BIA: Borthwick Institute for Archives
BHO: British History Online
BL: British Library
DCL: Durham Cathedral Library
DIB: Dictionary of Irish Biography
ERRO: East Riding Record Office
HPO: History of Parliament Online
MED: Middle English Dictionary
NLI: National Library of Ireland
NYCRO: North Yorkshire County Record Office
ODNB: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
OEDO: Oxford English Dictionary Online
RCP: Royal College of Physicians
TNA: The National Archives
VCH: Victoria County History
WYAS: West Yorkshire Archive Service
What follows is a complete list of the works cited in our edition notes.
Beverley, ERRO
'Copy will of Sir Thomas Danby of Thorpe Pirrough, 11 Nov 1659'. DDCC/134/13.
‘Hull St Mary (Lowgate) Parish Records: Register of Baptisms, Births, Marriages and Burials, 1564–1657’. PE185/1.
Bradford, WYAS
‘Bond for the performance of covenants, 14 May 1662’. Tong/3/272.
Dublin, NLI
'Probate Copies of the Will of Lord Deputy Christopher Wandesforde; Nos. 196 & 196A, 2 Oct 1640; Copies Made Apr 1647 & Dec 1659'. Ms 35,458 (1).
Durham, DCL
‘Alice Thornton to Dean Comber, 24 April 1699; addendum 3 May 1699’. CCOM 57/7.
'Settlement of William Thornton, September 19, 1667'. CCOM-84.
London, TNA
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‘Danby v Danby: depositions taken in the country, 1685–88’. C 22/543/15.
'Nettleton v. C. Wandesford et al.'. C 5/379/135.
'Nettleton vs Wandesford'. C 22/811/15.
'Nettleton vs Wandesford'. C 5/402/105.
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'Thornton v. R. Nettleton et al.'. C 5/633/108.
'Wandesford v. Darley, William Thornton, Alice Thornton et al. 1659'. C 10/57/305.
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‘William Wandesford vs Christopher Wandesford, 1662’. C 5/41/128.
London, Parliamentary Archives
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Northallerton, NYCRO
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'A Memorandum Book of John Gale. Danby family letters & papers c.1620–1687. ZS: Cunliffe Lister Collection.
‘Anne Danby to Parson Farrer, 10 December [1668 or 1669]’. [MIC 2281]. ZS – The Swinton Archive.
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‘Danby vs Danby, 1680’. Box ZS*.
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‘Nunnington Parish Registers: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1539–1677’. PR/NU/1/1.
'Philip Malory, Kequotan (Virginia), to Sir Thos Danby, 14 Feb [1653/4]'. [MIC 2087/1786]. ZS − Swinton and Middleham Estates.
'Philip Malory, Kequotan in Virginia, to Sir Thos Danby, 8 May 1654'. [MIC 2087/1803]. ZS − Swinton and Middleham Estates.
‘Richmond Baptism, Marriage and Burial Register, 1640–52’. PR/RM 1/2.
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‘Theft of Sheep, 1678’. ZKW – Prior Wandesforde of Kirklington.
‘Thornton Family Settlement 1668'. ZKW – Prior Wandesforde of Kirklington.
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Sheffield City Archives
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York, BIA
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