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- 4 November 1725: Mary Wandesford of York (spinster) finances with her will the foundation of a Protestant convent
- 24 February 1631: Samuel Rabanke ensures that after his death the people of Danby (Scarborough) will recall his fondness for the number nine
- 5 July 1603: In his will, William Clapham gives poor pupils at the Giggleswick free school something to celebrate on St Gregory’s Day
- 30 January 1410: Henry IV acts against salmon poaching in Yorkshire
- 27 October 1866: Dr Hook, Dean of Chichester, writes to his wife from his old vicarage in Leeds
- 7 November 1866: James Robinson of Barnsley is observed teaching his dog to worry cats
- 7 November 1866: The Huddersfield Improvement Commissioners hear of the unsatisfactory arrangements for married couples in dosshouses
- 22 September 1829: John Broughall, an elderly Jewish pedlar, complains to Sheffield magistrates that he was ejected from the Tontine Inn (Haymarket) for running a shop inside
- 5 March 1829: Henry Burton of Hotham tells a rowdy public meeting at Beverley to petition parliament against Catholic emancipation and preserve “the Protestant constitution”
- 25 November 1828: Benefit scroungers from Wortley (Leeds) take a six-mile ride to West Ardsley
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