| Description | Note the pages of this book are numbered on one side only
Includes
Pages 12, 17, 18, 21, 23-30, 32-41, 45-47, 50-51, 59-61, 64, 106-107, 118-119 posters, petitions, addresses, resolutions et cetera, concerning the management of Beverley Pastures, 1826-1844
pages 1, 35 and 5 flyleaves posters, newspaper cuttings, addresses, et cetera, relating to reform of Corporation
pages 5, 12, 44, 53, 56 posters newspaper cuttings, addresses, et cetera, relating to reform of parliament
Town Council and Mayoral election posters, squibs and addresses
pages 81-83 election 1824
page 88 election 1826
page 12 election 1832
page 71 election 1833
pages 3-8 election 1835
pages 9, 11, 12, 21, 24, 47, 48 election 1836
pages 53, 55 election 1837
pages 103-106 election 1838
pages 107-108 election 1840
page 32 election 1877
Also pages 25, 46, 56-58, 62, 118
Parliamentary election posters, squibs, addresses, et cetera, Beverley unless otherwise stated
pages flyleaf, 31 Hull election 1818
pages 76-79 election 1818
pages 8, 66, 106-7 election 1820
page 81 Yorkshire election 1821
page 126-127 election 1824
pages 26, 67, 85-85 election 1826
page 84 Hull election 1826
pages 15-17, 68-69, 86-89, 95-96, election 1830
page 2 Yorkshire election 1830
pages 33, 45, 75-76, 91 election 1831
page 20 Yorkshire election 1831
pages 71-72, 91-93 election 1832
pages 44, 76 Yorkshire and East Riding election 1832
page 93 election 1834
pages 6-7, 11, 108-112 election 1835
page 22 election 1836
page 95-96, 122-125 election 1837
page 47 Norfolk election 1837
page 96-103 East Riding election 1837
page 58 Hull election 1838
page 106 election 1839
page 106-108 election 1840
pages 108-115, 117 election 1841
page 15 election 1850
page 65 Hull election 1855
pages 94-95, 118-119, 122-125 election 1857
page 63 Halifax election 1857
page 121 election 1859
page 84 Hull election 1859
pages 122-125 election 1860
page 131 election 1864
pages 121, 131 election 1868
pages 132-136 East Riding election 1868
page 94-95 election 1869
pages 13, 15, 31, 67-68, 77-78, 86 handbills, addresses, reports, et cetera, relating to Catholic Emancipation
ALSO
Inside cover lists of aldermen showing number of times each served as mayor; present Burgesses or chamberlains, Recorders of Beverley (1576-1835), Town Clerks (1560-1835), Chamber Clerks (1645-1835), election candidates (1734-1855), curates of Beverley Minster (1580-1835), masters of Beverley Grammar School (1578-1836), pastures belonging to Freemen of Beverley; 'A statement of accounts relating to St Mary's New Burial Ground', 1829-1840; newcutting relating to election of churchwardens of Beverley Minster, nd; rules to be observed in choosing Mayor of Beverley, list of aldermen showing number of times served as mayor 1788-1833; 'Statement of the mayors choosing', 1822-1832; notice of proccedings at meeting of inhabitants of Beverley concerning relief of poor in Western Ireland-gives copy of a petition of Clergy of Galway, 13 Jun 1831
page 4 'Mayor choosing Hints 1831' - election address supporting Alderman Campbell
page 5 notice concerning a handbill circulated by Anthony Johnson, 1828
page 8 notice of election of 6 burgesses, 2 Jan 1836
page 9 newspaper cutting 'Hull Corporation Book', 1883
page 12 newspaper cuttings (3) - address to King by Town Council (William IV), 1836; poem 'Burial of the last Mayor', nd
page 13 newspaper cuttings concerning Henry Burton's help to the poor at North Cave, nd
page 15 newspaper cutting - death of Reverend Joseph Moor, Senior Curate of Driffield, nd
page 16 'Answer to a petition presented by Sir Samuel Romilly, on the part of Mr Moxon of Hull against Robert Christie Burton esq of Hotham the following petition through influence of Lord Lascelles, was presented and ordered to be laid on the table of the House of Commons and to be printed , nd
page 17 newspaper cutting 'The Recordership of Hull'; Guinea note of Beverley Bank 'exhibited under a Commission of Bankcruptcy against John Batty Tuke', 8 Nov 1805
page 23 state of Hull Share Market, 21 Dec 1854
page 25 sale bill for corporate plate of Beverley, 25 Apr 1836
page 28 address 'The Friends of Radical Reform to R Peck, printer of the Hull Packet and a zealous friend to corruption', nd
page 31 address following petition for restoration of Quarter Sessions giving list of expenses of the Borough Sessions, 1832-1836
page 32, 38, 39, 41, 43, 45, 50-55, reports of Council meetings, 1836-1837
page 33 newspaper cuttings relating erection of vicarage at Market Weighton, 14 Mar 1878
page 36 suicide of Richard Dawson of Driffield, merchant, 1875
page 39 newspaper cutting 'County Rates of Yorkshire', 31 Mar 1877
page 43 notice of Council resolutions concerning municipal charities. A schedule of the Exhibitions in the Gift of the Corporation of Beverley, 1652-1778
page 44 newspaper cuttings (2): 'Beverley Charitable Trustees', 1836
page 45 newspaper cuttings concerning Scarborough to Whitby Railway Company, 1877-1885; notice of meeting relating to the rebuilding of St Nicholas (Holme) Church, Beverley, 27 May 1857
page 46 newspaper cutting 'East Riding Registration', 19 Oct 1836
page 47 'Observations on the influence of the Planets on the Atmosphere' by C Grundell and 'Opinion on the Nature and influences of the planets on the Atmosphere' by B C Grundell, 1836
page 48 report of Finance Committee of Borough of Beverley, 21 Nov 1836
page 49 newspaper cutting - report of appeal against Beverley Borough Rate - Gillyatt Sumner versus Town Council
page 53 report of Anti-Mill Society meeting, 10 Mar 1837; 'Treasury Minute' - compensation of Town Clerks, 20 Oct 1837; copy of Quarter Session Order for reduction of Borough Rate after Gillyatt Sumner's appeal , 3 Apr 1837; list of committee for arranging celebration of Princess Victoria's birthday, 9 May 1837; address concerning unjust dealings at Beverley Races, c.1837
page 54 account of 'Entertainments in Honour of the Princess Victoria', c.1837; posters (2) attacking action of magistrates at Hedon in refusing a licence to W H Jefree, Ordnance Arms, Drypool, c.1819
page 55 The report of the Union Mill Society, Beverley, 7 Feb-16 Aug 1837. (See also DDBC/23/G/252-7); newspaper cuttings (2) relating to the sale of manuscripts and antiques belonging to Gillyatt Sumner deceased, 2 Nov 1877
page 56 newspaper cuttings 'Dinner to Henry Burton, esq, MP', c.1837 and 'Arrival and Reception of Mr O'Connell in Hull', c.1837
page 56-58 account of 'Dinner to the Members for the Borough' (Hull) c.1837; accounts (2) of arrival of Daniel O'Connell at Beverley and posters (2) relating to expenses of Quarter Sessions in Beverley, Mar 1838
page 59 newspaper cuttings relating to the report of a case of Beverley Corporation versus Boyes, for cutting down ancient ornamental trees near Beverley, nd.; report of meeting at Driffield regarding the protection to agriculture and British industry, 1849; notice concerning shares in Malton-Driffield Junction Railway, nd
page 63 circular from T Bentley Phillips to Mayor and Assessors of Beverley regarding the opinion of William Whiteman concerning objections to name on Burgess list, 13 Oct 1838; address attacking Beverley Charity Trustees, 20 Nov 1838
page 64 'Addresses of the inhabitants of Beverley to the Queen with the answers of Her Majesty', c.1820
page 65 names of subscribers and their magazines regarding Beverley Pamphlet Club, 1853; Beverley Gas Works scale of discount to be allowed to large consumers of gas, 11 Jul 1864; sale notice for (land?) at South Cave, Ellerker, 1877
page 68 special edition of the Beverley Guardian containing report on proposed Beverley to Market Weighton railway, 4 Nov 1861
page 69 copy of part of letter from J Pottage to J Macheley regarding publication of handbill ('Orange Samaritan Family Pills), with copy of handbill, 28 Sep 1832
page 70 play bill of 'She Stoops to Conquer' at Beverley Theatre, 29 Jul 1830
page 73 minutes of meeting of the Beacon Club held at the Beverley Arms Inn, 11 Aug 1830
page 73-74 report of Beacon Club Dinner, 1830
page 74-75 lists (2) of subscribers to Beverley Pamphlet Club, 1848-1849; report of 'Mr Burton's Dinner' (Henry Burton, MP for Beverley), 1831
page 83 notice of prosecution of persons trespassing or shooting game, with report of a case for these offences, 1844, newspaper cutting relating to Sunk Island, 1877
page 84 newspaper cuttings relating to the unfairness of Driffield Magistrates, 1864; address by John Wharton concerning new Gas Light Act, nd.; Representation of Hull, 1826-1859
page 85 newspaper cutting, 'Charles I at the Gates of Hull (from Andrew Marvel and his Friends. A Story of the Siege of Hull by Marie Hall)', nd.
page 93 notice concerning church clock on St Mary's, 22 Aug 1836
page 94 notice regarding Beverley tradesman who will not in future give out any Christmas presents, 9 Dec 1835; the Annual Report of the Committee of the Beverley Guardian Society and complaints against apprentices, 3 Dec 1835; notice regarding the answer of apprentices of Beverley to Guardian Society concerning allegations made against them, 22 Dec 1835
page 94-95 newspaper cutting 'The Hull Election Petition', 20-21 Jan 1869
page 95 notice of vacancy for sexton in parish of St Martins, 20 Jul 1825
page 96 parody on the Conservative Ode patronized by the Pocklington Conservative Association, 5 Aug 1835
page 102 printed letter from J D Dawson, Beverley, to W B Johnson, printer relating to printed placard (containing correspondence between Gillyatt Sumner and H Burton MP in which JDD is charged with spreading report that he had sent a petition to Mr Burton asking that £10 occupiers be allowed to stock in common in Beverley Pastures) is false, 22 Jul 1836
page 104 notice of revision of burgess lists, 2 Oct 1838
page 106-107 handbill of the destruction of Town Council of John Duncan Dawson's tender for Beck Tolls or Duties of Beverley, 2 Feb 1839; handbill 'Civil and Religious Liberty', petition for National Education, 23 May 1839
page 107 notice relating to payment of £20 to mayor of Beverley for presenting addresses to Queen, Prince Albert and Duchess of Kent, 27 Feb 1840
page 107-108 'Register of Events for the Year 1840 carefully recorded by Paul Walker'; notices of highway rates (2), 25 Mar 1841
page 108 Walkers Register of Events in Beverley, 1840
page 112 minutes of meeting of the Beacon Club, 11 Aug 1830
page 115-116 newspaper cuttings relating to the Church Methodist Chapel, Beverley, 1839
page 116 Hull Mechanics' Institute Exhibition weight and measurement tickets, 1842; notice defending character of Timothy Loft, coal merchant, 1841; dance list for Beverley Hunt Ball, 1851
page 117 newspaper cuttings relating to imprisonment of Jeremiah Dodsworth of Lockington for debt of 12 shillings, 1832
page 118 newspaper cuttings relating to the poisoning of a family; meeting of town council; objections to municipal electors; gas light in Beverley new chapel of ease, c.1883
page 126 notices of new quarterly publication 'The Beverlac' (Politicial Journal), nd.
page 127 address 'delivered by an Indian Chief in reply to a sermon preached by a Swedish Missionary in order to convert the Indians to the Christian Religion', 18th cent.
page 128 notice to John Anthony Hudson to appear before a select committee of the House of Commons appointed to try petition of John Nutchey, John Thompson and others complaining of an undue election and return for Beverley, 5 Jul 1859
page 131 newspaper cuttings 'The Londesborough Day' relating to a rook shooting party, 14 May 1868, death of Benjamin Haworth, JP of Hull Bank House, 1 Apr 1868, meeting of Beverley Union and erection of a workhouse, c.1864.
This volume also contains some extracts from town council minutes. |