Pretor, Pew & Co

This private bank was established in about 1740 as Simon Pretor & Co. It was styled Pretor, Pew, Whitty & Pretor in 1792 and Pretor, Pew & Whitty in 1797. Simon Pretor and Samuel Whitty were postmasters and Richard Pew was a surgeon. It was also known as Sherborne & Dorsetshire Bank. The firm's partners and name changed several times and in 1843, when known as Pretor, Pew & Co, it was acquired by National Provincial Bank of England.

Detailed list of name changes

• Simon Pretor & Co. from c.1740
• Pretor, Pew, Whitty & Pretor in 1792
• Pretor, Pew & Whitty in 1797
• Pew, Whitty & Gill by 1812
• Pretor, Pew, Whitty & Chandler by 1820
• Pretor, Pew & Chandler by 1821
• Pretor & Chandler by 1839
• Pretor, Chandler & Penny by 1840
• Pretor, Pew & Co by 1843

Also known as Sherborne & Dorsetshire Bank.

Summary of our archive holdings

Our archival records of Pretor, Pew & Co have the reference code PEW.

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• cash book 1773-6
• banknotes 1792
• ledger 1793-1824
• letterbook 1794-1805
• plan of Simon Pretor’s estate 1798
• receipt 1813

Summary of archive holdings elsewhere

• Dorset History Centre: cash book of Simon Pretor 1773-6, personal ledger 1793-1824, letterbook 1795-1804 (Ref: MIC/R/12)