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- 1603/07/05 - In his will, William Clapham finances an annual potation on St. Gregory’s Day of figs and ale for poor scholars of the Giggleswick free school
- 1410/01/30 - Henry IV acts against salmon poaching in Yorkshire
- 1866/10/27 - Dr. Hook, ex-Vicar of Leeds, current Dean of Chichester, writes to his wife of the renewal of acquaintances with Yorkshire railway workers
- 1866/11/07 - James Robinson of Barnsley is observed teaching his dog to worry cats
- 1829/09/22 - John Broughall, an elderly Jewish pedlar, complains to Sheffield magistrates that he was kicked out of the Tontine Inn (Haymarket) for running a shop inside
- 1829/03/05 - Henry Burton calls on a lively public meeting at Beverley to petition parliament against Catholic emancipation and preserve “the Protestant constitution”
- 1828/11/25 - Benefit scroungers from Wortley (Leeds) take a six-mile ride to West Ardsley
- 1826/10/17 - Rabbi Phillips of York writes to the Herald accepting an apology from the evangelical Jew-converter (and convert) Joseph Wolff for taking his name in vain
- 1823/08/11 - The Hull Packet publishes a selection of cross-column typographical serendipities
- 1847/12/13 - The Rev. Hook of Leeds (49) tells a Coventry colleague of his popularity amongst his fellow elderly
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