| Description | Indexed. This volume records various matters on which the Bank took legal advice in period, as well as a list of bonds (sureties) given by staff on engagement. Subjects include staff business interests, 1717; altered, defaced, forged and stolen Bank notes; the appeal by Nicholas against capital punishment, 1721; prosecution of Moses Waag; forged stock matters; other bonds given to the Bank and other subjects pertinent to the Bank's business. Of particular interest is the fact that, in 1696, notes were being paid on the basis of alphabetical order of payee. |