Item HEY/11/5 - Letter from William Gray, cousin and partner in Grays solicitors

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HEY/11/5

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Letter from William Gray, cousin and partner in Grays solicitors

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  • 5 December 1837 (Creation)

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(19th century)

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The Hey family were resident in York in the 19th century. The family was intermarried with the Gray family of Grays solicitors, York, and associated papers can be found in the business collection (reference GDC) and the family collection (reference GFP).

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A correction by William Gray who finds that Hudson (Lord Mayor) took the chair and didn't vote: revised list given of 4 against. The other candidate was Atkinson, mentioned in HEY/11/4 as preaching at St. Saviour's and a Puseyite, but according to a Director, James Richardson, he knew no maths. (Richardson voted for Hey: he and his brother Henry were Attorneys who later came to 19 Blake Street and had William Henry Cobb (see HEY/11/4) as an articled clerk and later as partner through J.R.'s death in 1860 and that of his brother shortly after. (The partnership was short-lived). Election of second Master to take place on 18 December. Harper (Architect) will write asking Hey to give hints and information about the formation of the school.

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    legacy

    Acc 438.VIII.5

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