Yorkshire Evening Post – Saturday 24 September 1927

From an Old Yorkshire 1779 Guide Book.

A Wife who was Sold for 20 Guineas.

* In the month of August, 1774. one Jonathan Jewit, having sold his wife to William Taylor for twenty-one guineas (one guinea to be returned to the purchaser for luck with his bargain), she was led to Wath Wood, and delivered in a halter upon the bowling green in the midst of more than 1,000 spectators.