To the Rt.Right Honoble.Honourable the Lords Comrs.Commissioners of his Maties.Majesties TrearyTreasury

Wee the Warden and Master Worker of his Majties.Majesties Mint, Having received from your Lordpps.Lordshipps a Refference dated the 4th. day of August last, Vpon the Memorial of Mr. Ionathan Ambrose hereunto Annex'd wherein he proposes to have Three halfe pence ꝑper pound for the First Melting down of the Plate; Wee take this Opertunity humbly to lay before your Lordpps.Lordshipps That the Master & Worker of the Mint, did alwayes melt down all silver and gold brought thither to be coyned, and did therein Employ such person or persons as he thought fitt for the doeing thereof being bound by the Indenture of the Mint to performe that service, and is answerable for all Loss and Miscarriage that may happen in the doeing thereof, And therefore humbly

Prays that he may Employ the persons that doe it as formerly, and is willing to undertake the severall meltings of the Clipt money at 3 farthings the pound, and on such other CondiconsConditions as are at ꝑpresent allowed for the same, and to undertake the first melting down of the plate at one penny ꝑper pound, and the refineing (since the Quantity is like to be great) for whats done in London at 11d. ꝑper pound, but for what's done and to be done in yethe Country he humbly does crave the present allowance of 12d. ꝑper pound, he having all along paid the same price, And as to the said Ionathan Ambrose we humbly lay before your Lordpps.Lordshipps that yethe Coynage Duty is not sufficient to Defray the necessaries of the mint at this time, And therefore submitt it to your Lordpps.Lordshipps Direcctions how and at what rate he shall be paid for the Plate he hath already melted and refined. And we further presume to Represent to yoryour Lordpps.Lordshipps an Inconvenience we Conceive has arisen by wording yethe warrant undr.under his Majties.Majesties signe Mannual for the Distribuction of yethe 14d. ꝑper pound Allowed by an Act of Last Sessions for making the money, whereby it is Directed that nine pence ꝑper pound (ptpart of yethe 14d.) should be paid to yethe Corporaction of monyers, Whereas by the Indenture of yethe Mint 8d. ꝑper pound and no more is directed to be paid them for their service, And the Additionall penny was only to be paid and allowed them as a bounty from from his MatieMajestie, So long as yethe Warden, Master Worker, and Comptroller or any Two of them whereof yethe Warden to be one should perceive the moneys well sized, blanched, and Coyned, and a due proporction of small money made, and the said Service not having by them been well and duely performed, As an Inducemt.Inducement for yethe future, and to make them well size, Blanch and Coyne, the Silver money, and in all things for the Future, to act as they ought, We Conceive it convenient that in yethe next Warrant to be signed by his Majtie.Majestie for Coyning either yethe Clipt money or Plate in Pursuance of any Act of this Sessions, that yethe giving yethe Penny to yethe monyers may be Only Condictional, As it is by yethe Indenture, And that if they doe not Deserve it, the same money to be saved to yethe Crowne.

Is. Newton

Tho Neale