From: Henry H. Willis and Co., Insurance Brokers, Bishopsgate Street; Reverend Jas. Sabben, Fulford (2); John Harrison, Ripon (4); J. J. Harrison (senior), Ripon (5) and (junior), Harrogate (5); Thomas Harrison, Knaresborough; Jos. and Harriet Pease, Hesslewood, Pickering, etc. (7); Joseph Thompson, Marton near Kirby Moorside; William Lovel, Timber Merchant, Norton Saw Mills (4); William Banks, York (4); James W. Corbett, Wigginton Rectory; Ouse and Derwent Drainage Commission (9); Chas. Brereton, Highgate, Beverley (2); Reverend J. R. Farrow, Riccall (2); Jno. Carr, Heslington (7); J. Askwith, Railway Hotel, Hull; Lord Wenlock, Escrick Park; Martin Dodsworth, Undertaker, Yorkersgate, Malton; A. Gibney, Hanover Crescent; William Mortimer Baines, Hemingbrough Hall (3); A. H. Russell, York (2); J. M. Shackleton, York; J. Hope Barton, Stapleton Park, Pontefract; Emily Baines, St Leonards, York (5); Mary Kate Harrison, Harrogate (5); G. Whitehead, Deighton Grove; Reverend Norman Staton, York; Richard Holden, Chemist, York; Wm. H. Dawson, Skinningrove; Lady Milner, Tadcaster.

Subjects include: prospectuses of the 'Sir Edward Paget' (3), sailing to New Zealand (details of food, etc. provided); and receipt for balance of fare (1850); new church at Fulford; financial affairs; purchase of commission for Hewley John Baines; valuation of tenant right :- premises at Deighton given up by Thomas Swann to William Bell (24 May 1856); marriage Settlement (Henry Baines and Emily Pease); valuations of timber on Bell Hall estate; account of Lady Hewley's Charity for 1859; laying foundation stone of Wigginton church (23 Mar 1860); drainage rates (Deighton and Stillingfleet) (1861-1872); illness of Henry Baines; restoration of Riccall church and list of subscribers (1864); land (at Riccall?) for railway; exchange of land (at Deighton?) with Lord Wenlock; funeral of Henry Baines (Feb 1868); death of Henry Mortimer (1870); coachman/groom; receipt of H. M. B. for 2 fees of 1/- for passing over his land; re-marriage of Emily Baines (nee Pease) to Reverend Norman Staton; funeral of (Thomas Harrison?); prescription for H. M. B.; William Dawson to become pupil of Mr Green, engineer, Newcastle; memorandum relating to a marriage settlement; licence to shoot on Mrs Lawrence's moors.