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Robarts, Lubbock & Co 35, Cornhill Robarts, Curtis, Were, Hornyold & Berwick -1792 Queen’s Arms, 15, Lombard Street - 1797 18, Exchange Alley -1802 15, Lombard Street Robarts, Curtis, Robarts & Curtis - 1805 Sir William Curtis, Robarts & Curtis - 1818 Robarts, Curtis & Co - 1834 Robarts, Lubbock & Co – 1860 Taken over by Coutts – 1914 Taken over by National provincial & Union Bank of England – 1920 Now NatWest. Note the 4 different addresses for Robarts & Co – although we usually only seen items from 15, Lombard Street, as below.
606	Banking Letter. 4th Jan 1830. A reply to Jervis & Co, Bankers at Market Drayton. Gives a short list of debits/credits to their account. Printed format with handwritten details. Nice clear Lombard Street postmark and closed up with red seal – this was before envelopes.					£18
607	Robarts, Lubbock & Co	1863	Bearer	Unused	Pink on white, pink panel, watermark of Bank name.	£12
608	Robarts, Lubbocks & Co	1907	Order	Used	Purple on white, purple micro print panel, Bank initials left.	£5

Scott & Co – London

Holles Street, Cavendish Square

Scott, Williams & Co – 1824

Moved to 1, Cavendish Square – 1825

Sir Samuel Scott from 1847

Taken over by Parr’s Banking Co & Alliance Bank Ltd - 1894

became Parr’s Bank Ltd - 1896

then London County Westminster & Parr’s Bank Ltd - 1918

became Westminster Bank Ltd –1923 and now NatWest.

This 1880’s example is the earliest cheque we have so far seen from Scotts. It was a small West End bank but operated for a long period. Earlier cheques should be around somewhere. Later transitional cheques are seen, e.g. the takeover by Parr’s, but the one example we have has gone into our archive collection.

609

Sir Samuel Scott & Co

1881

Bearer

Used

Blue on blue, blue panel, Bank initials left, with “1, Cavendish Court”.

£6

Sharples, Tuke, Lucas & Seebohm – Hitchin Sharples, Bassett & Exton – 1820 Known as Hertfordshire Hitchin Bank Numerous partnership names Branches at Hertford, Ware (briefly 1860’s) and then Stevenage, Hatfield, Hoddeson & New Barnet. Formed into Barclay & Co – 1896 Still only cheques from Hitchin seen so far. Anything from any of the 6 branches would be interesting.
610	Sharples, Tuke, Lucas & Seebohm	1875	Bearer	Used	Red on white, red panels, “Hertfordshire Hitchin Bank” top.	£6-50
611	Sharples, Tuke, Lucas & Seebohm	1883	Bearer	Unused	Red on white, red panels, “Hertfordshire Hitchin Bank” top.	£8-50
612	Sharples, Tuke, Lucas & Seebohm	1887	Order	Used	Black on blue, grey panels, “Hertfordshire Hitchin Bank” top.	£5-50

Simpson, Chapman & Co – Whitby

Simpson & Chapman – 1785

Known as Whitby Old Bank

Numerous partnership names mainly the

Simpsons & Chapmans

Simpson, Walker & Simpson – 1887

Taken over by York Union Bank – 1892

Then to Barclays.

613

Simpsons, Chapman & Co

1871

1874

Bearer

Unused

Grey of pale purple paper, grey panel, “Old Bank” left.

£10

Sparrow & Co – Chelmsford & Maldon Crowe & Co – 1805 Variously known as…… Chelmsford Bank Essex & Suffolk Bank Essex Bank Sparrow’s became involved 1807 Numerous partnerships all with Sparrow Formed into Barclays – 1896 A bewildering series of bank titles, partnership names and six separate towns all serve to make the Sparrow banking empire very difficult to grasp. The Malden Bank example below is previously unseen by us. Cheques from Sparrow & Co do not seem all that common for such a well established and long lived banking house. These are both single examples.
Maldon Bank
614	Sparrow, Simpson, Walford, Nottidge & Greenwood	18--	Bearer	Unused	Purple on white, purple panel, “Maldon Bank” upper left.	£15
Chelmsford Bank
615	Sparrow, Round & Co	1858	Bearer	Used	Purple on white, purple panel, “Chelmsford Bank” at left.	£12

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