife, to 
John de Wetewang, of York, apothecary, and Preciosa his wife, their daughter, of a 
messuage in Mikelgate, opposite the Church of S. Trinity. With seals, {Mr. 
John Wright). 
-York, 21st January, 1357. Grant from John de Lasceles, of Escryk, 
to Richard de Tadecastre, and Robert de Barton, of York, chaplain, of a messuage in 
Fishergate. With seal of arms. {3fr. K. Cowling, ISSi.) 
-York, 20th July, 1398. G-rant from Agnes, late wife of Nicholas de 
Touthorpe, of York, to Wm. de Touthorpe, Richard de Yokeflete, chaplains, Thos. 
Thurkyll, of York, and John de Quyxlay, of York, of her lands and houses in York, 
at a rent of six marks, 6s. 8d. per annum. Seal broken. {Mr. John Wright). 
-The Play of the Scriveners, being one of the York Mysteries or 
Miracle Plays, written, no doubt, for the use of the craft, possibly for a prompter. 
In a Book. Saec. xv., containing four leaves. {Dr. Sykes, of Doncaster, 1860). 
- 1528—29. Compotus Fratris Thomae Syngleton, Monachi ac 
Custodis Communiae Specierum et Camerarii Monasterii Sanctoe Mariae Ebor. In a 
long Parchment Roll. {Mr. E. Strickland). 
