One volume which contains information about customer 'pledges' made between 1777-1778. Information includes customer names and addresses, dates and types of items pledged, a list of pledged watches, types of clothes and fabrics and the amounts paid.
George Fettes, Pawnbroker of Lady Peckett's Yard
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- ReferenceGB 192 PAW
- Dates of Creation1777-1778
- Name of Creator
- Physical Description1 Item Archives - Non-digital
Scope and Content
Access Information
Open
Material is available subject to the usual terms and conditions of access to Archives and Local History collections.
Other Finding Aids
A Word document was created by Alison Backhouse, Volunteer at York City Archives. Also an ACCESS database 'pwnshop.mdb'- gives a full listing of the pledge book. This is available for consultation only at York City Archives. It contains almost 11,000 entries. For related material see Alison Backhouse's published article the "York Historian" number 14. 1997.
She has also written a book published in 2003: "The Worm- Eaten Waistcoat" ISBN 0-9544800-0-7
Custodial History
Deposited in York Reference Library 4 Apr 1949 by Henry Hardcastle, Stonegate, York, successor to the business.