- Object name(s):
- Newton Banknote
- Brief description:
- This Newton Bank five-pound note, signed by Nicholas Baker, was issued on 20 March 1841 – just before the bank owners, Messrs. Wise, Farwell, Baker and Bentall, ran out of money. The private bank was established in 1817, in Bank Street, but by 1841 it had more debts than income. The partners had to sell assets to pay their creditors. Ayshford Wise had to sell Ford House; the sale details included ‘valuable and splendid furniture… two family carriages… minerals and fossils’. Finally debt-free in 1842, Ayshford Wise moved to Staffordshire but died five years later. The sorry business of assigning monies to creditors fell to Francis Hernaman and John Vicary of Newton Abbot.
- Collection:
- Newton Abbot Museum
- Associated concept:
- Currency, Tokens & Medals
- Dimension:
- 169mm×89mm
- Object name:
- Newton Banknote
- Object number:
- 1997.111.1
- Reproduction number:
- bank.jpg
- Right note:
- image belongs to Newton Abbot Museum, not to be reproduced without permission
- Text:
- if you would like to find out more about any of the items in our collection, you can contact the museum via our website: https://museum-newtonabbot.org.uk/
- Text reason:
- Museum website
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/93277b0e-5c41-3815-bb5a-fb2cdcc8cab0
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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