Sir Robert Clayton and the Origins of English Deposit Banking 1658-1685 (Paperback)

Introduction; 1. English banking in historical perspective; 2. The master scrivener and his apprentices, 1610?58; 3. The scriveners' bank; 4. The records of early banking; 5. law, practice and profits of the early banking mortgage; 6. The new land assessment: from the terrier to the estate particular; 7. The management of mortgaged estates; 8. The aftermath of Restoration banking; Appendices; Index.