Bank of England
The Bank of England is the City of London's central bank and the target of Sequence 6, A Run on the Bank, where Jacob tracks a Templar robbing its branches. You return to its vault twice more: once for the stolen printing plates and once in The Last Maharaja.
- Type
- Landmark
- Region
- City of London
Good to know
- Region: City of London, on Threadneedle Street.
- Story memories: A Case of Identity, A Spot of Tea, A Bad Penny and Unbreaking the Bank.
- The Last Maharaja memory Stealing from the Poor brings Evie and Duleep Singh here.
- A Bad Penny full sync: find the secret passage.
- The bank is nicknamed the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street.
A Run on the Bank
Abberline tells Jacob that a different branch is robbed every quarter. Jacob traces the robber, known only as Plutus, through the Royal Exchange and a Blighter robbery crew, then enters the bank in A Bad Penny to stop the heist.
Who Plutus isSpoilerShow
Plutus is Philip Twopenny, the official who runs the bank's daily business, funnelling stolen money to the Templars. Jacob kills him in the vault, but printing plates go missing in the chaos and counterfeit notes flood London. Evie recovers the plates for Abberline in Unbreaking the Bank.
The accountant
Later in 1868 Templars drag a British India Company accountant into the vault to threaten him. Evie and Duleep Singh rescue him and get the location of the stolen Punjabi gold in return.
History
Founded in 1694 to raise money for the navy, the bank moved to Threadneedle Street in 1734.
A Bad PennyA Bad Penny ends Sequence 6 inside the Bank of England. Jacob joins a guided tour, interrogates the guard captain and bank manager, and reaches Philip Twopenny in the vault before his men can finish the robbery.- Unbreaking the BankUnbreaking the Bank cleans up after Jacob's work in the Bank of England: counterfeiters stole the printing plates in the chaos, and Abberline asks Evie to burn their fake notes and sneak the plates back into the bank before trust in the pound collapses.
- Stealing from the PoorStealing from the Poor is the third Last Maharaja memory: Duleep Singh has learned the British India Company has stolen a fortune from Punjab, and wants it sent back. With Evie, you track the company's accountant from a pub to the vaults of the Bank of England.
Related places
- Landmark
Mansion House
Mansion House is the Lord Mayor of London's official residence. Its rooftop is where Jacob meets Abberline at the start of A Bad Penny, before the Bank of England heist.
- Base
Black Swan Yard
Black Swan Yard is one of Bloody Nora's three Blighter strongholds in the City of London, set beside the river. Capturing it for the Rooks is part of taking the borough.
- Landmark
Cannon Street station
Cannon Street station is a City of London rail stop on the north bank of the Thames. In the Jack the Ripper expansion it is where four of Jack's gang lieutenants gather, and Evie clears them out.
- Base
Field Lane
Field Lane is one of Bloody Nora's three Blighter strongholds in the City of London. Taking it from the Blighters is a step toward the City gang war.