Catalogue description Commissioners of Audit: Bankruptcy Books

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Details of AO 18
Reference: AO 18
Title: Commissioners of Audit: Bankruptcy Books
Description:

Accounts in bankruptcy causes kept by the Bank of England under the Bankruptcy Act of 1832. With one small exception they extend only from 1832 to 1836, an Accountant in Bankruptcy being appointed in 1835. They consist of journals, ledgers, balance and deposit books. Until 1836, when one general account was created, the accounts relate to individual bankrupts.

Date: 1832-1851
Related material:

Order Books relating to Petitions against Declarations of Bankruptcy can be found in

B 1

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Commissioners of Audit, 1785-1866

Physical description: 14 volume(s)

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