Thomas Brerewood
Thomas Brerewood (c.1670 - 22 December 1746), was a 'Gentleman Entrepreneur & Fraudster'. He was involved with the "Pitkin Affair" of 1705, a bankruptcy fraud committed with his business partner Thomas Pitkin that was surpassed in scale only by the
Baltimore County
.
Early life
Thomas Brerewood was born circa 1670 to a well-known
Fishmongers' Company
in 1699.
References
- Risk and Failure in English Business 1700-1800, ISBN 0-521-89087-X (Dr Julian Hoppit is Astor Professor of British History at University College London)
- SSRN 1734579. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ American Bankruptcy Law Journal, Vol. 84, p. 483, 2010 "The Pitkin Affair: A Study of Fraud in Early English Bankruptcy" by Professor Emily Kadens, University of Texas at Austin, School of Law, http://www.law.duke.edu/shell/cite.pl?59+Duke+L.+J.+1229+pdf
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Brerewood, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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