Yorkshire Almanac 2025

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Robert Rawson to Mrs. Levening, at Acklam. [c. 1543,] April 26. Seaton (co. York). Forasmuch as your daughters by Mr. Levening have been found wards to the King, I have the wardship and marriage of them by his grant. I charge you in his name to keep them “uncontrake and unaffidde” till I send for them. Nevertheless if you or your friends be disposed to buy them, or either of them, I shall be glad to set you a reasonable price.

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• Court of Wards and Liveries (1) W/G ·
• East Riding of Yorkshire (67) W/G ·
• Manners, Henry, 2nd Earl of Rutland (1526-1563) (2), nobleman and soldier W/G ·
• Marriage (13) W/G ·
• North Riding of Yorkshire (51) W/G ·
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To facilitate reading, the spelling and punctuation of elderly excerpts have generally been modernised, and distracting excision scars concealed. My selections, translations, and editions are copyright.

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Frank Stenton (Stenton 2004) and Thomas Forester in his edition of Ordericus Vitalis (Ordericus Vitalis 1854) give the same date for the Durham massacre, but I don’t know where they found it. Orderic is more interesting and complete and should probably replace the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle here.

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