Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1795-1854 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
11 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
Name of creator
Name of creator
Name of creator
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Account books for individual prisoners held in York debtors prison, as well as books and invoices of small businesses. The account books often have the trial date at York Castle written on the cover. The final box in the series contains account books which are currently unidentified, although professions have been noted. Please note that this collection does not include account books for all debtors held in the prison.
The books are arranged alphabetically by surname, and include:
John James Anderson; William Armitage; James Barra; William Barwick; Henry Bell; Thomas Belt; Thomas Benn; James Binnington; David Brocklebank; John Cariss; Joseph Cole; Right Honorable John Dales (Lord Mayor); George Dalton; William Darbyshire; Austin Dawson; John Dawson; William Dobson; Thomas Dove; Thomas Fisher; John Harrison; Joseph Hepworth; John Heslington; Thomas Hesp; John Hick; Henry Holmes; George Hustwick (the elder); Henry Inglis; James Jackson; John Jackson; R Johnson; Marcy Kemp; HC (or Frances) Kilby / Kirby; John Robson Lambert; Charles Linfoot;
Thomas Luckhurst; William Mangles; John Masser(?); John Morton; Thomas Musgrave; George Nicholson; Robert Oake(s); James Oates; Richard Palfreyman; William Foster Percevell; R Perkins; George Pinder; George Pulleyn; John Rippon; Frances Robwson; Thomas Scowby; William Shiletto; Benjamin Sivres; Nathaniel Smith; Thomas Spaven; James Stone; John Stephenson; William Stoker; Thomas Taylor; W Turner; Robert Walker; William Whitwell(?); and James Wilson.
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Material is available subject to the usual terms and conditions of access to Archives and Local History collections.
Conditions governing reproduction
Images are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
Language of material
- English