Show first english pawnbroker a bishop no one would guess that uncle tad lad sa so illustrious an ancestor as a i right reverend prelate yet y et this seems to be so for was first introduced trod into england by michael SIl chael de Korll iburg bishop ot of london in edvard ills ichien ile he set up an establishment I 1 lish ment tor for lending money to the poorer londoners Lon doners on poi table 1101 aty and according to it if auy any rum eum so borl borrowed owed was mas not paid at the expiration ot of a year the preacher at st paul s cross was to a announce iti ounce that the hie pledge would be sold unless pie ledee mcd pears pearsons ec mr |