| Description | Papers relating to William Featherstone, late of Danby and Pickering, a prisoner for debt in York Castle. Includes:
- order dated 10 May 1796 to William Clayton gaoler at the Castle of York to take William Featherstone into custody before his appearance on the morrow of Holy Trinity before the Justices at Westminster to answer to Richard Wood junior for a debt of £22
- undated statement of William Featherstone that on 1 January 1797 he was a prisoner at the Castle of York at the suit of Richard Wood junior and relating to his account of his goods and effects; with printed copy
- order dated 8 May 1797 to William Clayton gaoler at the Castle of York to take William Featherstone into custody before his appearance on the morrow of the Ascension before the Justices at Westminster to satisfy Richard Wood the younger for £29 damages for the non-performance of promises made to him at Kirby Moorside
- schedule dated 5 August 1797 of the real estate, personal estate, goods and debtors of William Featherstone formerly of Danby and late of Pickering farmer. He has no real estate; personal estate of one grey Galloway, and no goods. His debtors include Samuel Gray of Egton farmer; Ely Harrison of Staniland in the West Riding clothier, and Newark Hoggard of Langtoft in the East Riding farmer
- schedule dated 17 October 1797 of the real estate, personal estate and debtors of William Featherstone now a prisoner in the Castle of York. He has no real estate, personal estate, or goods, and those who owe him money are Samuel Gray of Egton, Newark Hogarth of Langtoft in the East Riding, and Ely Harrison of Staniland in the West Riding
- schedule dated 18 October 1797 (as schedule of 5 August 1797)
[Documents found in Easter Sessions 1797] |