Archive relating to the East India Company and to the Bank of England
Archive relating to the East India Company and to the Bank of England:
- (fols. 12, 106). Two copies of the Letters Patent granted Sept. 5, 1698, to the English Company trading to the East Indies: at fol. 63 is a printed copy of the charter granted to the Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies, Oct. 7, 1693;
- (fol. 57). 'Rules and order for the good government of the ... Bank of England', 1694, preceded at fol. 36 by a printed copy of its charter;
- (fol. 67). Draft agreements and other papers relating to the fusion of the two companies mentioned in art. 1, 1701-1702, ending with a printed copy of the indenture of July 22, 1702, uniting the two.
Dates
- Creation: written in A.D. 1698-1702 or soon after
Extent
143 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. hist. b. 1, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. hist. b. 1
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 20143
Abstract
Archive relating to the East India Company and to the Bank of England, written in A.D. 1698-1702 or soon after.
Biographical / Historical
The East India Company was a trade company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874.
The Bank of England was founded in 1694.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, no. 29777.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought from W. H. Gee, bookseller of Oxford, on Jan. 12, 1888, for £1.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
16 1/2 × 11 in.
Subject
- East India Company (Organisation)
- Bank of England (Organisation)
- Title
- Catalogue of the archive relating to the East India Company and to the Bank of England
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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