[43] See Maitland i, 521-525; Noorthouck, 312.

[44] Repertory 123, fos. 210-215.

[45] Repertory 123, fos. 223, 242.

[46] Journal 57, fo. 22b; Repertory 123, fo. 401.

[47] Repertory 125, fos. 149-156.

[48] Letter from Secretary Craggs to Alderman Ward "at his house upon Lambeth Hill," 8 Nov., 1720. Repertory 125, fo. 151.

[49] Macleod, "Rise and Progress of Banking in England," ii, 55.

[50] Journal House of Commons, xix, 476.

[51] Id., xix, 482.

[52] Id., xix, 472-473, 532.