475
An Accompt of monies received by Isaac Newton Esquire
Warden of his MajtsMajesties Mint towards defraying the
charges of prosecuting Clippers & Coyners from
the 5t of Sept. 1696 to yethe 12t of Iune 1699
| Sept 5 1696 |
Received at the Exchequer by order of the
Lord CommrsCommissioners of his MajtsMajestys Treasury |
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300. | 00. | 00 |
| Sept 24 1696 |
Received of Mr Edmund Rolf Town-clerk of
Lynn Regis 166 ounces of clippings of ham-
mered money wchwhich at 5s 1d per ounce amounts to |
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42. | 03. | 10 |
| Novemb. 22. |
1697 Received of the Undersheriff of Lincolnshire
39 ounces & 15 penny weight of clippings of old
hammered money wchwhich at 5s 1d per ounce amounts
to |
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7. | 0016. | 03 |
Sold to Mr
Ambrose an Ingott of coarse silver melted down out of counterfeit money for 17℔. 15s. 0d
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17.15.00
May 11th 1698
Received of the Undersheriff of Middlesex for good forfeited to the King by the conviction of Lewis Skidmore for coyning
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7.05.06
IJan 14 169
Sold to Mr Floyer an Ingott of coarse silver melted down out of counterfeit money for 6℔. 11s 00d
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6.11.00
May 5 1699
Received by the hands of my Clerk Mr IJohn Ellis for a parcell of clippings found on Sarah Nott
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5.10.00
Iune 12 1699
Received of Mr Floyer for 5 ounces 13 penny weight of clippings delivered to me by Mr Battely 1℔ 8s 11d and for a parcell of silver filings and counterfeit money taken on Mr Ivy in Ireland & sent thence to the Keeper of Newgate 2℔. 9s. 6d
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3.18.05
Received
at severall times of Tho. Neale Esquire Master and Worker of his MajtsMajesties Mint the salary of Mr Ellis my Clerk for twothree years and an half fromending Michaelmas 16969 after the rate of sixty pounds per an
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16780.00.00
5471. 00. 00.
An Accompt of monies expended by Isaac Newton Esquire Warden of his MajtsMajestys Mint in the apprehending & prosecuting of Clippers and Coyners between the third day of August 1696 and the
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Fees at the
Treasury for the Warrant & Order for yethe 300℔ received out of yethe Exchequer 2℔. 10s. 00d, at the Exchequer 7℔. 15s. 00d
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10.05.00
Fees at the
Treasury for an 100lb given by order of yethe LdsLords of the Treasury to Mr Geo. Smyth of Gloucester-shire for defraying his charges in prosecuting Coyn-ers 2℔. 10s. 00d, at the Exchequer 2℔. 15s. 00d
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5.05.00
Paid Mr
Tussingham's Bill for registring the Privy Seal &c 4℔. 10s. 00d paid Mr Ingham for two engrost copies thereof with Deputations 15s
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5.05.00
Charges of
a Sign Manual for a new Clerk 5℔. 2s. 6d and paid my clerks salary for two years & an half from Michaelmas 1696, 1580℔. 00s. 00d
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1580.02.06
Paid Mr Catntwell
the keeper of the Savoy Prison for sending his man in August 1696 to Lewis in Sussex to apprehend Emery a Coyner 1℔. 10s. 00d and for apprehending & deteining some days in custody IJames Pritchard a Soldier & Coyner 1℔. 12s. 00d and done some other services 10s
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3.102.00
Paid Mr Cha.
Maris one of the Kings Messengers for charges of himself & two other Messengers & four Assist-ants wthwith their horses in going to apprehend 32 Clippers & Coyners in Worcestershire & Shropshire in September 1696, 41℔. 02s. 00d & for seizing & bringing home Levers Press & going into Worcestershire a second timeother services against coyners
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4751.02.00
Sept 19 1696
& Feb 169 Paid Taylor an Engraver in Holburn for charges & pains in discovering Irish, Williamson Maud & other Coyners of severall Gangs & attending the sessions & Kingston Assizes against some of them
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6.010.00
Sept. 24
1696 Paid Mr Rolf Townclerk of Lynn Regis discharge of a Bill for prosecuting ten Clippers in Norfolk
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10.06.10
Paid Mr
Benjamin Maris one of the Kings Messengers at severall times for the charges of himself and Companions in detecting & apprehending great numbers of Clippers & Coyners & prosecuting some of them & buying counterfeit money in order to discover some of their Gangs
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6564.10.00
308. 08. 04341. 08. 04
476
Brought over
30841.08.04
Sept 11 1696
Paid Humpfhrey Hall to buy him a suit of cloaths to qualify him for conversing with a Gang of coyners of Note in order to discover them
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5.00.00
Several
charges upon divers occasions in the prosecution of Captain William Wintour of Gloucestershire vizt to Ienkins & Dun 15℔, to Oldershawir 1℔, to Stablin & Mountsteven 10℔ to Mary Davis 5℔. 12s. 6d, to IJames Tenant 4℔. 6s. 0d. In all
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35.18.06
Paid Mr
Packers Clerk in part of a Bill of charges of prosecuting Coyners
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4.19.060
Nov. 1. 1696
Paid Dougless towards the charges of himself & two others & their horses in going 150 miles to apprehend Coyners
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6.00.00
Paid Mr Rewse
severall Bills of charges for prosecuting coyners 14℔. 10s. 00d & towards his & Weekmans charges in going to the Assizes at Worcester Staffod Salop Exeter &Hereford & Monmouth to prosecute coyners in summer 1698, 20℔. 00s. 00d
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34.10.00
Charges of
Sending Caleb Clerk & others into Worcestershire to apprehend Coyners 5℔ & of sending Ioseph Williansms to Worcester Assizes in Feb & March 169 to give evidence against them 3℔ In all
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8.00.00
Charges of
detecting apprehending & convicting William Bird at Exeter
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40.00.00
Charges of
detecting the designes of Chaloner & his associates in their conspiring to set on foot a new way of coyning in summer 1697 & of apprehending some of them
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09.10.00
Iuly 27 1697
Mr Wilder & Mr Russell for apprehending & prosecuting Chapman & White
13.08.00
Charges of
prosecuting IJohn Gibbons vizt Iul. 19 & 20 1698 to Counel 5℔. 7s. 3d. Iul 29 to Hildyard 1℔. 12s. 6d Iune 27 1698 at yethe secretaries Office for two Warrants 6 Guineas or 6℔. 12s. 00d Sept 9 98 to Mary Townsend 15s, Iune 19 & Iul 4 1699 to Mrs Stavely 12℔. 16s. 9d
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27.03.06
Paid Mr
Christopher Priddith 27℔. 7s wchwhich wthwith 50℔. 8s. 6d received by him out of forfeited estates I allowed him in discharge of two Bills amounting to 108℔. 18s. 01d for journeys into the Country & prosecuting 26 persons besides 17 convicted
27.07.00
Paid Mr Legat
Mr Snow & Mr Boteler for charges in detecting & apprehending IJohn Smith, Tho Read, Rebecca Bury Robt Lacy & his wife, Sarah Cletor, Dr Stringer &c 21℔. 3s. 8d. Paid them more in the same accompt by Mr Secretary Vernon 5℔. Paid Mrs Lewis on yethe same accompt 3lb
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29.03.08
536552. 08. 060
Brought over
536582℔...
00.0008s...
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Paid for
prosecuting the two Quarrington's & Hitchcock at Alesbury 3℔. 10s. 00d Hawkins & Harrison at Lincoln 2℔. 10s. 00d Fr. Exton at Kingston 3℔, Rawlinson & Walene at Maidstone in Kent 4℔. Divers coyners by Bouner 2℔, others by Weekma 2lb. 14s. 00d. F removing Lawrence Wilkinson from Canterbury hither 2℔. 210s. 00d To Edward Floyd in in part of his charges of coming from Ireland about Coyners 2℔. 10s. 00d. To Clifford Pierce on yethe same acctaccompt 3℔. 00s. 00d
25.14.00
Paid several
other small summs in carrying on the prosecution of coyners vizt to Mr Cantwell 10s to two sworn Appraisers 1℔. 10s. 00d two Watchmen 10s IJohn Down 9s, IJohn Iones 10s. witnesses against Scott 5s. to Russel 1℔ Robt Attey 3℔. IJohn Stewart 15s Mrs Lewis 12s. 9d A Constable 5s Cornelius Dyer 5s. Rich. Thornton 16s. Stephen Dunk 5s Charnock 5s Gartrude Brown 1℔. 02s. 00d. Weekman 5s Tho. Bland 15s Ann Dear 16s A Nightman 6s Mary Hobbs 1℔. 5s. IJohn Prit-chard 12s IJohn Welch 12s Tho Hall 11s Mary Morgan 1℔ Mary Ball 15s Mrs Booker 15s
18. 019. 0919. 11. 9
Total Received Remains due to me
626. 0513. 09 571. 00 00 955. 013. 09
Total Received Remains due to me
6927. 05. 09 571. 00. 00 56. 5. 8
477