Hull Wool House warrant books

Reference No:
C WW/240-241
Dates:
1672-1674
Description:
These show how the Hull merchants dealt with the lead. They are transcriptions of the instructions sent to the wool house for the removal of the lead. They were generally signed by the Hull merchants who made no distinction between lead recorded in the ledgers as sold to them and that recorded as shipped and with which they were presumably dealing with as agents. The instructions are of three kinds; lead sold to a customer in town, lead removed by the merchant to be dealt with later or lead placed on a ship. With the first two kinds, the name of the recipient is give and in the third the name of the master and sometimes the destination. The list of lead to be removed includes the names of the original owners, the mark and number of pigs, pieces and firkins. Each warrant is dated, given a serial number and signed by the merchant or his clerk on his behalf
Extent:
2 volumes
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull City Archives
Collection:
Hull Wool House accounts