Governor Deputy-Governor Directors shall Act and the Power given to them And for the better Ordering and Managing the Affairs of the said Corporation We do by these Presents for Us Our Heirs and Successors Grant unto the said Governor and Company of the Bank of England and their Successors And we do by these Presents Will Authorize and Appoint That the said Governor Deputy-Governor and Directors for the time being or any Thirteen or more of them of which the Governor or Deputy-Governor to be always one shall and may from time to time and at all convenient times assemble and meet together at any convenient Place or Places for the Direction and Management of the affairs and business of the said Corporation and then and there to hold Courts of Directors for the purposes aforesaid and Summon General Courts to meet as often as they shall see cause And that the said Governor Deputy-Governor and Directors or the Major part of them so assembled whereof the Governor or Deputy-Governor is to be always one shall and may Act according to such By-Laws Constitutions Orders Rules or Directions as shall from time to time be made and given unto them by the General Court of the said Corporation And in all Cases where such By-Laws Constitutions Orders Rules or Directions by or from the General Court shall be wanting the said Governor Deputy-Governor and Directors or the Major part of them so Assembled whereof the Governor or Deputy-Governor is to be always one shall and may direct and manage all the Affairs and Business of the said Corporation in the borrowing or receiving of Moneys and giving Security for the same under the Common Seal of the said Corporation And in their dealing in Bills of Exchange or the buying or selling of Bullion Gold or Silver or in selling any Goods Wares or Merchandizes whatsoever which shall really and Bona Fide be left or deposited with the said Corporation for Money Lent and Advanced thereon and which shall not be redeemed at the time agreed or within three Months after and in selling such Goods as shall or may be the produce of Lands purchas'd by the said Corporation or in the lending or advancing any of the Moneys of the said Corporation and taking Pawns or other Securities for the same And to choose and appoint the Agents or Servants which shall from time to time be necessary to be employed in the Affairs or business of the said Corporation and to allow and pay reasonable Salleries and Allowances to the said Agents and Servants respectively and them or any of them from time to time to remove or displace as they shall see Cause And Generally to act and do in all matters and things whatsoever which by the said recited Act of Parliament shall or may be done and in all matters and things whatsoever which they shall Judge necessary for the well ordering and managing of the said Corporation and the Affairs thereof and to do enjoy perform and execute all the Powers Authorities Privileges Acts and things in relation to the said Corporation as fully to all intents and purposes as if the same were done by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England or by a General Court of the same Subject nevertheless to such Restrictions Limitations Rules or Appointments as are contained in the said recited Act of Parliament for or concerning the Trade Business or Affairs of the said Corporation or otherwise relating thereunto Power to General Courts to make By-Laws And We do hereby for Us Our Heirs and Successors give full Power to all and every the said Members qualified for Electors as aforesaid in their General Courts or Assemblies aforesaid by Majority of their Votes as aforesaid to make and Constitute such By-Laws and Ordinances for and relating to the Affairs and Government of the said Corporation and the Imposing Mulcts and Amerciaments upon Offenders against the same as to them shall seem meet so that such By-Laws be not Repugnant to the Laws of this Our Kingdom and be Confirmed and Approved according to the Statutes in such case made and provided Mulcts and Amercements shall be to the use of the Company All which Mults and Amerciaments shall and may be received and recovered to the only Use and Behoof of the said Governor and Company of the Bank of England and their Successors without any Account or other Matter or thing to be therefore rendred to Us Our Heirs or Successors General Courts to allow Salleries to the Governor Deputy Governors and Directors And also to allow such Sallaries or Allowances to the said Governor Deputy-Governor and Directors as to them shall seem meet And we do hereby for Us Our Heirs and Successors Ordain and Appoint That the first General Court for the said Corporation shall be held within the space of Twenty eight days next after the Date of these Presents Day of first General Court Directions for Assignment of the Stock and Fund Provided always and for the ascertaining and limiting how and in what manner and under what Rules the said Capital Stock and yearly Fund of 100000 l. shall and may be Assignable and Assigned transferable and transfered by such Person and Persons as shall from time to time have any Interest or share in the same We do hereby direct and appoint that there shall be constantly kept in the publick Office of the said Governor and Company of the Bank of England a Register or Book or Books wherein all Assignments and Transferrs shall be Entred And We do hereby for Us Our Heirs and Successors pursuant and according to the Power given unto Us by the said Act of Parliament Order Limit Direct and Appoint that the method and manner of making all Assignments and Transfers of the said Capital Stock and yearly Fund or any part thereof shall be by an Entry in the said Book or Books Signed by the party so Assigning or Transfering in the Words Form of Transfer or to the effect following viz. Memorandum That I. A. B. this _____ day of _____ in the year of Our Lord _____ do Assign and Transferr _____ of my Interest or Share in the Capital Stock and Fund of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England and all Benefit arising thereby unto _____ his Heirs Executors and Assigns Witness my Hand _____ Or in case the Person Assigning be not personally present then by an Entry in the said Book or Books Signed by some Person thereunto lawfully Authorized By Letter of Attorney by Letter of Attorney or Writing under Hand and Seal attested by Two or more Witnesses in the Words or to the eflect following viz. Memorandum That I A. B. this _____ day of _____ in the year of our Lord _____ and _____ by virtue of a Letter of Attorney Form of Transfer by Letter of Attorney or Authority under the Hand and Seal of _____ Dated the _____ day of _____ in the said year _____ do in the
The Schedule containing the Draught of the Charter mentioned in the Commission to which it is Annexed and whereunto the same hath Reference WILLIAM and MARY By the Grace of GOD of England Scotland France and Ireland King and Queen Defenders of the Faith c. To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas in Recital of the Act. and by a certain Act lately made in Parliament Entituled An Act for Granting to Their Majesties several Rates and Duties upon Tunnage of Ships and Vessels and upon Beer Ale and other Liquors for securing certain Recompences and Advantages in the said Act mentioned to such Persons as shall voluntarily Advance the Sum of Fifteen Hundred Thousand Pounds towards carrying on the War against France It is amongst other Things Enacted That for and during the Term of Four Years Commencing from the first day of June in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety and Four there should be throughout the Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales and Town of Berwick upon Tweed Raised Levied Collected and paid for and upon the Tonnage of all Ships and Vessels wherein at any time or times and for every time during the said Term of Four Years there should be Imported any Goods or Merchandizes into this Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales or Town of Berwick upon Tweed from any Parts Places or Countries in the said Act mention'd or wherein during the said Term there should be carried Coastwise from any Port Member or Creek in the Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales or Town of Berwick upon Tweed unto any other Port Creek or Member within the same Kingdom Dominion Port or Town the several and respective Rates Impositions Duties and Sums of Money in the said Act mentioned And that from and after the Seventeenth day of May which shall be in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety and Seven there shall be throughout the said Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales and Town of Berwick upon Tweed Raised Levied Collected and Paid unto Us Our Heirs and Successors for Beer Ale Syder and other Liquors certain Additional Rates or Duties of Excise in the said Act particularly Expressed And that Weekly to wit on Wednesday in every Week if it be not an Holiday and if it be then the next day after that is not an Holiday All and every the Monies arising by the Rates and Duties by the said Act Granted should be paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer under certain Penalties therein mentioned And that yearly and every year reckoning the first year to begin from the First day of June in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Four the full Sum of One Hundred and Forty Thousand Pounds by or out of the Monies to arise by the said several Duties upon the Tunnage of Ships and Vessels and by the said Rates and Duties of Excise or any of them and to be brought into the Receipt of the Exchequer by Weekly Payments as aforesaid in case the said Weekly Payments shall extend thereunto should be the whole and entire yearly Fund And in case the said Weekly Payments should not amount to One Hundred and Forty Thousand Pounds per Annum then the said Weekly Monies or Payments so far as the same will extend should be part of the yearly Fund for and towards the Answering and Paying of the several Annuities and other Purposes in the said Act expressed And in Case the said Duties upon the Tunnage of Ships and Vessels and the said Rates and Duties of Excise or any of them should at any time or times appear to be so deficient or low in the produce of the same as that within any one year to be reckoned as aforesaid the Weekly Payments upon the said Rates or Duties or any of them shall not amount to so much as One Hundred and Forty Thousands Pounds or to so much as shall be sufficient to Discharge and Satisfie the said several and respective Annuities and other Benefits or Advantages by the said Act intended or appointed to be paid within or for the same year respectively That then and so often and in every such Case the Commissioners of Our Treasury and the Under-Treasurer of the Exchequer now being and the Treasurer and Under-Treasurer of the Exchequer or Commissioners of the Treasury for the time being are thereby strictly Injoyned and Required by Virtue of the said Act and without any further or other Warrant to be Sued for had or obtained from Us Our Heirs or Successors in this behalf to cause every such Deficiency to be made good by applying issuing or paying so much of any Treasure or Revenue belonging or to belong unto Us Our Heirs or Successors not being Appropriated to any particular Use or Uses by any Act or Acts of Parliament towards the Discharging or Paying of the said Annuities or other Benefits or Advantages appointed to be paid by the said Act as together with the Moneys which shall have been brought into the said Receipt of or for the said several Rates or Duties shall be sufficient to pay off and Discharge and shall compleatly pay off and Discharge all the Moneys which within the same year respectively shall be grown due or ought to be paid upon the said Annuities or other Benefits or Advantages according to the true intent and meaning of the said Act And it is thereby further Enacted That it should and might be Lawful to and for Us by Commission under the Great Seal of England to Authorize and Appoint any number of Persons to Take and Receive all such voluntary Subscriptions as should be made on or before the First day of August in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Four by any Person or Persons Natives or Foreigners Bodies Politick or Corporate for and towards the Raising and Paying into the Receipt of the Exchequer the Sum of Twelve Hundred Thousand Pounds part of the Sum of Fifteen Hundred Thousand Pounds in the said Act mentioned And that the yearly Sum of One Hundred Thousand Pounds part of the said yearly Sum of One Hundred and Forty Thousand Pounds arising by and out of the Duties and Impositions aforementioned should be applied issued and directed and is thereby appropriated to the Use and Advantage of such Person and Persons Bodies Politick and Corporate as should make such voluntary Subscriptions and Payments their Heirs Successors or Assigns And that each Weekly or other Payment arising by and out of the said Duties and Impositions should by the Auditor of the Receipt of Exchequer from time to time as the same shall be paid in be separated and divided into five seventh parts and two seventh parts And that the said five seventh parts of the said several Payments arising by and out of the Duties and Impositions aforesaid and so set apart shall be Appropriated for and towards the Payment and Satisfaction of the said yearly Sum of One
all such Voluntary Subscriptions as should be made on or before the said First day of August in the Year of Our Lord One thousand six hundred ninety four by any Person or Persons Natives or Foreigners or by or for any Body Politick or Corporate for or towards the raising and paying the said Sum of Twelve hundred thousand Pounds part of the said Sum of Fifteen hundred thousand Pounds in the said Act mentioned with Power and Direction to them or such or so many of them as are thereby Authorized and Appointed to take such Subscriptions and to do and perform such Matters and Things in Relation thereunto as are thereby Enjoyned And We did in and by the same Promise and Declare That in Case the whole Sum of Twelve hundred thousand Pounds or the Moiety or any greater part thereof should be Subscribed on the said Act or in pursuance of the said Commission on or before the said First day of August then next ensuing that then We Our Heirs or Successors should and would immediately after the said First day of August or so soon as Twelve hundred thousand Pounds should be Subscribed as aforesaid which of them should first happen Grant and Make forth Our Royal Charter or Letters Patents under the Great Seal of England and thereby Incorporate all and every such Subscribers and Contributors who should be then living and who should not have Assigned their Interest in their said Subscriptions And in Case any of them should be Dead the Heirs of such Subscribers And in Case any of the said Subscribers should have Assigned their Interest in their said Subscriptions in all such Cases the Assignees of such Subscribers to be one Body Corporate and Politique by the Name of The Governor and Company of the Bank of England with such Powers Capacities Priviledges Benefits Liberties and Advantages and under and subject to such Rules Restrictions Power of Redemption Provisoes Limitations and Clauses as are therein mentioned or referred unto And We did thereby for Us Our Heirs and Successors Declare Limit Direct and Appoint That the whole Sum or Amount of all and every the Sum and Sums of Money as should be Subscribed and Paid as aforesaid should be and be Called Accepted Esteemed Reputed and Taken a Common Capital and Principal Stock And all and every Person and Persons his her and their Heirs Successors and Assigns according and in proportion to the Sum or Sums of Money by him her or them respectively Subscribed and Paid thereunto should have and be deemed to have an Interest or Share in the said Principal Stock and of and in the Yearly Fund granted by the said Act of Parliament as aforesaid And that such Interest or Share or any part thereof should be Assignable and Transferrable and should and might be Assigned and Transferred by any Person or Persons Intituled thereunto to any other Person or Persons and so over as fully and effectually as any other Interest whatsoever is by Law Assignable so as such Assignments or Transferrances should be made in Writing and be Entred or Registred in such manner as is hereafter mentioned That to say all Assignments or Transferrances which should be made on or before the said First day of August next ensuing or the full and compleat Subscribing of the said 1200000 l. which should first happen and before the granting of these Presents were thereby directed to be Entred or Registred in the Office of the Auditor of the Receipt of Our Exchequer within 6 days after the making of the said respective Assignments And all Assignments or Transferrances which should be made after the Granting of this Our Charter of Incorporation should be Made Entred and Registred in such Form as should be prescribed in these Presents And in the said Commission are contained several other Powers Directions Agreements Clauses Matters and Things as in and by the same relation being thereunto had more fully and at large appears Recital of the Duplicates transmitted into the Auditors Office And whereas it appears by Duplicates transmitted into the Office of the Auditor of the Receipt of Our Exchequer under the Hands and Seals of Five or more of Our said Commissioners being a competent and sufficient number for that purpose and made in pursuance of Our Directions in the said Commission contained that several Sums amounting in the whole to the Sum of _____ have been Subscribed and the first Fourth part thereof paid to Our said Commissioners or some of them pursuant to the said Act of Parliament on or before the _____ day _____ last past by _____ Recital of the Assignments And whereas it also appears by the Entries of several Assignments made and entred in the said Office of the Auditor of the Receipt of Our Exchequer pursuant to the Directions contained in Our said Commission That _____ Are by mean Assignment or Assignments severally and respectively Intituled to the Benefits of the Subscriptions which were severally made by the said _____ Incorporating Clause Now know ye That We being desirous to promote the Publick Good and Benefit of Our People which in these Presents are chiefly designed and intended as well as the Profit and Advantage of all such as have Subscribed and Contributed according to the said Act of Parliament and Our said Commission thereupon issued their Heirs Successors and Assigns respectively and in pursuance as well of the Powers and Clauses for this purpose contained in the said Act of Parliament as of Our Gracious Promise and Declaration made in or by Our said Commission or Letters Patents under the Great Seal of England whereby the Subscriptions and Contributions on the said Act have been promoted or encouraged And by Vertue of Our Prerogative Royal and likewise of Our Especial Grace Certain Knowledge and Meer Motion have Given Granted Made Ordained Constituted Declared Appointed and Established and by these Presents for Us Our Heirs and Successors do Give Grant Make Ordain Constitute Declare Appoint and Establish That the said _____ And all and every other Person and Persons Natives and Foreigners Bodies Politick or Corporate who over and above the Persons before especially Named have at any time or times before the making of these Presents Subscribed and Contributed any Sum or Sums of Money towards the said Sum of _____ pursuant to the said Act and Our said Commission and have paid the Fourth Part thereof upon their said Subscriptions and who are now Living or Existent and have not Assigned their Interest in the said Subscriptions And all and every the Heirs and Successors of any of the said Original Subscribers who are now Dead and have not in their Life-times Assigned their Interests in the said Subscriptions and the Heirs and Successors of such of the said Assignees who are now Dead and did not in their Life-times Assign or Depart with their Interest in the said Stock and Annual Fund and all and every Person and Persons Natives or Foreigners Bodies Politick and Corporate who
or in any other matters relating to the Affairs or Government of the said Corporation who shall not at the time of such General Court have in his her or their Name and Right and for his her or their own Use and not in Trust for any other Five hundred Pounds or more Share or Interest in the said Capital Stock of the said Corporation And who also shall not at the time of holding any such General Court take the Oath hereafter mentioned if required thereunto by any Member or Members of the said Corporation then present having each Five hundred Pounds Share or Interest at least in the said Capital Stock before the Governor or Deputy-Governor or any two or more of the Directors of the said Corporation viz. I A. B. do Swear Oath of Electors that the Sum of Five hundred Pounds or more of the Capital Stock of the Body-Politique called by the name of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England doth at this time belong to me in my own Right and not in Trust for any other Person or Persons whatsoever None to have above one Vote And We do hereby Constitute Ordain and Appoint That no one Member of the said Corporation shall in any Election of Governor Deputy-Governor Director or other Officer of the said Corporation or in any the Business or Affairs of the said Corporation have or give any more than one Vote whatever his Share or Interest in the said Capital Stock shall be Proviso for Quakers Provided nevertheless That any Person or Persons commonly called or known to be Quakers who at the time of holding such General Court as aforesaid shall have Five hundred-Pounds Interest or Share or more in the said Capital Stock and shall then if thereunto Required by any Member or Members of the said Corporation then present having each Five hundred Pounds Share or Interest at least in the said Capital Stock make and Sign the following Declaration to wit I A. B. do sincerely and solemnly Declare in the presence of God That the Sum of Five hundred Pounds or more of the Capital Stock of the Body Politique called by the name of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England doth at this time belong to me in my own Right and not in trust for any other Person or Persons whatsoever shall be Capable of having a Vote at any General Court of the said Corporation Power to Administer the Oaths and Declaration to Electors And we do by these Presents for Us Our Heirs and Successors give full Power and Authority to the Governor or Deputy-Governor or any two or more of the Directors of the said Corporation for the time being to give and Administer the said Oath and Declaration to the said Members And do hereby Order and Direct them to Administer the same accordingly Provided farther Qualification of Governor And we do hereby for Us Our Heirs and Successors Constitute Ordain and Appoint that no Person shall at any time be capable of being Chosen a Governor of the said Corporation unless he shall at the time of such Election be a Natural born Subject of England or Naturalized and shall also then have in his own Name in his own Right and for his own Use Four thousand Pounds or more in the Capital Stock of the said Corporation And that no Person shall at any time be capable of being chosen Deputy-Governor of the said Corporation Qualification of Deputy-Governor unless he shall at the time of such Election be a Natural born Subject of England or Naturaliz'd and shall also then have in his own Name in his own Right and for his own Use Three thousand Pounds or more in the Capital Stock of the said Corporation Qualification of Directors And that no Person shall be capable of being chosen a Director of the said Corporation who shall not at the time of such Choice be a Natural born Subject of England or Naturalized And shall also then have in his own Name in his own Right and for his own Use Two thousand Pounds or more in the said Capital Stock Office vacant by lessening Stock And that no Governor Deputy-Governor or Directors shall continue in his or their respective Offices longer than the continuance of such their respective Interests and Stocks in their own Names and Rights and to their own Uses respectively But upon parting with or reducing his or their respective Share or Interest in the said Capital Stock to any lesser Sum or Sums than as aforesaid the said respective Offices or Places of such Governor Deputy-Governor or Directors so parting with reducing or diminishing their said Shares or Interests as aforesaid shall Cease Determine and become Vacant and others to be chosen in their rooms by a general Court of the said Corporation Oaths to be taken by Governors Provided also and We do by these Presents for Us Our Heirs and Successors Will Ordain and Appoint that the said hereby Nominated to be the first Governor or any Person hereafter to be Chosen to the said Office or Trust of Governor of the said Corporation shall not be capable of Executing or Acting in the said Office or trust of Governor at any time until he respectively shall have taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by an Act made in the First Year of Our Reign Oath of Allegiance Entituled An Act for the Abrogating of the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance and appointing other Oaths and shall not be capable of Executing of or Acting in the said Office or Trust of Governor at any time or times hereafter until he respectively shall have taken the Corporal Oath following To wit Oath for Stock I A. B. do Swear that the Sum of Four thousand Pounds of the Capital Stock of the Body Politique called by the name of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England whereof I am Appointed or Elected to be Governor doth at this time belong to me in my own Right and not in trust for any other Person or Persons whatsoever And likewise another Oath in the form or to the effect following That is to say I A. B. being Nominated or Elected to be Governor of the Company of the Bank of England Oath to the Company do Promise and Swear That I will to the utmost of my Power by all Lawful ways and means endeavour to Support and Maintain the Body-Politique or Fellowship of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England and the Liberties and Privileges thereof And that in the Execution of the said Office of Governor I will Faithfully and Honestly demean my self according to the best of my Skil and Understanding So help me God Oaths to first Governor to be Administred by the Lord Keeper Chancellor of the Exchequer Chief-Baron Oath to succeeding Governors How Administred And to any future Governor shall and may be Administred by the Chancellor of England or Keeper of the
Great Seal of England or by the Chancellor of the Exchequer or Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer of Us Our Heirs or Successors for the time being or by the Governor or Deputy-Governor of the said Corporation for the last preceding Year Or in case a Deputy-Governor shall be then Sworn into his Office then by such Deputy-Governor And We do hereby for Us Our Heirs and Successors Direct Authorize and Appoint the Chancellor of England and Keeper of the Great Seal of England Chancellor of the Exchequer and Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer or any of them for the time being or such preceding Governor or preceding Deputy-Governor or such Deputy-Governor so qualified as aforesaid to Administer the said Oaths to every or any such Person Appointed or Elected to be Governor of the said Corporation as aforesaid Provided also and We do hereby for Us Our Heirs and Successors Will and Ordain The like Oaths for the Deputy-Governor and Appoint that the said _____ hereby Nominated Constituted and Appointed to be the first Deputy-Governor or any Person hereafter to be chosen to the Office or Trust of Deputy-Governor of the said Corporation shall not be capable of Executing or Acting in the said Office or Trust of Deputy-Governor until he shall have taken the like Oaths mutatis mutandis as are before prescribed to be taken by the Governor How Administred Which Oaths to the first Deputy-Governor above-named shall and may be Administred by the Keeper of Our Great Seal of England or by the Chancellor of the Exchequer or Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer or by the first Governor of the said Corporation after himself shall be first Sworn as aforesaid Oath to succeeding Deputy-Governors How Administred And to any future Deputy-Governor shall and may be Administred by the Chancellor of England or Keeper of the Great Seal of England or by the Chancellor of the Exchequer or Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer of Us Our Heirs and Successors for the time being or by the Governor or Deputy-Governor of the said Corporation for the preceding Year And they are hereby respectively Authorized and Directed to Administer the said Oaths to any Deputy-Governor accordingly Provided also And We do by these Presents for Us Our Heirs and Successors Will and Ordain and Appoint That none of the said hereby Nominated Constituted and Appointed to be the first Twenty four Directors of the said Corporation or any other Person or Persons hereafter to be chosen to the Office or Trust of a Director of the said Corporation Oath of Directors shall be capable to Execute or Act in the said Office of a Director until he or they shall respectively have taken the Oaths Mentioned and Appointed in and by one Act made in the First Year of Our Reign Intituled An Act for the Abrogating of the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance and Appointing other Oaths Oath of Allegiance nor shall be capable to Execute or Act in the said Office or Trust of a Director at any time or times hereafter until he or they respectively shall have taken the Corporal Oath following to wit Oath for Stocks I A. B. do Swear that the Sum of Two thousand Pounds of the Capital Stock of the Body-Politique called by the Name of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England whereof I am Appointed or Elected to be a Director doth at this time belong to me in my own Right and not in trust for any other Person or Persons whatsoever And likewise another Oath in the form or to the effect following Oath to the Company viz. I A. B. do Swear that in the Office of a Director of the Corporation or Company of the Bank of England I will be indifferent and equal to all manner of Persons And I will give my best Advice and Assistance for the support and good Government of the said Corporation And in the Execution of the said Office of Director I will faithfully and honestly demean my self according to the best of my Skil and Understanding So help me God Which Oaths to the first Twenty Four Directors herein Nominated How Administred to the first Directors and every of them respectively shall and may be Administred by the said Keeper of Our Great Seal of England or by the Chancellor of the Exchequer or Chief Baron of Our Court of Exchequer or by the first Governor or Deputy-Governor herein before Named so as such first Governor or Deputy-Governor in case they or either of them do Administer the said Oaths to the said Directors or any of them be first Sworn as is before-mentioned Oath to succeeding Directors how Administred And the said Oaths to any future Director and Directors shall and may be Administred by the Chancellor of England or Keeper of the Great Seal of England or by the Chancellor of the Exchequer or Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer of Us Our Heirs or Successors for the time being or any of them or by a Sworn Governor or Deputy-Governor of the said Corporation for the time being or by the Governor or Deputy-Governor for the preceding year And they are hereby Authorized and Required to Administer the said Oaths to all and every such Director and Directors from time to time accordingly Oath of Electors Provided also and We do by these Presents for Us Our Heirs and Successors Will Ordain and Appoint that all and every the other Members of the said Corporation having each Five Hundred Pounds or more Interest or Share in the Capital Stock of the said Corporation before he or they severally shall be capable to give any Vote in any General Court to be held for the said Corporation shall take the said Oaths appointed in and by the said Act of Parliament made in the first year of Our Reign Intituled Oath of Allegiance How Administred An Act for the Abrogating of the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance and appointing other Oaths before the said Governor or Deputy-Governor of the said Corporation for the time being who are hereby respectively Authorised to Administer the same And also the Oath in the Words or to the effect following that is to say Oath to the Company J. A. B. Do Swear that I will be Faithful to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England whereof I am a Member and in all General Courts when and as often as I shall be present will according to the best of my Skill and Understanding give my Advice Counsel and Assistance for the support and good Government of the said Corporation so help me God Proviso for Quakirs Provided nevertheless that any Person or Persons commonly called or known to be Quakers having each Five Hundred Pounds or more Interest or Share in the Capital Stock of the said Corporation before they shall be capable of Voting in any such General Court as aforesaid shall and may instead of the Oaths hereby