Five of the children are notable as well: Admiral Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke, PC (1799-1873) Henry Reginald Yorke (1803-1871), Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Canon of Ely Hon. Eliot Thomas Yorke MP DL (1805-1885), barrister and politician, director of the Bank of England Grantham Munton Yorke (1809-1879), Dean of Worcester Agneta Elizabeth Yorke (1811-1851), married Robert Cooper Lee Bevan, banker (senior partner at Barclays) I'm sorry but I believe this book collection belongs into a museum.
Absolutely lovely. I am moved as well by her story. Please assure us viewers that this set will stay together in that lovely box. Thank you for this on a Sunday morning.
A very special and touching find. Books are such personal items to people, but when you discover that they wrote personal details from their lives, it can be so emotional. I found a book about New Zealand in a used book store and opened it up to find notes scribbled and leaves pressed between some pages. It was only about three dollars, but the touching experience of opening it is priceless. Great Video.
What a fascinating find. There’s a fair bit of information about Elizabeth and the Yorke’s online which I found just while watching this video. It’s amazing how books can open a window to the past.
@@llywrch7116 If I count correctly, 4 of her children and about 20 of her grandchildren also have Wikipedia articles. I think the number of her descendants notable enough to have such articles exceeds 100.
@@llywrch7116 Have you heard the story of Rudolf Hess's crash landing at Floors Farm, to meet with the Duke of Hamilton? Well, the duke's wife, Lady Elizabeth Ivy Percy, daughter of Alan Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland, is a descendant of the Yorkes. As are, of course, all the incumbent Dukes of Northumberland and the Dukes of Sutherland.
This is an interesting shift - for a normal collector or vendor, this would just have been a gamble. But as it is a UA-cam channel as well, there is already value in the premise and the story unraveling.
There's a *lot* to research here. Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke was a renowned naval commander, and at least 4 of his children (as well as the husband of his daughter) are notable. If you count her grandchildren that have Wikipedia articles, the number is around 20-30. Some of them quite well-known.
What a fascinating look into a family over 200 years ago, not to mention the beautiful books. Tom, you’re easily THE most interesting channel that I follow, and always excited when I see you’ve dropped new content. You do a truly wonderful job taking us along with you on this awesome journey of yours and sharing your passion for rare books. Also, I’ve learned a great deal!
Wow! Now I and apparently a lot of other comment-writers are down the rabbit hole of Joseph & Elizabeth's life and offspring. Amazing how much information is available online about the family and their doings. I love how books connect lives and draw us in to history. Thanks for this! And you don't talk too much about bindings, so keep on. Cheers!
Amazing story behind the books. I love the way you present them. It does illustrate the way children and women sadly, and commonly, died of disease back then.
What an amazing survival and find...your instincts are good! Yes, a sad story, in a way, but not sad that it's been uncovered again. So many women in that era lost all their children, many in infancy. You shared the story of a woman none of us would have known about...wives were not, for the most part, included in histories of their periods. Thank you.
How fortunate, Mr. Ayling, that these precious books somehow found their way into your hands for a suitable disposition, instead of being pitched into the old book discount bin.
Another incredible story found just between the print and cover of some very special books, thank you again for sharing it with us. A good reminder of the scale of tragedy in those times, (and all historical times before very recently) the struggle inherent in just having children and caring for them with pre-modern medicine, even for the relatively well-off. For context, Elizabeth died the year of Napoleon's doomed march into Russia
7:31 Tom’s quiet excitement 😅 This was a really neat video! Thank you for sharing. I can’t even begin to imagine what a find like this is worth but I hope you’ll share when it finds its new home!
I find it so wholesome that the story of this family has been recorded in the front pages of that bible. Something about the noting down of the vaccinations is so human, you can really feel how significant those felt to them.
What an incredible find and most interesting story. I found the lot online and it seems you got a great deal. Congratulations on finding this treasure.
Oh, not getting bored of the binding talk at all... They're gloriously beautiful. And in such perfect condition despite their age!😍 That said, I'd personally place some silk bands down with the books when replacing them in the box, so they'll be easier to pull out safely later.😊 I'm a little surprised more people don't do this with tightly sleeved or cased books like these. Especially considering their age.♥️
This must be the find of the year. Such a great condition after all this time. It is like a time capsule. It would be amazing if you could find someone from the family, to find more. Thank you for such a different set of emotions, i couldn't move the entire time.
Yorke married firstly Elizabeth Rattray of Arthurstone, Perth at Hound Church near Southampton on 29 March 1798 and had issue six sons, two of whom died young, and a daughter, his eldest son Charles becoming the 4th Earl of Hardwicke in succession to Philip Yorke on 18 November 1834 and reaching the rank of admiral. After Lady Yorke’s death at the Admiralty on 29 January 1812 he later married, at St. Martins in the Fields, Westminster on 22 May 1813, the twice-widowed Hon. Urania Paulet, daughter of the 12th Marquis of Winchester, sister of Vice Admiral Lord Henry Paulet, and at that time the Dowager Marchioness Clanricarde. Yorke’s residence was given as Sydney Lodge, near Southampton.
I have to wonder if somewhere there is another box containing the same volumes but bound in blue -- except for one red volume. If there are Yorke descendants who are viewers of UA-cam you should be hearing from them pretty soon! An excellent find and a fascinating video!
I have, in my possession, a Book of Common Prayer printed in Oxford in 1765 by Mark Baskett. It's not in great shape, having had some use, but it's intact and usable. It's a fascinating glimpse into a past age.
A wonderful find - thank you for sharing with us! Honestly as a historian I feel quite strongly that there's a ton of info in the books that really needs to go into the public domain, even if the books themselves are sold privately. Tom, I appreciate as a businessman you need to sell that box with the books, but would you be willing to take detailed scans or photographs of the hand written pages in the box and hand them to a historian or the National Archives or something? I think that someone working in the history of vaccinations might find this of interest at the very least.
Considering how notable Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke (and his children) were, this is of interest beyond the history of vaccinations. At least 20 of his grandchildren have Wikipedia articles. The total number of their descendants with such articles goes into the hundreds (including at least two incumbent Dukes).
@@renerpho i did say 'at the very least'. 🙂 But yes, all those too! If my studies taught me anything, it's that the same primary sources can be used by historians and other academics who are interested in very different topics and areas. My point remains: this info really needs to be in the public domain even if the books themselves are sold privately.
With old Book of Prayers it is always fun to go to the "Prayer for the Royal Family" because it always references some member of the extended family that was famous at the time but didn't make much of an impact on history
Ahh.. the suspense.. "we just open it up (slowly, gingerly)' .. and then.. on cue.. A Waitrose advert !! The segue could have been better, but well wirth the wait. Fantastic 'find'.
WHAT A STORY, PICTURING THAT FAMILY, LOVING MOTHER GIVING THAT THOUGHTFUL GIFT, THE CHILDREN DYING.......I'M FINDING IT HARD TO LET THEM GO, TELL ME WHAT ELSE YOU'VE FOUND ABOUT THEM. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MOTHERLESS CHILDREN, DID THE FATHER REMARRY, DID MOTHER AND DAUGHTER BOTH DIE OF THE SAME THING AND WAS IT TB; didn't know children were being vaccinated that long ago; WONDERFUL, THNX FOR SHARING, made my day !!!!!
There is a lot of information online about them, Joseph Sydney Yorke has a wikipedia page which you can find out some basic info but it is missing a lot (as a comparison with the list of children with what was read out by Tom will show). But from there you can see that Joseph Yorke did indeed remarry but his second marriage didn't produce any children. As for Vaccinations, look up the history of Edward Jenner and smallpox vaccinations which was happening around the same time. hope that helps.
So the books were bought and given to a cabinet maker who, after taking the measurements, proceeded to construct the box and lined it in a suitable fashion at the request of Elizabeth's mother! Appreciating such a wonderful wedding gift Elizabeth used the books in an appropriate manner to record the births (and deaths) of her children. The question though is a valid one! Why would a member of the family regard the set as being of such little significance that the heirloom was released into the public domain? One would have thought that such a 'titled' family would have held on to and preserved this irreplaceable historical momento. I wonder whether any descendants would be interested in retrieving the books!
Thank you. This was wonderful. I wonder; were the books presented in the box or was it make later to hold them. If it was the former, you would think they would make the left most slots fit the book better.
It looks like there are some bookmarks. It would be interesting to know what was bookmarked. Also got a glimpse of some spectacular end-papers in the 2nd book. Would like to see them properly.
It's such a shame that the Yorke family no longer have the possession of this piece of there families history. It was lucky to have survived these days & not ending up in a skip. I remember clearing a house of unwanted furniture about 20 years ago. The elderly widow with the help of her middle aged daughter had hired a skip to put in all her recently departed history professor husband 17th century books. A collection of mostly vellum and leather bound books with hand written titles inscribe in Latin.Because these books were mostly in Latin & Italian they fought them to be of no real worth. Unfortunately, 99% of the books we're unsalvageable because it had previously been heavily raining. All the hundreds of ancient soden wet books had swelled and were covered in a furry black mold. I told them they would have been worth thousands before going into the skip. But she wasn't concerned about losing a few thousand as she had sold the house for over a £1,000,000.
Few years ago, my Grandma gave me a Spanish dictionary it belonged to her father (my great grandpa ) and the cover is dark red, looks a bit like these ones over here.
The family appears to have lived in Marylebone, which is a quite affluent neighborhood. And yet the mortality rate tells a poignant tale of the regency period London. Books at that time are not just to be read, but are witnesses to their lives.
Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke was an Admiral in the British navy. Died when his small landing craft was struck by lightning. Extraordinary find !!!
Yes, and incredible book find!!
Given the connection to the navy it makes more sense that they’d name one of their kids after Horatio Nelson
@@danielangel3685 Especially given that he was born in the year after Nelson's death at Trafalgar.
Five of the children are notable as well:
Admiral Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke, PC (1799-1873)
Henry Reginald Yorke (1803-1871), Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Canon of Ely
Hon. Eliot Thomas Yorke MP DL (1805-1885), barrister and politician, director of the Bank of England
Grantham Munton Yorke (1809-1879), Dean of Worcester
Agneta Elizabeth Yorke (1811-1851), married Robert Cooper Lee Bevan, banker (senior partner at Barclays)
I'm sorry but I believe this book collection belongs into a museum.
@@renerpho that may well be where it ends up!
Now THIS is my kind of unboxing video. 📚
Indeed.
Absolutely lovely. I am moved as well by her story. Please assure us viewers that this set will stay together in that lovely box. Thank you for this on a Sunday morning.
A very special and touching find. Books are such personal items to people, but when you discover that they wrote personal details from their lives, it can be so emotional. I found a book about New Zealand in a used book store and opened it up to find notes scribbled and leaves pressed between some pages. It was only about three dollars, but the touching experience of opening it is priceless. Great Video.
Thank you for letting us live vicariously through you! What an amazing find.
Incredible video. Elizabeth York is an immortal thanks to this box. As long as this box survives, she will always be remembered.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing this incredible find. It is a privilege spending time with you.
What a fascinating find. There’s a fair bit of information about Elizabeth and the Yorke’s online which I found just while watching this video. It’s amazing how books can open a window to the past.
Her husband, Jospeh Sydney Yorke, has an article in Wikipedia. It doesn't mention the children who died young that Tom mentions in this video.
@@llywrch7116 If I count correctly, 4 of her children and about 20 of her grandchildren also have Wikipedia articles. I think the number of her descendants notable enough to have such articles exceeds 100.
@@llywrch7116 Have you heard the story of Rudolf Hess's crash landing at Floors Farm, to meet with the Duke of Hamilton? Well, the duke's wife, Lady Elizabeth Ivy Percy, daughter of Alan Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland, is a descendant of the Yorkes. As are, of course, all the incumbent Dukes of Northumberland and the Dukes of Sutherland.
WOWWWW WHAT A MOMENT, THNX FOR ALLOWING US TO LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER !!!!!!!!!!! 🤗 WHAT A FIND !!!!!!!!
This is an interesting shift - for a normal collector or vendor, this would just have been a gamble. But as it is a UA-cam channel as well, there is already value in the premise and the story unraveling.
And it is a great story.
What a find. Follow your hunches, Tom!
What a “dream come true” kind of job!
Tom has the best job and is the best at it!!
Marvelous! I hope you do another episode with your research about this people.
There's a *lot* to research here. Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke was a renowned naval commander, and at least 4 of his children (as well as the husband of his daughter) are notable. If you count her grandchildren that have Wikipedia articles, the number is around 20-30. Some of them quite well-known.
A quite superb reveal full of respect and poignancy for the personal histories. Many thanks.
What a fascinating look into a family over 200 years ago, not to mention the beautiful books. Tom, you’re easily THE most interesting channel that I follow, and always excited when I see you’ve dropped new content.
You do a truly wonderful job taking us along with you on this awesome journey of yours and sharing your passion for rare books. Also, I’ve learned a great deal!
Wow! Now I and apparently a lot of other comment-writers are down the rabbit hole of Joseph & Elizabeth's life and offspring. Amazing how much information is available online about the family and their doings. I love how books connect lives and draw us in to history. Thanks for this! And you don't talk too much about bindings, so keep on. Cheers!
Amazing story behind the books. I love the way you present them. It does illustrate the way children and women sadly, and commonly, died of disease back then.
these have to be some of the first vaccinations ever done! Very touching, what a time capsule. Congratulations and thanks for showing it.
"Oh crumbs" indeed! What a fascinating discovery
What an amazing survival and find...your instincts are good! Yes, a sad story, in a way, but not sad that it's been uncovered again. So many women in that era lost all their children, many in infancy. You shared the story of a woman none of us would have known about...wives were not, for the most part, included in histories of their periods. Thank you.
Wow, what a find! I hope they are kept together as the wonderful collection they are.
Thank you for sharing your sense of history and your heart. I could see and feel your emotions at the end of the video.
How fortunate, Mr. Ayling, that these precious books somehow found their way into your hands for a suitable disposition, instead of being pitched into the old book discount bin.
A marriage gift that was stored very well and lasted so long! I would love the 2 volumes of the Bible. Very beautiful set.
Another incredible story found just between the print and cover of some very special books, thank you again for sharing it with us. A good reminder of the scale of tragedy in those times, (and all historical times before very recently) the struggle inherent in just having children and caring for them with pre-modern medicine, even for the relatively well-off. For context, Elizabeth died the year of Napoleon's doomed march into Russia
What an amazing and heart warming and heart breaking story is found in these inscriptions. A wonderful find of course.
I loved the new office, and that was such a sweet find. Tom, you made another superb video.
What an extraordinary discovery.
I felt like I was there looking over your shoulder as you examined the volumes.
Your excitement was palpable.
What an amazing thing. I wasn't expecting to be so moved by a box of books. Thank you for sharing this with us.
7:31 Tom’s quiet excitement 😅 This was a really neat video! Thank you for sharing. I can’t even begin to imagine what a find like this is worth but I hope you’ll share when it finds its new home!
I find it so wholesome that the story of this family has been recorded in the front pages of that bible.
Something about the noting down of the vaccinations is so human, you can really feel how significant those felt to them.
Tears for matching Books of Common Prayer. Quite beautiful
I bloody love this channel
What an incredible find!! I love seeing your auction adventures.
These are beyond price! Incredible!
What an marvellous purchase. I didn't know about the "Killer" Bible, I bet the typesetters felt guilty about that one!
Wow, I'm speechless! Thank you, Tom for this video.
You should get some wide ribbons to put around the books when dropping them in to make it easier to get out safely.
Amazing, lovely story.
What an incredible find and most interesting story. I found the lot online and it seems you got a great deal. Congratulations on finding this treasure.
That was a true book hunting lottery ticket
Her first son, Charles Philip, was also an Admiral and 4th Earl of Hardwicke. A very storied and notable family
Oh, not getting bored of the binding talk at all... They're gloriously beautiful. And in such perfect condition despite their age!😍
That said, I'd personally place some silk bands down with the books when replacing them in the box, so they'll be easier to pull out safely later.😊 I'm a little surprised more people don't do this with tightly sleeved or cased books like these. Especially considering their age.♥️
What a wonderful acquisition.
Big hello from Guatemala City and here's a little search for you my friend. Love your channel !
Wow fascinating, really enjoyed this. The family are listed on the site…wimpolepast local history site and seem to be buried in the family church!
I think you live my dream life. Excellent video, thank you. ❤
What a wonderful find
I stumbled across you, and you have Beeching my favourite channel. What a wonderful vid!
This must be the find of the year. Such a great condition after all this time. It is like a time capsule. It would be amazing if you could find someone from the family, to find more. Thank you for such a different set of emotions, i couldn't move the entire time.
Thank you for sharing this with us.
A prayer book could be an alternative to a bouquet of flowers. Elizabeth may have walked down the aisle holding the prayer book given by her mother.
O do tell me how the magnifience books smells, please ? Heartly thanks from Northern Sweden.
Yorke married firstly Elizabeth Rattray of Arthurstone, Perth at Hound Church near Southampton on 29 March 1798 and had issue six sons, two of whom died young, and a daughter, his eldest son Charles becoming the 4th Earl of Hardwicke in succession to Philip Yorke on 18 November 1834 and reaching the rank of admiral. After Lady Yorke’s death at the Admiralty on 29 January 1812 he later married, at St. Martins in the Fields, Westminster on 22 May 1813, the twice-widowed Hon. Urania Paulet, daughter of the 12th Marquis of Winchester, sister of Vice Admiral Lord Henry Paulet, and at that time the Dowager Marchioness Clanricarde. Yorke’s residence was given as Sydney Lodge, near Southampton.
This must be the same as the Joseph Sidney Yorke baptised 5th July at St George, Bloomsbury whose parents were a Charles and Agneta.
@@chasm3607 Yes. The Right Honourable Charles Yorke, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, was his father.
@@chasm3607 Agneta has a monument dedicated to her in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire.
This channel is such a delight
What a find! And such a sad story.
I have to wonder if somewhere there is another box containing the same volumes but bound in blue -- except for one red volume. If there are Yorke descendants who are viewers of UA-cam you should be hearing from them pretty soon! An excellent find and a fascinating video!
I have, in my possession, a Book of Common Prayer printed in Oxford in 1765 by Mark Baskett. It's not in great shape, having had some use, but it's intact and usable. It's a fascinating glimpse into a past age.
A wonderful find - thank you for sharing with us! Honestly as a historian I feel quite strongly that there's a ton of info in the books that really needs to go into the public domain, even if the books themselves are sold privately. Tom, I appreciate as a businessman you need to sell that box with the books, but would you be willing to take detailed scans or photographs of the hand written pages in the box and hand them to a historian or the National Archives or something? I think that someone working in the history of vaccinations might find this of interest at the very least.
Considering how notable Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke (and his children) were, this is of interest beyond the history of vaccinations. At least 20 of his grandchildren have Wikipedia articles. The total number of their descendants with such articles goes into the hundreds (including at least two incumbent Dukes).
I count 16 MPs, 10 MSPs and 12 members of the House of Lords who descend from them, but I'm sure I've missed some.
@@renerpho i did say 'at the very least'. 🙂 But yes, all those too! If my studies taught me anything, it's that the same primary sources can be used by historians and other academics who are interested in very different topics and areas. My point remains: this info really needs to be in the public domain even if the books themselves are sold privately.
@@lizvanwessem2055 I completely agree! In fact, I had already made a comment on the talk page of his Wikipedia article, leading to this video. 🙂
@@renerpho Oh good, I am glad - might help someone find the video in future :) thank you for that!
Just looked up Elizabeth and Joseph Yorke what an interesting naval family
Nice box, beautiful bindings. Maybe you will find a Yorke descendant to buy them.
Such a good hunch
With old Book of Prayers it is always fun to go to the "Prayer for the Royal Family" because it always references some member of the extended family that was famous at the time but didn't make much of an impact on history
Ahh.. the suspense.. "we just open it up (slowly, gingerly)' .. and then.. on cue.. A Waitrose advert !! The segue could have been better, but well wirth the wait. Fantastic 'find'.
Earned my Subscription! What a find!
¡Fenomenal!
WHAT A STORY, PICTURING THAT FAMILY, LOVING MOTHER GIVING THAT THOUGHTFUL GIFT, THE CHILDREN DYING.......I'M FINDING IT HARD TO LET THEM GO, TELL ME WHAT ELSE YOU'VE FOUND ABOUT THEM. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MOTHERLESS CHILDREN, DID THE FATHER REMARRY, DID MOTHER AND DAUGHTER BOTH DIE OF THE SAME THING AND WAS IT TB; didn't know children were being vaccinated that long ago; WONDERFUL, THNX FOR SHARING, made my day !!!!!
There is a lot of information online about them, Joseph Sydney Yorke has a wikipedia page which you can find out some basic info but it is missing a lot (as a comparison with the list of children with what was read out by Tom will show). But from there you can see that Joseph Yorke did indeed remarry but his second marriage didn't produce any children. As for Vaccinations, look up the history of Edward Jenner and smallpox vaccinations which was happening around the same time. hope that helps.
So the books were bought and given to a cabinet maker who, after taking the measurements, proceeded to construct the box and lined it in a suitable fashion at the request of Elizabeth's mother!
Appreciating such a wonderful wedding gift Elizabeth used the books in an appropriate manner to record the births (and deaths) of her children. The question though is a valid one! Why would a member of the family regard the set as being of such little significance that the heirloom was released into the public domain? One would have thought that such a 'titled' family would have held on to and preserved this irreplaceable historical momento. I wonder whether any descendants would be interested in retrieving the books!
the box must have preservative properties like cedar.
What an absolutely wonderful blind purchase
That is quiet unbelievable.
A fascinating find. I wonder how it is that the box was separated from the ancestral home and library.
A mystery old box of books! I have to watch this video.
The amazing and tragic stories books can tell, not only through the stories between their pages, but also of their owners...💔
Thank you. This was wonderful. I wonder; were the books presented in the box or was it make later to hold them. If it was the former, you would think they would make the left most slots fit the book better.
This is so cool!
What an amazing !!!
Wow, what a story 😳👌
I so hope they remain as a set with the box vs being broken up and sold. It just doesn’t seem right to do otherwise. 😮
It looks like there are some bookmarks. It would be interesting to know what was bookmarked. Also got a glimpse of some spectacular end-papers in the 2nd book. Would like to see them properly.
Tom: "I need some furniture" *later* "Ahh, some books, just what I need"
Also curious what camera you are using. That autofocus was beautifully quick,.
UA-cam at its very best
oh man this was like a bandaid to the other day 😂❤
It's such a shame that the Yorke family no longer have the possession of this piece of there families history. It was lucky to have survived these days & not ending up in a skip. I remember clearing a house of unwanted furniture about 20 years ago. The elderly widow with the help of her middle aged daughter had hired a skip to put in all her recently departed history professor husband 17th century books. A collection of mostly vellum and leather bound books with hand written titles inscribe in Latin.Because these books were mostly in Latin & Italian they fought them to be of no real worth. Unfortunately, 99% of the books we're unsalvageable because it had previously been heavily raining. All the hundreds of ancient soden wet books had swelled and were covered in a furry black mold. I told them they would have been worth thousands before going into the skip. But she wasn't concerned about losing a few thousand as she had sold the house for over a £1,000,000.
Few years ago, my Grandma gave me a Spanish dictionary it belonged to her father (my great grandpa ) and the cover is dark red, looks a bit like these ones over here.
A great story. What did you pay for the box and what do you think the value of the lot is?
What a wanderful find so poignant a story of Elizabeth York and her family
I love how his voice trembles as he describes what he sees.
The pricing on the New Whole Duty of Man is interesting. I wonder if the person who cut the pages got the whole of the difference.
Woah, this is cool
Wow! Wow! Wow!
😮 inoculated
Perhaps her tomb still exists at Wimpole cemetery?
Nice
She's in the UK National Portrait Galley.
Delightful
The family appears to have lived in Marylebone, which is a quite affluent neighborhood. And yet the mortality rate tells a poignant tale of the regency period London. Books at that time are not just to be read, but are witnesses to their lives.
You'll have to sell that as one lot. It would be sacrilege to part them out!
The Countess Hardwicke?