Folios 1-2. [Attorney General] Dudley Ryder to Duke of Newcastle, advising against...

Folios 1-2. [Attorney General] Dudley Ryder to Duke of Newcastle, advising against the signing of a deed vesting Doctor [John] Burton's Estate with trustees for payment of his debts. Mentions 'Mr Fell the solicitor on behalf of the said creditors'. Dated at Lincoln's Inn. Enclosed with:

Folio 3. Copy of draft indenture between Burton on the one hand, and on the other William Rhodes, Isabella Smithson, spinster, and Richard Farrer, all of Wakefield [Yorkshire].

Folio 4-5. List of creditors with sums owed: From YORK [Yorkshire], Henry Thompson, Behoe, Vaslet, Gossip, Tilford, Pert, William Bowes, Jubb, Mathews, Nevile, Smith, Towne, Naires, Doctor Barnard, Booth, Mrs Slaick, Mrs Hammond, Mrs Gretian, Mrs Preston, Miss Jubb; Oldfield, Burnley, Tireman, Cole, Lamplugh, Kirby, Raper, Davies, Hildyard, Priestley, Todd, Rud, Pawson, Doughty, Perkins, Harrison, Napier, Barstow, Simpson, William Hill, Brewster, Copland, Haines, Hildrop, Oxley, Mrs Beckwith, Richard Drake, Mitchell, James Robinson, George Ellis, Leak, Wilton, Goodrick, Crofts, Ward, Peck, Richard Wood, Wilson, Allen, Osburn, Miss Tate, Ostler, Gorwood, Silburn, Gillison, Tetford; FROM WAKEFIELD, Stephen Holme, Reverend Wilson, Knowles, Hall, Briggs, Leversedge; Mrs Wood of Sandall [Sandal, Wakefield, Yorkshire?] FROM ELSEWHERE Margaret Wentworth, London; Mrs Langrith of Petworth [Sussex?]; Mrs Drake of Tadcaster [Yorkshire]; Robert Holmes of Sutton [Upon Derwent, Yorkshire?], George Shilltoe of Sharlston [Yorkshire]; Reverend Robert Hide, Heath [Yorkshire]; Reverend Hoyland, Darfield [Yorkshire]; Levit, Normanton [Yorkshire?]; John Bright, Pontefract [Yorkshire]; Ratcliff, Milnsbridge [Yorkshire]; Joseph Milnthorpe [Yorkshire], Warmfield [Yorkshire]; Green, Woodhouse [Yorkshire?]; Scott, Hull [Yorkshire]; Messrs Dunn and Whitaker of Howden [Yorkshire?]; Belamy, Heath; Reverend Hyde, Rippon; Wilson, Leeds [Yorkshire] FROM UNSPECIFIED PLACE: John Haynes; Cellars; George Hill; Lawyer Johnson; Mary Jarman; Alderman Mayer; Ruth Rustan; Woodhouse; Mitley; Mary Ruston; Crisp; Willice; Master Arthington; Issac Wilson; and Bristow.