| Description | A book containing newspaper cuttings and other printed material about the trial of Henry Fauntleroy, which was compiled by Messrs Freshfields and subsequently given to the Bank.
The book, which presents a fascinating story, contains much information about the workings of the Bank at that time, including the origin of bankers lists. Moreover, it covers aspects of Mr Fauntleroy's private life and the possibility that he survived the public hanging by means of 'a protection around his neck against the rope' and escaped to make a new life in America. |