| Description | Testimonial dated 27 June 1864 from W. Mudd at Great Ayton gardener to John Pease esquire of Cleveland Lodge, Great Ayton. Mudd has known Nicholas York for five or six years as a reputable young man and a constant attender of a place of worship on Sundays. He had fallen into company with men who were frequenters of public houses, and this caused his downfall
Undated letter from John Harbottle at Ayton joiner and builder to the chairman of the Court. In the six years that Nicholas York was his apprentice, he never detected any dishonesty in him
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