Pledge Book entry for Mrs Scales

Scope and Content

Page number: 453

Entry number: 65

Day of the week: Tuesday

Address: Skeldergate (now known as Skeldergate)

Brought by: unknown

Items deposited: 1 Silk Gown, 1 Silk Cloak & 1 Muslin Apron

Recorded value of items: £1 3s 3d

Administrative / Biographical History

The business was started by George Fettes in Lady Peckitt's Yard c. 1770. He was succeeded by J/ Wood and later by Henry Hardcastle, who extended the business and moved it to a site in Stonegate. Fettes was Sheriff of York in 1802.

Access Information

Open

Material is available subject to the usual terms and conditions of access to Archives and Local History collections.

Custodial History

The volume was deposited in York Reference Library 4 Apr 1949 by Henry Hardcastle, Stonegate, York, successor to the business. It was transferred to the City Archive in 1964.

Bibliography

"The Worm- Eaten Waistcoat" ISBN 0-9544800-0-7