University Archives
Henry John Shepherd, of Beverley
Henry John Shepherd was a Beverley solicitor who was in partnership with John Lockwood. He went bankrupt in 1832 and formed a new partnership in 1833. For the first four decades of the nineteenth century he acted as deputy clerk of the peace and county treasurer for the East Riding. This large collection is very rich in correspondence about local affairs, business arrangements and the war in America. There are diaries 1824-47 and papers related to local government and the judiciary including bills relating to the local constabulary. There are accounts and sale catalogues and miscellaneous papers from 1735-1847 which include genealogical information about the Stephenson, Constable, Tatham, Watts (Harrison) and Collinson families. [DDSH; DDSH(2); DDSH(3)]