Sapte, Muspratt, Banbury, Nix & Co

Sapte, Muspratt, Banbury, Nix & Co (1788-1859), established in London, was a past constituent of NatWest.

Brief history

This private bank was established in 1788 as Vere, Lucadou, Troughton, Lucadou & Smart, by James Vere, John Daniel Lucadou, Bryan Troughton, James Lewis Lucadou and William Smart. The bank traded throughout from 77 Lombard Street. Bryan Troughton died in 1799, John Daniel Lucadou in 1802 and James Vere in 1822. In 1859 the bank amalgamated with Fullers & Co, bankers of London, to form Fuller, Banbury, Nix & Mathieson.

Detailed list of name changes

Vere, Lucadou, Troughton, Lucadou & Smart 1788
Veres, Lucadou, Troughton, Lucadou & Smart 1790
Veres, Lucadou & Smart 1804
Veres, Smart, Baron, Hawkins & Turnbull (also Veres, Smart & Co or Veres, Smart, Baron & Co) 1809
Veres, Smart, Baron & Hawkins (also Veres, Smart, Baron & Co or Veres, Smart & Co) 1813
Veres, Baron & Hawkins (also Veres & Co, Veres, Baron & Co) from 1817
Veres, Ward & Co 1822
Vere, Sapte, Banbury & Co 1833
Vere, Sapte, Banbury & Muspratt (also Vere, Sapte, Banbury & Co) 1837
Sapte, Banbury, Muspratt & Banbury (also Sapte, Banbury, Muspratt & Co) 1840
Sapte, Muspratt, Banbury & Co 1848
Sapte, Muspratt, Banbury, Nix & Co 1856
Sapte, Banbury, Nix, Mathieson & Co 1858

Published history

FG Hilton Price, A handbook of London bankers (London: Chatto & Windus, 1876)

Summary of our archive holdings

Our archival records of Sapte, Banbury, Nix, Mathieson & Co have the reference code SAP.

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Partnership records

correspondence with other bankers 1793-1846
partners’ correspondence and other papers 1798-1848
papers re partners’ role as returners for excise 1833-41
papers re liquidation of Veres, Ward & Co 1833-44

Financial records

promissory notes 1788, 1830
diary of payments 1788-95
bills of exchange 1789-1836
annual accounts 1812
balance sheet and list of bills 1844

Legal records

solicitors’ bills of charges 1803-54

Customer records

customer papers 1775-1854
papers re customer securities 1788-1868
circular note 1795
safe custody papers 1795-1835
cheques and cheque forms 1797, 1801-45
customer account ledger balances 1815, 1833
papers re appointment as John Rotton & Co’s London agent 1822
correspondence re sale of stocks 1847

Staff records

staff fidelity bonds 1788-1848
correspondence re staff sureties 1807-28
papers re clerk's fraud 1809
staff salary receipts 1812-3, 1829
list of staff and salaries 1817-20
memoranda books re staff Christmas gifts 1818-9
correspondence re staff 1835

Property records

bills of charges and correspondence re premises 1824, 1843-54

Note issue records

banknotes 1801-53
banknote guarantee 1846
indemnities re lost bill and cheque 1849

Other records

silk trade letterbook, James Vere & Co 1825