Item 18 - Receipt for contribution to Willingham Inclosure Act

In 1789 Christopher Pemberton, a newly qualified attorney and solicitor, set up in business on his own. He remained trading on his own for 24 years until he took on his first partner Thomas Fiske in 1813. They traded as Pemberton and Fiske until 1820 when they were joined by William Woodcock Hayward and traded as Pemberton, Fiske and Hayward.
In 1829 Thomas Fiske died (aged 44) and the firm changed its name to Pemberton and Hayward. This lasted until Hayward died in 1838. Christopher Pemberton traded on his own until William thrower joined him in 1843. Both Thrower and Pemberton died in 1850 and the work of the practice was taken over by Clement Francis.