Letter from Tho[ma]s Tregunno to Mr Tho[ma]s Gray [possibly the poet] in Fitchers Court, Nobel Street, near Goldsmiths Hall, London.

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Informing Gray ("Brother Gray") that he had received money totalling £1, 4s 3d, and thanking him for his "kinde love and friendshipe". Tregunno writes that his wife has recently given birth to a son. Letter is signed "your Loveing Brother in The True power of The third Commission Tho[ma]s Tregunno".

Letter is damaged, has a hole which has removed some of the writing.

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The James Crossley CollectionCrossley

Miscellaneous collection of documents compiled and collected by James Crossley (1800-1883)Crossley/1

Lists of ordinances, declarations and other events from 16th to 17th centuries.Crossley/1/1

List of bindings by Henry Gough.Crossley/1/2

6 quarto pages containing an incomplete handwritten copy of "The Litterall Truth of Christian-Doctrin Rendered Affective by I. S."Crossley/1/3

Letter from Rudd of Ruan Lanihorne, Cornwall, to the Reverend Dr Smith at the Free Grammar School, Manchester.Crossley/1/4

Octavo notebook: "Account of transactions in Roman coins".Crossley/1/5

30 quarto pages containing a handwritten copy of "The Prophecy of Balam" [probably written by James Crossley].Crossley/1/6

"Collection of the Unitarian Tracts 6 Vol Qt [?]": handwritten copy of the tracts written on 9 foolscap leaves.Crossley/1/7

Notes by Dr Robert Travers about a book written by James Roche entitled "Critical and Miscellaneous Essays. By an Octogenarian".Crossley/1/8

Small printed map of Barbary [or the Barbary Coast] showing northern and western Africa, entitled "Map of Barbary on the Authority of Dr Shaw".Crossley/1/9

Scrap of paper containing a handwritten note about Dr N. Barbon [probably written by James Crossley].Crossley/1/10

Sheet of paper containing a handwritten diatribe against John Bright, a parliamentary candidate for Manchester.Crossley/1/11

Missing: Receipt from Isaak Allen to Joshua Horton and Richard Blackett, trustees for receiving payment of Mr Waterhouse's legacies, 30/- proportion of a legacy to the minister of [Ribinden?] for preaching in Halifax.Crossley/1/12

Missing: Receipt from John Bell to Joshua Horton and Richard Blackett, trustees for the legacies left by Mr Waterhouse in his last will, for 40/-, proportion of the legacy left to the Minister of Lightclif Chappell for preaching a sermon at Halifax.Crossley/1/13

Missing: Westridings of Yorkshire. Examination of Ellen Bowes, wife of Ralfe Bowes late of Halifax, taken before Joshua Horton and John Hodgson Esquires, two of the Justices of Peace for said Riding.Crossley/1/14

Missing: A note of Severall Warrants issued out for the Apprehending of Reputed Fathers of Base begotten Children (co Yorks).Crossley/1/15

Receipt from Joseph Byrom to Richard Percivell for £2 11s 0d for drapery items [specified].Crossley/1/16

Receipt from Edward Byrom to Mr Guilliam for 21s for drapery items [specified].Crossley/1/17

Information laid and examination of Joseph Byrom for felony, before Abraham Wood Esq, JP at Bury co Lancs.Crossley/1/18

Letter from A[lexander] Catcott to the Earl of Buchan at Middleton about fossils found in Scotland.Crossley/1/19

"A note of my Young Mr his expenses at Cambridge."Crossley/1/20

Catalogue of Modern Chap Books.Crossley/1/21

Extract from a letter from Mr Baker of St John's College, Cambridge, to Hearne, about an account of Charles II's escape from Worcester dictated by the King to Pepys, among whose papers at Cambridge it is located.Crossley/1/22

Draft of indenture between (1) Richard Murrey DD, Warden of the College of Manchester and (2) Humfrey Chetam [Humphrey Chetham] of Clayton, esq.Crossley/1/23

Receipt from James Chrichley, Minister of the Gospel at Heptonstall, to Joshua Horton and Richard Blackhead for 20s according to the legacy left by Mr Waterhouse, for "his paines in the Ministry".Crossley/1/24

Arguments about the clergy and their right to sit in Parliament.Crossley/1/25

Copies of letters from Richard Clowes to his father.Crossley/1/26

2 letters apparently about sending books overseas.Crossley/1/27

Original memorandum of the Epitaph of the late Coulthurst written by Dr Whitaker for his monument in Halifax Church.Crossley/1/28

Letter from a bookseller [signature illegible], 25 Great King Street, Edinburgh, to James Crossley esq, 4 Booth Street, Piccadilly, Manchester, about his orders for books.Crossley/1/29

Letter from T.S. Davies, 65 Regent Street, Cambridge, to Thomas Wilkinson esq, about geometry.Crossley/1/30

"The Assessment of Towns to the Fifteenth by the Commissioner" for the West Derby Hundred.Crossley/1/31

Packet marked "DIRECTORIES".Crossley/1/32

Notebook made of folded sheets of white paper containing Drake's Essays concerning Addison vol 2 part 2.Crossley/1/33

Notes about the ordering of Drayton's poems.Crossley/1/34

Prayer written in ink.Crossley/1/35

Letter from T. Egerton, dated Worsley, addressed to the Rev Th[omas] Corser, Stand, Manchester.Crossley/1/36

Receipt for £1 10s from Jonathan Fairbanks, Minister of Ludington, to Joshua Horton and Richard Blackett, trustees for paying the legacies of Nathaniell Waterhouse, the proportion due of payment for preaching in Halifax church.Crossley/1/37

Receipt from John Firth of the Steel lane heade, son and heir of George Firth of the Bonkroydes in the township of Barksland [Barkisland], co York, clothier, to William Horton of Barksland aforesaid, gent, for the sum of £71 2s 5d.Crossley/1/38

Letter to the Hon[oura]ble Roger North at Rougham near Swaffham in Norfolk, from his nephew Dudley Foley.Crossley/1/39

Bond in £280 from John Fynn of Benhall, co Suffolk, gent, to Montague North of Sternfield, co Suffolk, clerk, for quiet enjoyment of the lands and tenements surrendered by John Fynn and wife Ann in Sternfield.Crossley/1/40

Release from Sir John Gayer, of Suratt in East India, to Elizabeth Higginson, widow of Nathaniell Higginson, late of London, esq, whom Gayer has appointed his attorney on 30 Jan 1706.Crossley/1/41

Letter from William Green, dated from 10 York Street, Hans Place, C[he]lsea, addressed to Ja[me]s Crossly esq, Manchester.Crossley/1/42

Receipt signed by [?C.] Gunby, to Thomas Horton esq, for £1 6s 8d by the hands of Mrs Lea for 4 sermons preached in Sowerby Chapel during 1743.Crossley/1/43

Notes about the Vicarage of Halifax etc, headed "By the Commission for Plundered Ministers".Crossley/1/44

Missing: Request made at the "speciall Sessions of the Peace held at (Hallifax)" for permission to keep a common ale-house.Crossley/1/45

Sheets of foolscap paper roughly stitched together, headed in ink "Synopsis concionis Latinae Lardneti-Doctoris Halli".Crossley/1/46

Information of Richard Hardman, clothier, taken upon oath against Issacke Whitley, clothier, before Joshua Horton esq, concerning theft.Crossley/1/47

Notes about Samuel Hartlib (c 1660-1662).Crossley/1/48

Folder of notes and newspaper cuttings, sewn together, in the hand of Rev W.R. Hay, with cuttings dated by him.Crossley/1/49

Poem entitled "A Trip to St Albans or A Sunday's excursion into Hertfordshire".Crossley/1/50

Story about Oliver Cromwell from Memoranda Historica.Crossley/1/51

"Bill for surveying the house of Nicholas Herbert Esq. at North Glemham by Andrew Yeath, began Feb 1752."Crossley/1/52

"A note of the contributors to Mr Holland from midsomer 1652 to midsomer 1653."Crossley/1/53

Letter from Spencer T. Hall, written in pencil to "Dear Sir", from Hollis Hospital, Sheffield, about mesmeric treatment.Crossley/1/54

Copies of indentures.Crossley/1/55

4 pages from a printed book with article headed "A short Account of William Andrew Horne, Esq; convicted Nottingham Assizes, August 10, 1759, for the Murder of a Child in the year 1724 and executed there on the 11th of December, 1759".Crossley/1/56

Letter from Thomas Hughes, 2 Grov[esno]r Terrace, Chester, to "Dear Sir", about Rev John Harpur, clerk of Manchester (d c Oct 1715), and his brother Isaac, the sons of the Rev Isaac Harpur of Oldham.Crossley/1/57

Letter from Thomas Hughes, 2 Grov[esno]r Terrace, Chester, to "Dear Sir", containing an answer to a reply about the Harpur family giving more detail about them.Crossley/1/58

Notes about Ipswich races, 1752, copied from the London Gazette.Crossley/1/59

Receipt from John Kay, Minister of Rastrick, for monies left to him in the will of Nathanyell Waterhouse.Crossley/1/60

Copy of a letter concerning the judgement given against Dr Richard Bentley [master of Trinity College, Cambridge].Crossley/1/61

Notice to the Keeper of Newgate Gaol to deliver John Jones to JP [?Thomas Thinnes] for trial for theft.Crossley/1/62

Written copy of an entry about William Brandon from The New Newgate Calendar by Andrew Knapp and William Baldwin.Crossley/1/63

Receipt from John Langley, clerk, parson of Prestwich, to Sir Peter Leghe, knight, for £15 received from Roger Kaye, for half year's rent for the tithe corn and grain, parish of Oldham, co Lancs, due at Pentecost last.Crossley/1/64

Receipt from William Langley, parson of Prestwich, to James Assheton for two payments received.Crossley/1/65

Letter from the Secretaries to the Manchester Floral and Horticultural Society addressed to Rich[ar]d Potter Esqr, Smedley Hall, acknowledging a letter from R.C. Potter asking for interest in forming a botanic garden.Crossley/1/66

Information given [and signed] by Thomas Marley servant to William Ramsden of Longley in Almondsbery esq, against John Read of Huddersfield, who insulted his master in Huddersfield the day before.Crossley/1/67

Letter from Tho[mas] Marburie to an unknown person regarding rent payment.Crossley/1/68

"A note of the name of the Fields with their Acres Belonginge to Sr Alexander Radcliffe in Oardshall [Ordsall] demesne".Crossley/1/69

Manuscript of a play entitled "Matrimony".Crossley/1/70

Choice of James Smith and Isaac Duckworth as Overseers of the Poor for the township of Ashworth, Middleton.Crossley/1/71

Choice of James Chadwick and Edmund Taylor as Overseers of the Poor for the township of Ashworth, Middleton.Crossley/1/72

Small notebook bound in marbled paper, written inside front board, in ink: "No 67 Benja[min] Boddington. 1753: Vision of Mirza".Crossley/1/73

Letter from G.F. [?Molini], dated at London, 17 King William St, Strand, to James Crossley Esq, Manchester.Crossley/1/74

3 items concerning Lodowicke Muggleton, the Prophet.Crossley/1/75

A series of sheets of paper containing part of the "Life of the late Lord Keeper Guilford".Crossley/1/76

Manuscript notes entitled "Examen of an Historical Libel mistitled a compleat History of England vol 3d by an Impartial Hand".Crossley/1/77

Bill from Mr Palmer, bookseller in Gloucester.Crossley/1/78

Printed letter dated War-Office, 3d April, 1813 and addressed to the Commandant of the (Congleton) Local Militia, No (164), signed "Palmerston".Crossley/1/79

Notebook containing a collection of poems by Dryden, Milton and other poets.Crossley/1/80

Notebook containing two handwritten pieces.Crossley/1/81

8 sections of paper, various sizes, all containing poems in various hands.Crossley/1/82

Part of a letter of thanks addressed to "My Lord".Crossley/1/83

Handwritten notes about railways.Crossley/1/84

Receipt from John Rawnsley to Joshua Hortton and Richard Blackett, trustees for payment of Mr Nathaniell Waterhouse's legacies.Crossley/1/85

Examination of Robert Read.Crossley/1/86

Double sheet of blue paper containing two poems in James Crossley's hand entitled "Epigram of Martial", the first written in shorthand.Crossley/1/87

Agreement, Power of Attorney and Surrender.Crossley/1/88

Letter from Peter Seddon to his brother, Captain John Seddon, at his quarters in "Cumberland or wherever".Crossley/1/89

16 leaves of paper forming a small notebook without covers.Crossley/1/90

Letter to the printer of the St James's Chronicle about the use of the sign of the cross in baptism.Crossley/1/91

Receipt from George Stott to Joshua Horton and Richard Blackett, two of the Trustees of Nathaniell Watterhowse [Waterhouse] for 20s due to the minister of Crostone for preaching a sermon in Halifax Church the first Wednesday in August.Crossley/1/92

Receipt from Christopher Taylor to Joshua Hortton and Rich[ard] Blackett for 30s due for preaching a sermon once a year in Halifax Church.Crossley/1/93

Letter from Thomas Tirpin addressed to "The Beleivers of the Church of Christ, at the Blewboar in Aldersgate Street, London".Crossley/1/94

Receipt from Robert Towne, Minister of Ealand, to Joshua Hortton and Richard Blackett, Trustees for Nathaniell Waterhouse, for 40s for preaching a sermon once a year in Halifax Church.Crossley/1/95

Letter from Tho[ma]s Tregunno to Mr Tho[ma]s Gray [possibly the poet] in Fitchers Court, Nobel Street, near Goldsmiths Hall, London.Crossley/1/96

Letter from William Upcott, London Institution, to C. Reding Esq, 47 Berners Street, Oxford St.Crossley/1/97

Note by William Upcott, "Books which I have read since my arrival in Town. 169 Piccadilly, March 1, 1797".Crossley/1/98

Draft of a letter to Mr Urban about the authorship of The Turkish Spy.Crossley/1/99

Case, ex parte the Reverend Gilbert Vawdrey, Minister of the parochial chapelry of Wrenbury, co Chester, for the opinion of Dr Swabey.Crossley/1/100

54 letters from Nathan Walworthe [Walworth], Bay Castle [Baynard's Castle, London], to Peter Seddon in the Outwoods, co Lancs.Crossley/1/101

Copies of some of the Walworth-Seddon letters.Crossley/1/102

Notes concerning the wardship of Richard Watts's sons.Crossley/1/103

A note written by R[ichard] Watts.Crossley/1/104

Will and disposition of land in Yorkshire [belonging to] Francis Watts.Crossley/1/105

3 letters on double foolscap paper from James Whitehead, Braintree Farm, to Mr Mugleton [Muggleton].Crossley/1/106

Printed and manuscript version of T. T. Wilkinson's poem entitled "The Old Man's Reverie".Crossley/1/107

Papers concerning Robert Wood, a solicitor's clerk to Chew of Swan Street, [known as] "The Tag Rag Attorney".Crossley/1/108

Letter from William Wood to Lodowicke Muggleton, addressed to London.Crossley/1/109

5 letters from William Wright of Charing Cross, stone cutter, to Richard Watts, Minister of Chesterton, near Cambridge.Crossley/1/110

Pedigree of Crossley of Crossley, copy from John Corry's The History of Lancashire (1825), with annotations made by Canon Raines.Crossley/1/111

Quarto notebook containing "Arms of Cheshire, etc Gentlemen from King's Vale Royal &c".Crossley/1/112

Indenture concerning the marriage intended between William Horton and Grace Ramesden, one of daughters of John Ramesden.Crossley/1/113

Bargain and sale.Crossley/1/114

Marriage settlement between John Watson and Susanna Allon.Crossley/1/115

Unexecuted draft of complaint to Rt Hon[oura]ble Peter Lord, King Baron of Ockham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, by Thomas Newsham of the Middle Temple, London, esq.Crossley/1/116

Copy of the marriage settlement of John Wenyeve and Elizabeth Musgrave certified by W[illia]m Harvey and Tho[mas] Willett.Crossley/1/117

Copy of a case in the court baron of Kelsale, co Suffolk.Crossley/1/118

Copy of the marriage settlement of Francis Lord Guilford and Elizabeth, daughter of Lord Brooke.Crossley/1/119

Case in the court baron and court leet of Kelsale, co Suffolk, held by Robert Sparrow, gent, steward.Crossley/1/120

Documents made at the court Baron concerning the land of the Luff family of Kelsale, co Suffolk.Crossley/1/121

Robert Butts, Bishop of Ely (1738-48), at a special ordination in the Chapel within our mansion house in Holborne, co Middlesex, admitted and promoted Montague North, MA, of Jesus College, Cambridge, as Deacon according to the rules of Church of England.Crossley/1/122

Admission of Montagu North, clerk, MA, to the rectory of Little Glemham, co Suffolk.Crossley/1/123

Permission to have 2 benefices.Crossley/1/124

Licence to act as curate of Great Glemham, otherwise North Glemham, co Suffolk, from Thomas (Gooch, 1738-48) Bishop of Norwich to Montagu North, clerk, MACrossley/1/125

Thomas (Gooch), Bishop of Norwich at General Ordination in the parish church of St Margaret, Westminster, admitted Montagu North, MA, of Jesus College, Cambridge to the priesthood of the Church of England.Crossley/1/126

Admission of Montagu North to a vacancy.Crossley/1/127

Power to induct the Rev Montagu North, MA, or his lawful proctor into the Rectory of Little Glamham, vacant by the death of William Gordon, clerk, the last incumbent.Crossley/1/128

Licence to induct Montagu North, clerk, or his lawful Proctor into the Parish Church of Sternfield given by David Wilkins, DD, Archdeacon of Suffolk, to all Rectors etc in the Archdeaconry.Crossley/1/129

Religious arguments.Crossley/1/130

3 items wrapped in paper labelled with the title "Ms. of The Rolle Dinner of the Follies of Devon & Proof".Crossley/1/131

Miscellaneous notes in various hands.Crossley/1/132

Pedigrees and miscellaneous items.Crossley/1/133

Documents concerning a portrait of James Crossley by Charles Mercier.Crossley/1/134

Notebooks containing notes on the history of Europe and the Middle East in the early centuries AD.Crossley/1/135

Notes concerning James Crossley's portrait in Chetham's Library's Reading Room.Crossley/1/136

Letter from John Byrom to John Stansfield, written at Cambridge.Crossley/1/137

Material relating to John Collier alias Tim BobbinCrossley/2

Letters addressed to James Crossley and Thomas Jones, Chetham's LibrarianCrossley/3

Miscellaneous antiquarian material, chiefly relating to Lancashire, Yorkshire and CumberlandCrossley/4