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William Milner (29 Nov 1662 - 23 Dec 1740)
Justice of the peace, wool merchant, alderman of Leeds, and Mayor of Leeds in 1697. He was the son of William Milner, merchant, of Leeds and lord of the manor of Beeston, then of Nun-Appleton. "Alderman Milner took possession of Nun-Appleton in 1711, accompanied by Ralph Thoresby, his intimate friend, and lawyer Witton. All three, says Mr. Markham (Life of the Great Lord Fairfax, p. 406), were closely connected with Lord Fairfax, by service, if not by blood" (Yorkshire Diaries, 139 n13). Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/49507?docPos=15 Relevant locations: Residence at Nunappleton, North YorkshireResidence at Beeston, Leeds
Workplace or place of business Leeds, Leeds Parish
Relationships: William Milner was a donor to Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)
William Milner was a friend of Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)
William Milner was a seller to Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)
Linked manuscript items: as Sender of a letter - "[Letter from William Milner to Ralph Thoresby]," Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS7, Leeds
Linked print sources: as Donator of object(s) - Ducatus Leodiensis; or the topography of the town and parish of Leedes and parts adjacent ...
as Mentions or references - Yorkshire Diaries and Autobiographies in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries [second volume].
References in Documents:
Ball of Stone shot out of the Cannon called the Queen's Pocket-Pistol, in the late Wars
from Cavalier-Hill into this Street; it is yet above
a Yard in
Circumference. Don. Spur of Charles I
dozen Points 3 ½ Inches
from the Heel, the whole curiously wrought
and gilded.Sword Hilt, the Guard,
or Basket Work
inlaid with Silver, found at Will. Milner Esq Spurs of
the like Workman
ship.Protestant Flayle, given me by a Popish
Recusant. Man of War, which by Means of a covert
Conveyance through the
Body of the Ship, discharges 16 Guns: It was made by Order of
John Thoresby Cannon.
Robert Nesse Leedes, late Ser
geant at Mace, concerning the late Wars, given me
by himself:
His
dermen,
Mayors, &c. The Gift of Milner
JamesI
CharlesII
CharitableUses,
within the West-Riding of the County of
, together withYorke
the Returns so far as relates to the Town and Parish of
,Leedes
and
Bryan Dixon
who gave it me:
, concerning theDecree out of
Chancery
Chancery
Advowsonof the
Vicarage atLeedes ;
H. 6. transcribed from or
collated with the Originals in the Archives of
Peter
there;
Lecturerof the Parish Church. To the
Free-School, High-Ways, Poor,
&c.
CharlesII
to incorporate the Town and Parish of
under a Mayor,Leedes
(
Thomas DanbyEsq
of the Aldermen by the first, and Mayors by the second Char
&c.
Jac. I.
from
Domesday-Book, from
Smale
Thornton
John Harri
sonEsq
son
Hillary
, &c.
John Nelthrop
John Goodrick
Benefactions (from the Original Writings courteously lent me
Hen. Goodrick
Sam. SunderlandEsq
thers to recite here.
out of the Dutchy for theDecree
Toll
of Corn of LeedesMarket.
of Corn of Leedes
Hen.the VIIIth
discharge the Inhabitants of
Tolls for Goods: From the Original.
Vicar of
Leedes
Tythes of Wood and Rape, with
bishop
Hutton
longing to the
New-Churchat
,Leedes
Hamelin's and Earl
Warren's
Wakefield, with other Matters relating to that
Are
Milner
toLeedes
, 31 Miles, 2 Furlongs, 83 Yards, and 60 Parts.Wee
land
land
cerning the
Charity-Schoolfounded at
Leedes
The
Ouse
Are
Calder
by the
nthese
were made navigable, presented to me
by
rman Milner
cern'd in y
taffair procurring Act of Pal
t.