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                <date>2017</date>
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<note type="metadataLine"><hi rend="italic">c.</hi> June 1711, <hi rend="italic">c.</hi> 412 words.</note>
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            <change when="2001-01-01" type="metadata">Catalogue information compiled by Rob Iliffe, Peter Spargo &amp; John Young</change>
            <change when="2011-09-29" type="metadata">Catalogue exported to teiHeader by <name>Michael Hawkins</name></change>
            <change when="2017-05-16">Transcribed by <name>Will Scott</name></change>
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                <p rend="indent0" xml:id="par1">The Officers of the Mint <del type="over"><gap reason="illgblDel" unit="chars" extent="1"/></del><add place="over" indicator="no">o</add>r <del type="strikethrough">some</del> <add place="supralinear" indicator="yes">any</add> of them <add place="supralinear" indicator="yes">or other her <choice><abbr>Ma<hi rend="superscript">ties</hi></abbr><expan>Majesties</expan></choice> Order</add> to give 
                    <lb xml:id="l1"/>receipts of the gross weight of Plate to the importers, 
                    <lb xml:id="l2"/>lock up the Plate in the Treasury of the Mint, deli<lb type="hyphenated" xml:id="l3"/>ver it <del type="over"><gap reason="illgblDel" unit="chars" extent="1"/></del><add place="over" indicator="no">o</add>ut thence <add place="supralinear" indicator="yes">in parcels by weight</add> to the melting Pot<choice><orig> </orig><reg/></choice><del type="strikethrough">by weight</del>, see that 
                    <lb xml:id="l4"/>nothing else be put into the Pot, <del type="strikethrough">receive</del><add place="supralinear" indicator="no">take</add> back the In<lb type="hyphenated" xml:id="l5"/>gots produced &amp; deliver them to the Master &amp; Worker 
                    <lb xml:id="l6"/>by weight &amp; assay to be coined; &amp; the Melter to 
                    <lb xml:id="l7"/>make up the deficiency of the gross weight by supplies 
                    <lb xml:id="l8"/>of standard silver, the Queen allowing him the sweep 
                    <lb xml:id="l9"/>&amp; <space dim="horizontal" unit="chars" extent="8"/> per pound weight Troy for his wast &amp; 
                    <lb xml:id="l10"/>charges of melting<choice><sic>.</sic><corr type="delText">.</corr></choice> <add place="lineEnd" indicator="no">to be <del type="strikethrough">detained</del> <add place="supralinear" indicator="yes"><del type="over"><gap reason="illgblDel" unit="chars" extent="1"/></del><add place="over" indicator="no">p</add>aid by the Master</add> out of the new moneys.</add></p>
                
                <p xml:id="par2">The Master to give the Warden &amp; Comptroller 
                    <lb xml:id="l11"/><del type="cancelled"><unclear reason="del" cert="medium">&amp;</unclear></del> <add place="supralinear" indicator="yes">or other her <choice><abbr>Ma<hi rend="superscript">ties</hi></abbr><expan>Majesties</expan></choice> Order</add> Receipts of the said Ingots <del type="strikethrough">for other discharge &amp; to <lb xml:id="l12"/>coin them</del><add place="supralinear" indicator="no">by weight &amp; assay</add>
                    <lb xml:id="l13"/>&amp; pay the produce <add place="supralinear" indicator="yes">in new moneys</add> by standard weight &amp; <del type="over"><gap reason="illgblDel" unit="chars" extent="1"/></del><add place="over" indicator="no">t</add>ale to
                    <lb xml:id="l14"/>her <choice><abbr>Ma<hi rend="superscript">ties</hi></abbr><expan>Majesties</expan></choice> <add place="supralinear" indicator="yes">or <choice><abbr>yo<hi rend="superscript">r</hi></abbr><expan>your</expan></choice> <choice><abbr>Lo<hi rend="superscript">ps</hi></abbr><expan>Lordships</expan></choice></add> Order, &amp; take Receipts thereof<add place="inline" indicator="no">.</add> <del type="strikethrough">for his discharge.</del> 
                    <lb xml:id="l15"/>And all the Receipts to be cut off from Duplicates in books 
                    <lb xml:id="l16"/>&amp; the Duplicates to be countersigned by the parties to whom 
                    <lb xml:id="l17"/>the Receipts are given. And the deliveries &amp; receipts to 
                    <lb xml:id="l18"/>be also entred by the Clerks of the Mint in books  <choice><abbr>w<hi rend="superscript">ch</hi></abbr><expan>which</expan></choice> they 
                    <lb xml:id="l19"/>shall keep for that purpose. And the whole Account to be 
                    <lb xml:id="l20"/>past <add place="supralinear" indicator="yes">upon oath</add> in the <add place="supralinear" indicator="yes">next</add> annual Accounts of the Warden &amp; Master by the 
                    <lb xml:id="l21"/>vouchers aforesaid &amp; by a Controllment Roll. <space dim="vertical" unit="lines" extent="1"/></p>
                
                <p xml:id="par3">Her <choice><abbr>Ma<hi rend="superscript">ty</hi></abbr><expan>Majesty</expan></choice> <del type="strikethrough">by he</del> to authorize &amp; command <add place="supralinear" indicator="yes">all</add> the Officers of her <lb xml:id="l22"/>Mint to <del type="strikethrough">receive</del> act accordingly, <add place="supralinear" indicator="yes"><del type="strikethrough">to g<gap reason="illgblDel" unit="chars" extent="3"/> to <unclear reason="del" cert="low">directions</unclear></del> <add place="lineBeginning" indicator="no">&amp; p<del type="over"><unclear reason="del" cert="low">p</unclear></del><add place="over" indicator="no">a</add>rti<del type="over"><gap reason="illgblDel" unit="chars" extent="5"/></del><add place="over" indicator="no"><unclear reason="over" cert="medium">cularly</unclear></add></add> <add place="supralinear" indicator="yes">to</add> nominate the <del type="over">p</del><add place="over" indicator="no">p</add><del type="strikethrough">articularly</del><add place="supralinear" indicator="no">ersons</add> to whom the Importer <del type="over"><gap reason="illgblDel" unit="chars" extent="2"/></del><add place="over" indicator="no">sh</add>all deliver his Plate</add> <del type="over"><gap reason="illgblDel" unit="chars" extent="1"/></del><add place="over" indicator="no">&amp;</add> <del type="cancelled">the</del> to whom the Master shall pay <lb xml:id="l23"/>the new coynd moneys by weight &amp; tale<del type="cancelled">.</del> <add place="lineEnd" indicator="no">&amp; what shall be allowed the Melter</add> <add place="infralinear" indicator="no">for his charges &amp; wast in melting.</add></p>
                
                <p xml:id="par4">If any difficulty arise about the Melter, the Master is willing <lb xml:id="l24"/>to undertake the Charge of melter by his Deputy for whom he will <lb xml:id="l25"/>be answer<del type="over"><gap reason="illgblDel" unit="chars" extent="4"/></del><add place="over" indicator="no">able</add>, provided the Warden &amp; Comptroller either together or <lb xml:id="l26"/>by turns oversee the meltings so that no <del type="strikethrough">complaint may arise of ill <lb xml:id="l27"/>pracises may <del type="strikethrough">arise</del> have room, nor any</del><add place="supralinear" indicator="no"><del type="strikethrough">or suspicion <del type="over"><gap reason="illgblDel" unit="chars" extent="2"/></del><add place="over" indicator="no">of</add> <unclear reason="del" cert="low">decept</unclear> wisdom</del></add> <add place="supralinear" indicator="yes">base</add> metal <del type="strikethrough">and plate be brought into</del><add place="supralinear" indicator="no">may <del type="cancelled"><gap reason="illgblDel" unit="chars" extent="1"/></del> be put into <choice><abbr>y<hi rend="superscript">e</hi></abbr><expan>the</expan></choice> melting Pot <del type="cancelled"><gap reason="illgblDel" unit="chars" extent="1"/></del></add> <lb xml:id="l28"/><add place="supralinear lineBeginning" indicator="yes">nor brought into</add> the melting room<del type="over">.</del><add place="over" indicator="no">,</add> nor any <choice><sic>complain</sic><corr>complaint</corr></choice> or suspicion <del type="over"><unclear reason="del" cert="medium">t</unclear></del><add place="over" indicator="no">h</add>a<del type="over">k</del><add place="over" indicator="no">v</add>e place.</p>
            
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