Knowledge of the income of Mr. Bingley (Simon Woods) and Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen) is seemingly public and goes unexplained. The value of an estate or an inheritance was usually commonly known amongst the aristocracy. In the Georgian period it was usual for people to have their inheritance with a bank that gave them an annual interest rate of four or five percent. Thus, Mr. Darcy inherited two hundred thousand pounds sterling upon his father's death and now earns ten thousand pounds sterling a year in interest.