Indenture between her Matie.re. (since
Sir Isaac Newton Knt) Master and Worker of her MatiesMajesties MintsThis Indenture
fourteenth day of IJanuary in the first year of the reigne
of our Sovereign Lady Anne by the grace of God Queen
of England Scotland France & Ireland Defender of
the Faith &c' and in the year of our Lord 1702 Between
our said Sovereign Lady the Queens most excellent Matie.Majestie
of the one part and Isaac Newton Esqre. of the other part
Wittnesseth that whereas our said Sovereign Lady
the Queen by her Letters Patents under the Great seale of
England bearing date the eleventh day of Iune 1702 For
the considerations therein mentioned Did give and grant
unto the said Isaac Newton the Office of Master and Worker
of all her Majesties moneys both of gold and silver within
her Maties
her said Maties
yearly Fee or Pention of Five hundred pounds to be paid
quarterly unto him at or upon the twenty fifth day of March
the twenty fourth day of Iune, the twenty ninth day of
September and the twenty fifth day of December by even
and equal portions with all Edifices, Buildings, Gardens, and
other Fees, allowances, proffitts, priviledges Franchises and
Immunities belonging to the said Office/
That the sdsaid Master should enjoy the sdsaid Office during her atiesMajesties pleasure with a pention of 500lTo have and to hold the said Office of Master and
Worker unto the said Isaac Newton to be exercised by himself
or his sufficient Deputy or Deputies for whom he will answer
and also the said yearly Fee or pention of 500ld.said
Houses Edifices Buildings gardens and other Fees allowances
proffitts advantages priviledges Franchises Liberties and
Immunities for and during her said Maties
full and ample manner as Sir Ralph Freeman Knt
Slingsby Esquire or Thomas Neale Esqre or any others
heretofore have had held or enjoyed the same/
That the sdsaid MrMaster should within 2 months if required sealed this IndentureAnd whereas it is provided by the said Maties
Patents That the said Isaac Newton after he shall
be in possession of the said Office shall within two Months
after the signification of her said MatiesMajesties pleasure by
the High Treasurer of England or Commissioners of
the Treasury for the time being make and execute on his
part such and the like Indenture and Agreements (2) for and concerning the making of the several sorts of
money of Gold and silver and for payment of the severall
Officers of the Mint and for other matters and things
relating thereto and to the executions of the said Officers as
were formerly made, with alterations and additions if any
should be thought fit and directed by her MatieMajestie for the better
management and carrying on of that service
Her MatieMajestie by this Indenture grants & confirms the sdsaid Office & pention to the sdsaid Sir Isaac Newton to be pdpaid as by Acts of Parliament is providedNow this Indenture witnesseth
that for and in consideraconconsideracion of the Covenants and
agreements hereinafter contained or the part of the sdsaid
Isaac Newton Our said Sovereign Lady the Queene
of her especial grace certain knowledge and meer motion
Hath given granted ratified and confirmed and doth by
these presente give grant ratifie and confirm unto the said
Isaac Newton The said Office of Master and Worker of
all her MatiesMajesties moneys both of Gold and silver within her
MatiesMajesties Mint within the Tower of London and elsewhere
in her said MatiesMajesties Kingdome of England together with
the aforesaid Fee or yearly pention of 500L
be paid by quarterly payments (That is to say) At or
upon the twenty fifth day of March, the twenty fourth
day of Iune, the twenty ninth day of September and the
twenty fifth day of December yearly by even & equall
portions, out of such moneys usas in and by an Act of
Parliament made in the eighteenth year of the reigne
of his late MatieMajestie King Charles the second, and continued
by one other Act made in the twenty fifth year of his said
MatiesMajesties reign, both which were revived & continued by an
Act made in the first year of his late MatieMajestie King IJames
the seconds reign and again by another Act made in the
fourth yeare of his late Majestie King William and the
late Queen Mary and after by an Act made in the
twelfth yeare of the reign of the said late King William
are allowed to bee issued yearly out of her said MatiesMajesties
Exchequer for the Fees or salaries of the Officers of the
Mint or Mints and towards the providing maintaining
and repairing of the Houses Offices and Buildings
and other Necessaries for assaying melting downe and
Coining during so long time as the said Acts of ParliamtParliament
shall bee and continue in Force
(3)
And that in default thereof the said pention of 500litiesMajesty's SeigniorageAnd after the said Acts of Parliament shall cease
and bee void Then the said Fee or yearly pention to bee
paid out of such other moneys and in such other manner
as shall by any Act or Acts of Parliament hereafter
to be made, be appointed or allowed to be issued out for the
Fees or salaries of the Officers of the Mint or Mints
And in default of any such allowance or appointment
to be hereafter made by ParliamtParliament and during such time
and times as there shall hereafter happen to be noe
such allowance or appointment made by Authority of
ParliamtParliament the said Fee or yearly pention of 500L
to be paid unto the said Isaac Newton out of her MatiesMajesties
Seigniorage or allowance for Coinage of Gold or Silver
moneys, or other her MatiesMajesties Proffitts of the Mint or
such other part of her MatiesMajesties Proffitts of the Mint or
such other part of her MatiesMajesties revenue as her Majestie
shall direct
ConfirmaconConfirmacion of all Edifices &cAnd our Sovereign Lady the Queen for the considrationsconsiderations
aforesaid Hath also given granted and confirmed and by
these presente doth give grant and confirm unto the said
Isaac Newton All Edifices Buildings Gardens & other
proffitts priviledges Franchises and Immunities belonging
to the aforesaid Office
power to make a Deputy & that the sdsaid MrMaster is to hold the sdsaid Office during her MatiesMajesties pleasureTo have hold and enjoy the said Office of Master and
Worker unto the said Isaac Newton and to exercise the same
by himself or his sufficient Deputy or Deputies for whom he
will answer And also to hold and enjoy the said Fee or yearly
pention or sum̄mme of 500L
Edifices Buildings Gardens proffitts advantages priviledges
Franchises Liberties and Immunities for and during her
said MatiesMajesties pleasure in as full and ample manner to
all intents and purposes as the said Sir Ralph Freeman
Henry Slingsby and Thomas Neale deceddeceased or any of
them or any other person or persons did or at any time
heretofore might or ought to hold & enjoy the same
And whereas by the aforesaid Acts of Parliament
it is amongst other things provided That no moneys
leviable or payable by the same shall be applied or converted
to any use or uses whatsoever other than to the defraying
the charge or expence of the Mint or Mints and of the
assaying melting down waste and Coinage of Gold and (4) Further recitall of the sd.said Acts & that no moneys payable by the same shall be applied to any other use than that of the Mint & how the same shall bee paid.Silver and the encouragemt.encouragement of the bringing in of
Gold and silver into the said Mint or Mints there to bee
coined into the Currant Coines of this Kingdome Now
should any of the said moneys be issued out of the ExcheꝗꝫExchequer
But by order or warrant of the said Lord Treasurer and
Under Treasurer or Commrs.Commissioners of the Treasury for the time
being to the Master and Worker or Masters and Workers
of her MatiesMajesties Mint or Mints for the time being & mentioning
that they are for the use and service aforesdaforesaid to be kept To be
kept in ther MatiesMajesties Office of Receipt in the sdsaid Mint or
Mints under the usual keys of the Warden Master and
Worker and Comptroller for the time being and issued out
thence from time to time according to the manner and course
of the said Mint or Mints respectively as by the same
Acts more plainly appeareth
That the DisbursemtDisbursement of the Mint formerly paid out of yethe Seigniorage be now paid out of the moneys arising by the said Acts.And in regard the payments & disbursemts
Mint or Mints formerly paid out of the Seigniorage or
or allowance for Coinage are by the aforesdaforesaid Acts of Parlt
appointed to be paid out of the moneys arising by the same
Acts of Parliamt
Queen doth by these presents ordain and appoint That
the sdsaid Master and Worker shall receive out of her Maties
ExcheꝗꝫExchequer from time to time all such moneys as are appointed
to be paid unto him by the said Acts of Parliament for
defraying the charges or expences of the Mint or Mints
and of the assaying melting down waste and coinage of
gold and silver and the incouragement of the bringing in of
gold and silver into the said Mint or Mints there to bee
coined into the currant Coines of this Kingdome.
And that the sdsaid MrMaster shall be allowed all payments made pursuant to the sdsaid Acts.And that the said Master and Worker shall upon
his Accompt yearly to be made of his receipts paymtspayments
charges and Disbursements before the Auditors of
the Mint or Mints for the time being have full
allowance defalcation and discharge of and for all
such sum̄mmme and sum̄mmes of money as he shall duly pay
and disburse according to the true intent and meaning
of the aboverecited Letters Patents and according to
the directions hereafter in these presents expressed
and according to the course of the said Mint or Mints
respectively as by the same Acts of ParltParliament is directed &
appointed
(5)
Esqre Newton to make 4 sorts of gold moneysAnd the said Isaac Newton doth by these presents
covenant undertake and agree to and with our SovrignSoverign
Lady the Queen to make her Majties
and form following (That is to say) To make four sorts
of money of Crowne Gold.
10s peiceOne peice which shall be called the tenn shilling
peice running for Ten shillings sterling and there shall
be Eighty nine of those in the pound weight Troy
20s peiceOne other piece which shall be called the twenty-
shilling peice, running for twenty shillings sterling and
there shall be 44 of those and one ten shilling peice or
the weight of one ten shilling peice in the pound weight
Troy.
40s peiceOne other peice which shall be called the Forty-
shilling Peice running for 40s. sterling and there shall
be 22 of those and one ten shilling peice or the weight
of a 10s. peice in the pound weight Troy
5£And one other peice which shall be called the Five
pound peice running for five pounds sterling and there shall
be nine of those wanting one ten shilling peice or the
weight of one 10s peice in yethe pound weight Troy
The value and fineness of the gold moneysAnd that every pound wt.weight Troy of all the moneys of
Gold afores.daforesaid shall hold in Number & be in value
44£: 10s and shall be in fineness at the triall of yethe same
twenty two Carratts of fine Gold and two Carratts of
allay in every pound wtdaforesaid
of 22 Carratts of fine gold and two Carratts of allay in
every pound weight Troy Our sovereign Lady the Queen
doth will ordain and establish by these prsentspresents to be the
right standard of her MatiesMajesties moneys of Crown gold
The MrMaster to have 6s: 6d out of every pound wtweight of goldAnd the said Isaac Newton shall have & receive
the sum̄mme of six shillings & six pence of every pound wtweight
Troy of gold moneys to be by him detained & kept for
the paying bearing and sustaining all manner of wasts
provisions necessaries and charges coming arising
and growing in and about the Coining of her Majesties
said Gold moneys by the Will and Press, out of the
moneys paid and payable to him as is hereafter
expressed.
(6)
the Mr.Master to pay the Moniers 3s ꝑper pound
wt.weight of GoldAnd the said Master shall out of the said six shill
and six pence allowed unto him and to be received by him
as aforesd.aforesaid for every pound weight of the moneys of gold
from time to time pay unto the moniers the sum̄mme of
three shillings for their labour waste and charges in the
coining of every pound wt.weight Troy of the said gold moneys
by the Mill and Press, according to the undertakings &
agreements of the Moniers with the said Master &
Worker.
But because the said moneys of Gold may not
continually be made according in all things to the right
standard The Remedy appointed for the Gold moneysBut peradventure in default of the said master
and Worker it shall be found sometimes to strong or
too feeble, by too much or too little in weight or in
fineness or in both Our sovereign Lady the Queen doth
will and command that when the said moneys of Gold
shall be found at the assay before the deliverance too strong
or too feeble, all only in weight or all only in fineness or
in both the sixth part of a Carratt in the pound weight of
God and no more The which sixth part in that one or the
sixth part in that other or the sixth part in them both shall
be called Remedy for the said Master, that then that
money shall be delivered for good, so always that the same
default happen by Casualty otherwise not But if default
be found in the same money in weight or in fineness or in
both, over the sixth part of a Carratt which is called
Remedy as afores.daforesaid then the deliverance shall cease &
that money shall be challenged and adjudged less than
good and to be new molten & recoined at the cost of the
said Master till it be put to point as money deliverable
The MrMaster to make 8 sorts of silver moneys.And also the said Master hath undertaken and by
these presents doth agree & undertake to & with our SovrignSoverign
Lady the Queen to make eight manner of moneys of
silver (That is to say)
The CrowneOne Peice which shall be called the Crown running
for five shillings sterling, and there shall be twelve of
those and two shillings in the pound weight Troy
CrowneOne other peice which shall be called the half Crown running for two shillings sixpence sterling and there shall be 24 of those & two shillings in the pound wtweight Troy
ShillingOne other peice which shall be called the Shilling running for twelve pence sterling and there shall be 62. of those in the pound weight Troy
(7)
ShillingAnd other peice which shall be called the half shilling running for six pence sterling and there shall be 124 of those in the pound weight Troy
GroatOne other peice which shall be called the Groat running for four pence sterling and there shall be 186 of those in the pound weight Troy
Six penceOne other peice which shall be called the halfe six pence running for three pence sterling and there shall be 248 of those in the pound weight Troy
PennyAnd one other peice which shall be called the penny running for one penny sterling and there shall be 744 of those in the pound weight Troy
The value and fineness of the Silver moneysAnd every pound weight of the moneys of silver aforesaid shall be and hold in number as aforesaid and be in value 3£: 2s sterling and shall be in fineness at the tryal of the same eleven Ounces two pennywtspennyweights of fine silver and eighteen pennywtspennyweights of allay Which eleven Ounces & two pennywtspennyweights of fine silver & eighteen pennywtspennyweights of allay in the pound weight Troy aforesdaforesaid is the old right standard of the moneys of silver of England
That all the said moneys shall bee agreable in fineness to the standards in her MatiesMajesties TreasuryAnd be the said Master bound to make all the moneys of Crown gold and standard silver aforesdaforesaid agreable in fineness to the respective Indented triall peices made by the direction of the late King IJames the second in the fourth year of his reign, which said Indented Tryall peices doe now remaine in the six several places hereafter mentioned (That is to say) One Indented peice of Crown gold and one Indented peice of Standard silver in her MatiesMajesties Treasury within this Kingdome of England to try the moneys of gold and silver from time to time coined by the said Master & Worker of her MatiesMajesties moneys for the time being in fineness thereby, The like with the Warden of the Mint within the Tower of London for the time being to try the moneys of Gold and silver from time to time coined in her Majesties Mint in fineness thereby As also to try the gold & silver Bullion brought thither if any difference shall happen to arise between the said Master and Worker and the Bringers in of the same, The like wthwith the s.dsaid Master & Worker (8) To make the said moneys in fineness thereby The like with the Wardens of the Company of Goldsmiths within the City of London in Goldsmiths Hall for the tryall of their plate and other works aswell of gold as of silver in fineness thereby, The like in her MatiesMajesties Treasury of yethe Kingdome of Scotland to charge the Officers of her MatiesMajesties moneys for the time being within the said Kingdome thereby for the true making of the said moneys there And the like with the General and other Officers of the Mint within the said Kingdom of Scotland to make the money in the said Kingdome in fineness thereby
The MrMaster to have 1s: 4d ꝑper pound wtweight of silver and to pay yethe Moniers 8d ꝑper pdpoundAnd the said Isaac Newton shall have & receive the sum̄mme of 1s: 4d to be by him taken for the Coinage of every pound weight Troy of silver moneys for the paying bearing & sustaining of all manner of wasts provisions necessaries and charges coming arising & growing in and about yethe coining of her MatisMajesties Crowns, Half Crowns, shillings & six pences of silver moneys by the Mill & press, out of the moneys to be paid & payable to him as is hereinafter expressed And the said Master shall out of the said 1s: 4d allowed to him as aforesdaforesaid & recedreceived by him for every pound wtweight Troy of the moneys of silver pay from time to time unto the Moniers the sum̄mme of eight pence for the making of every pound wtweight Troy of the said silver moneys by the Mill and Press according to the undertaking and agreement of the said Moniers with the said Master and Worker
The MrMaster to pay the Warden yearly 1435£ for salaries &cAnd our sovereign Lady the Queen doth by these presents order & appoint that the said Master & Worker out of the moneys to be paid to him as aforesdaforesaid shall pay or cause to be paid yearly unto the Wardens of her sdsaid MatiesMajesties Mints for the time being by quarterly payments yethe yearly sum̄mme of 1435£ for the fees and salaries of the severall & respective Officers of the Mint payable by the sdsaid Warden according to the distribution and appointment mention'd in a schedule hereunto annexed
But because the said moneys of silver cannot continually be made in all things according to the right standard in as much as sometimes in default of the said Master & Worker it may be made too strong or too feeble by too much or too little in weight or in fineness or in both Our sovereign Lady the Queen doth will that when the said moneys of silver upon the assay before the delivery be found to strong or (9) The Remedy of the silver moneysToo feeble all only in weight or all only in fineness or in both by two pennywtspennyweights in the pound weight Troy aforesdaforesaid after the old Computation of twenty pennywtspennyweights in the Ounce & no more, The which Two pennywtpennyweight in that one or Two pennywtpennyweight in that other or Two pennywtpennyweight in them both shall be called Remedy for the Mastr.Master That then such moneys to be delivered for good, so alway the same default do happen by Casualty otherwise not But if default be found in the said moneys in weight or in fineness or in both over the said twopennywttwopennyweight in the pound wtweight Troy aforesd.aforesaid then ceaseth the deliverance of the money and the same to be challenged less than good & at the costs of the Master to be newly molten & recoined till it be put to point as moneys deliverable as aforesdaforesaid
That the MrMaster shall receive yethe Bullion by weight & given Bills for the sameAnd our said Sovereign Lady the Queen willeth agreeth & granteth by this Indenture that the said Master and Worker for the time being do & shall receive aswell her MatiesMajesties own Bullion of gold & silver as the Bullion of any other person or persons wtsoeverwhatsoever, repairing to her Mint with any Bullion of gold & silver aforesdaforesaid to be coined into yethe moneys before menconedmencioned by weight delivering to the parties bringing in the same Bullion Bills testifying the weight fineness and value thereof together with the day and order of its delivery into the said Mint or Mints, and within as convenient time as may be deliver the same again to our Sovereign Lady the Queen for her Bullion & to the other parties or yethe Attornies delivering the same Bills, by the same weight according to the value of the said Bullion at such time & in such mannrmanner & form as in this prsentpresent IndreIndenture is limited & appdapplied
The Warden Comptroller and Clerk of yethe papers to enter all Bullion and the same to be locked up with three Keys.And our Sovereign Lady the Queen doth will & com̄mmand by this Indenture that the said Warden & Wardens and the Comptroller & ComptrollrsComptrollers of her MatiesMajesties Mint, as also her MatiesMajesties Chief Clerk & Clerks of the Papers for the time being shall enter & record in several Leidger Books all such Bullion of Gold & silver as from time to time shall be brought into the said Mint The which Entry shall comprehend the weight fineness & value of thesdthesaidthe sdsaid Bullion the parties name that brought it & what day And after the said Bullion of Gold & silver shall be received, & and the Assays thereof made reported & entered into the sdsaid Leidger Books, the same Bullion shall bee forthwith put into a Chest or Room & the Chest or Room (10) Shall be locked with three Keys, whereof one Key shall remaine with the said Warden or Wardens or one of ymthem & one other of the Keys shall remaine with the sdsaid Master for the time being and the other Key shall remaine with the said ComptrollrComptroller or ComptrollrsComptrollers for the time being & delivered to the making of moneys
That they shall also keep severall Books of melting with the report of the Pott assay.And the said Wardens or one of them & yethe ComptrollrsComptrollers & likewise her MatiesMajesties Clerk shall also keep severall Books of Melting, declaring in the same the quantity & fineness of all manner of gold & silver & allay put into the melting with the report of every Assay called the Pott Assay and the same Books shall remaine in their sevrallseverall custodies to charge the Master withall, & the said Books shall be monthly subscribed & figured by the said Wardens or one of them, and the Master & Comptroller The AssaymrAssaymaster to keep a Book of all Bullion & report of the sdsaid Pott assayAnd the sdsaid Assaymaster of our Sovereign Lady the Queen shall keep one Book of all such Bullion of gold & silver as shall be brought into the said Mint whereby the quantity and fineness may appeare with the report also of the assay of every several pott commonly called the Pott Assay Which pott assay shall be made of some Ingott of the sdsaid Bullion to be taken by the said Warden or Wardens Comptroller and Assaymaster or any two of them after the pott is cast out
The charge of making Bullion Standard to be born by her MatieMajestieAnd if any person or persons happen to bring into the Mint any manner of gold or silver nigh to the standdstandard aforesdaforesaid then the Master shall receive it for yethe value accordingly so as the charges to make it agreable in fineness to the several standards aforesdaforesaid be born & sustained out of the Revenue arising to her MatieMajestie by vertue of the aforesdaforesaid Act of Parliament
A privy mark to be set on yethe moneysAnd our said sovereign Lady the Queen doth by ysethese presents give full power & authority unto the sdsaid MastrMaster and Worker from time to time to put such privy Mark or Marks upon the Edges or Flatt sides of the sdsaid gold & silver money so to be coined as aforesdaforesaid as he the sdsaid MrMaster shall judge most safe & convenient for the sdsaid moneys & from time to time to alter & change such privy mark or marks according as he shall judg the same most convenient & necessary, so that the sdsaid Mr.Master & Workr.Worker may from time to time know & discovr.discover which is Gold & silver amongst other be made by him & which not
(11)
The Warden and Comptroller to oversee yethe making of the moneys and the Ballances & wtsweightsAnd the said assaying melting sizing and making of the sdsaid Moneys of gold & silver at all times & in all places & shall endeavr.endeavour and procure that the said moneys & every of them bee made and perfected according to the true intent of this Indenture and the charge committed to them And they shall also see and procure that the Ballances & weights be always amended & put to point from time to time when they shall need so that no default be found in them to the hurt of her MatieMajestie or her people
The Duty of the Surveyor of the MeltingsAnd the Surveyor of the Meltings shall take care of his duty in surveying the Meltings aforesaid and shall keep a Book containing the weight of such gold & silver as shall be molten from time to time with the allays put into the same, and when the said moneys be coined and compleat the said Warden or Wardens Master and Comptrollr.Comptroller or Comptrollrs.Comptrollers shall put them into a Chest or Room The moneys to be locked up wthwith three Keys.locked with three Keys, whereof one shall remaine with the said Warden or Wardens one with the said Master, & the third with the Comptrollrs.Comptrollers untill such time as proof and Tryall be had of the said money and payment be made to the Bringers in of the said Bullion accordingly, which proof shall be had and made before deliverance of the said moneys & shall bee made in the presence of the said Warden or Wardens Master & ComptrollrComptroller or ComptrollrsComptrollers by her Majesties Assaymaster for the time being, the same assay to bee taken aswell of the fineness as of the weight by such Quantity & after such sort as bee agreed on by the said Warden or Wardens ComptrollrsComptrollers & Assaymaster
And after the said moneys of gold and silver bee assayed and proved for good as is aforesaid, before any deliverance be of the whole sum̄mme, a portion of the said moneys shall be taken & put into a box by the sdsaid Warden or Wardens or by their Deputy or Deputies in the prsencepresence of the said Master or his Deputy and the Comptrollrs.Comptrollers or their Deputy whereof the assay shall be made before our Sovereign Lady the Queen from time to time or such of her Councell as have been accustomed or shall (12) Be appointed by her MatieMajestie at Westmr. or elsewhere it shall please her MatieMajestie or her Councill to appoint (That is to say) for every Iourney weight of Gold not exceeding fifteen pound weight two peices, whereof the one to be for the Pix and the other for the assay And out of every Iourney of Silver moneys containing sixty pounds weight two peices at least the one moiety thereof to be for the Pix and the other for the assay and they shall be ensealed with the seats of the sdsaid Warden or Wardens Master & Comptroller or Comptrollrs.Comptrollers and the said Box shall be shutt with three Keys, whereof one Key shall abide with the sd.said Warden or Wardens, and one with the MastrMaster and the third with the Comptroller or Comptrollrs.Comptrollers The Triall of the Pix moneyswhich Pix shall remaine in a Chest or room as is aforesd.aforesaid & upon reasonable warning thereof given it shall be opened from time to time before our Sovereign Lady the Queen or such of her Councell as shall be by her Ma.tieMajestie appointed at Westmr. or elsewhere it shall please her Ma.tieMajestie or her said Councell to appoint, & in presence of the said Warden or Wardens Master and Comptroller there shall be assays made aswell of the fineness as of the weight of the said moneys of gold & Silver in the said Box, after the most just manner as can be thought of to be made, by fire, by water, by Touch or by weight, or by all or by any of them to the end that if the sdsaid moneys of gold and silver be found & prove good & covenable after the CoventsCovenants orders & agreemtsagreements aforesdaforesaid the said Master to be quiet excused and discharged against her said Majesty and all her people unto that day And then the said Master at his will to have Letters Patents of our sovereign Lady the Queen under the great seale of England to be made for his Acquittance, specifying the said Assays to be made & found as aforesaid in such sort as in ancient times hath been accustomed without Fee therefore paying, For the making wchwhich Letters patents these prsentspresents shall be a sufficient warrtwarrant & discharge to the Lord ChancellrChancellor or Lord Keeper of the great seale of England for the time being without any further or special warrtwarrant to be issued out for the same
ytthat if the same bee worse ynthan Standard & wthinwithin the Remedies the lack, to be enteredAnd if it shall be found by the assays ytthat the pound wtweight throly tried answers not the full standard in fineness as aforesdaforesaid But shall be worse & yet wthinwithin the remedies aforesdaforesaid the lack thereof shall bee enter'd on record by the sdsaid Warden or Wardens & ComptrollrComptroller or such as they thereunto shall appoint & a true acctaccount thereof shall bee wthoutwithout any proffit or com̄mmodity to grow unto any other ꝑperson or ꝑpersons for yethe same (13) If better & within the Remedies ynthen to be entered.Saving always that in Case by the said Assay it shall be found that the same Moneys of gold and silver do pass at any time the said Standards or any of them, so as the same be better in fineness or in weight or in both than is appointed by the standards and yet within the remedies, then so much thereof to be enter'd of Record and hold place to the said Master in the charge which he shall have when any lack shall be found by the sdsaid assays under the standards aforesaid
If the same bee exceeding or wthoutwithout the Remedies ynthen the MrMaster to be finedAnd if it shall happen in the said moneys of gold and silver or either of them upon either of the just assays as shall be made of the abovesaid Boxes in manner aforesaid be it in weight or in fineness any default be found without the said Remedies ordained for the said Master as is abovesdabovesaid or any of them The said Master shall make fine & ransom to her said MatieMajestie at her will
That the Warden &c may employ — Gravers Smiths &cAlso the said Warden Master Worker & Comptroller or any of theem as often as need shall require shall & may take up as many Gravers to grave Irons at her Majesty's price & also as many Smiths, Workmen & Labourers & other necessaries to & for the making of the sdsaid Irons and moneys aforesdaforesaid & the doing of all manner of Business within the Mint as to the said Warden MastrMaster & ComptrollrsComptrollers shall seem needfull to have In which taking of such GravrsGravers Smiths, workmen & Labourers & other necessaries our Sovereign Lady the Queen doth will & command and by this Indenture all Mayors Sherriffs Bayliffs & other Officers, that they to the said Warden or Wardens, MastrMaster & Comptroller aforesdaforesaid & to his & their Deputy & Deputies therein be assistt.assistant aiding helping & fortifying as to right doth belong
& have power to punish themAnd our Sovereign Lady the Queen doth will & grant by these presents that it shall be lawfull for the sdsaid Warden or Wardens, Master or Comptroller of her Majesties Mint at all times such and so many of the sdsaid Ingravers Smiths, Workmen and Labourers as by yrtheir discrections be not of good Bearing in their Offices and Labours to punish put out avoid and amove like as to the Warden or Wardens Master or Comptroller shall seem meet according to right & for her Maties.Majesties weale
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Differences betwixt the Mr.Master & the Mercht.Merchant to be tried by the AssaymasterAnd be the said Master bound & holden to receive all manner of gold & silver brought to the Tower after the very value, (That is to say) every parcell in it's degree, One to the more another to the less, after the quantity it shall appear by the assay to be better or worse then the Standard And if the said Master & the MerchtMerchant which bringeth in the said gold & silver may not unord between them of the true value, her MatiesMajesties AssaymastrAssaymaster to that deputed in the presence of the said Warden or Wardens Master and ComptrollrsComptrollers ought and shall try the truth in that part and the said Master shall thereupon receive the same and stand thereafter chargeth in manner as it belongeth
Officers of yethe Mint to have free passage thro' yethe Tower GatesAnd our said Sovereign Lady the Queen doth will & charge straitly by this Indenture all the Officers of the Tower aforesaid That the Officers aforesdaforesaid and all other Officers of the Mint and their servants and also all manner of persons bringing gold and silver to the Tower shall have free ingress, egress and issue by the Gates and thro' the same Tower and Franchises thereof inward and outward at all times without any arresting disturbance letting or gainsaying of the Chief GovernrGovernor Constable or Lieutenn.tLieutennant or the Porter or any other Officer or person whatsoever he be for any manner of Debt matter or cause whatsoever it be and without any thing given to them or to any other to have such entry or Issue
The Warden Mr.Master & Comptroller to attend weeklyAnd be the said Warden or Wardens Master and Comptrollr.Comptroller held & bound to give their attendance at the sdsaid Mint every Wednesday in the Week & such other days as shall be by them appointed & agreed on for the receipt of all such Bullion as shall be brought into the sdsaid Mint & for the delivery of the sdsaid coined monies
The MrMaster to pay 52£ ꝑper ann' for half the DietAnd the same Master to pay the sum̄mme of fifty & two pounds by the year towards the charges of the Diety of 104£ heretofore allowed by her MatiesMajesties Royall Predecessors to the Officers of the said Mint, The sume of 52£ to be Paid by the sdsaid Master so long as her MatieMajestie shall continue her part of the Diett hereafter in these presents expressed & allowed and of the same & of every of them to discharge and acquitt our Sovereign Lady the Queen from time to time and so long as he shall continue MrMaster & Worker of yethe sdsaid moneys
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The other half to be paid by yethe Warden & allow'd in his Accompts which are to bee made yearlyAnd her MatieMajestie doth grant by these presents to bear and allow the other sum̄mme of 52£ parcell of 104£ for yethe Diet of the Officers aforesdaforesaid which her MatiesMajesties will & pleasure is shall from time to time be paid by the said Warden or Wardens & doth grant that thereof he shall have allowance on his accompt, the said Diet to continue till her MatieMajestie shall order otherwise under her MatiesMajesties sign manual And that the said Warden or Wardens shall make his or their accompts yearly aswell of all & every his or their Receipts as of his & their payments & other charges before the Auditors of the Mint for the time being unless it shall please her MatieMajestie otherwise to appoint the same In which Accompt the said Auditors or others to be appdappointed by her sdsaid MatieMajestie to take the said Accompts shall make unto the said Warden or Wardens full allowance defaulcacondefalcacion & discharge aswell of all such sum̄mme & sum̄mmes of money as he or they shall duly prove to have been paid or disbursed for Officers Fees & wages & Diett of the sdsaid Officers as for any other necessary charges to be employed in & about the making of the said moneys or repairing of the sdsaid Offices & Houses necessary to be employed in the said service undrunder the avouchmtsavouchments of the said Master & Comptroller and Assaymaster or any two of them whereof the said MastrMaster to be one And the said Accompts so to be made by the sdsaid Auditors or by any other of her MatiesMajesties special appointmtappointment for the same, being stated & his Debt determined & his said Accompts fully answered to her MatieMajestie the sdsaid Warden or Wardens upon his or their suite to the Lord ChancellrsChancellors or Lord Keeper of the Great seal or CommrsCommissioners of the Great seale shall have Letters Patents of her MatieMajestie under the great seale to be made for his or their acquittance wthoutwithout fee therefore paying For the making of which s.dsaid Letters Patents these presents shall be a sufficient Warr.tWarrant and Discharge to the said Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper or CommrsCommissioners of the great seale for the time being without any further or special warr.twarrant to be sued out for the same
That yethe Officers of the Mint shall enjoy all Edifices &cAnd her said MatieMajestie doth grant and confirm by these presents that the Officers of the Mint shall at all times hold have and peaceably enjoy all places houses grounds aswell builded as unbuilded within the said Mint which heretofore have been called reputed or taken for the Mint without medling let or disturbance by yethe Chief GovernrGovernor (16) Or Constable LieutenntLieutennant or any other Officers or Ministers of the Tower And her said MatieMajestie doth grant & onfirm by this Indenture to the aforesdaforesaid Officers and to all other Officers and Ministers of the Mint the Charters and Franchises to them before this time granted after the effect and purpose of the same Charters
The Duty of the Moniers & other WorkmenAnd also our Sovereign Lady the Queen doth will ytthat the said Moniers Workmen and all other Ministers of the Mint shall be ready to do their work at all times without denial when they shall be warned by the sdsaid Warden or Wardens, Master or Comptroller upon pain of losing yrtheir Franchises and Bodies to Prison Also that all the gold & silver that the Master shall deliver to the Moniers to be coined as aforesdaforesaid shall be in clean plates & delivered by weight, and the said Moniers to make & coin the same into moneys and then deliver the same again to the Master in Clean peices proportionably by the same weight and if any thing lack of the same weight at any time of delivrancedeliverance they to content & pay unto the said Master for the same at every deliverance at the ballance and so done the MrMaster to pay them the wages that belong to them
The MrMaster sworn to perform yethe CoventsCovenants & gives 2000£ SuretiesAnd for the Covenants agreemtsagreements grants & premisses abovesaid well and truly to be holden and performed on the part of the said Master & that he shall beare himself towards her MatieMajestie and her people in the said Office well and reasonable and that he shall make Gree to her MatieMajestie in Chancery and bindeth himself his Heires and ExecutrsExecutors to her MatieMajestie by these presents And for more Surety to make Gree with the Queen and to the Merchants of that belongs to them of the gold and silver which he shall receive by and, in manner as is aforesaid while he shall be in the s.dsaid Office, the aforesdaforesaid Master hath found Burrows & sureties afore our Sovereign Lady the Queen in her ExcheꝗꝫExchequer in the sum̄mmme of 2000£ and that upon pain thereof he shall make Gree to the Queens Higness and to the MerchtsMerchants in manner and form as is aforesdaforesaid
The MrMaster to bring into the Mint supplies of gold and silverAnd the said Master doth covenant promise & grant to & with her said MatieMajestie from time to time to bring into the said Mint convenient and sufficient supplies of gold and silver and make full payments and deliverance of all manner of moneys with all convenient speed according to the sdsaid Acts of ParliamtParliament for the proffitt of her MatieMajestie heirr Heirs & Successors and the ease of the people
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The MrMaster to bear all wasts &cAnd the said Master doth covenant promise and grant to and with our sovereign Lady the Queen to pay bear and sustain all manner of wast provisions necessaries and charges coming arising & growing in & about the coining of her MatiesMajesties gold & silver moneys respectively by the Mill and Press according to yethe allowance in that behalf made by her MatieMajestie by this present IndreIndenture
The Warden to pay the Salaries in a schedule annex'dAnd our Sovereign Lady the Queen doth will and command that the Warden or Wardens of the Mint for the time being shall content and pay to the Officers and Ministers aforesdaforesaid such Stipends and wages and such Diet as in a schedule is limited & appointed in manner & form and during such term as is in the same expressed and that thereof he and they have due allowance and defalcation upon his or their accompt
The MrMaster to coin all gold & silver that he shall receive Except Medalls &cAnd the said Master shall be holden & bound to bring or cause to be brought all the gold and silver that he shall receive by colour of his Office into the Mint to be molten and made into moneys for help and increase of the moneys for her MatiesMajesties proffitt & ease of her people without sale aliening or putting it to any other use Excepting all such Healing Peices Seales and Medalls of gold & silver as shall be made for her MatiesMajesties use or by her MatiesMajesties commands
The Warden and General of her MatiesMajesties Mint in Scotland to make two Piles of English wtsweightsAnd further our Sovereign Lady the Queen doth will command by these presents the Warden or Wardens of her MatiesMajesties Mint that he or they with all convenient speed and with the consent and agreement of yethe General of her MatiesMajesties Mint within the Realm of Scotland do make or cause to be made two Piles of English weights in the most perfect and exact manner that by their endeavours can be done, whereof twelve Ounces english shall overpoise twelve Ounces Scottish four pennyweights & nine grains english and that the greater & smaller weights of the two Piles shall be made and framed proportionably thereto And after the said two piles shall be so made as aforesdaforesaid they shall be brought to the Tower of London and there shall be examined & printed with a Rose Crowned & Thistle crowned in yethe presence of the Officers of her MatiesMajesties Mint wthinwithin the sdsaid (18) Tower and after the same be so examined and printed as is aforesaid the Warden or Wardens shall at the Tower deliver one of the said Piles to yethe General of her MatiesMajesties Mint within her MatiesMajesties said Kingdome of Scotland by Bill Indented under the hands of the sdsaid Warden and General to be carried into Scotland by the said General & to remain with her MatiesMajesties Officers within her said MatiesMajesties Mint within the Realme of Scotland And the other of the said Piles shall remain with the Warden or Wardens for the time being within the said Tower of London
Two Piles of Scottish weightsAnd also her said MatieMajestie doth will & command by these presents the Warden or Wardens of her MatiesMajesties sd.said Mint for the time being that he or they will with all convenient speed and with the consent & agreement of her MatiesMajesties General of the Mint within the Realm of Scotland make or cause to be made two Piles of Scottish weights in the most perfect & exact manner that can be done by their endeavours whereof twelve Ounces Scottish shall be less of weight than twelve Ounces english by 4d: grd english & so the greater & smaller weights of the said two Piles of Scottish wtsweights to bee made proportionably And after the said Two Piles of Scottish weights shall be made as aforesaid they shall be brought to the s.dsaid Tower of London & there shall be examined & printed with a Rose Crowned & Thistle crowned in yethe presence of her MatiesMajesties Officers of the Mint within the sdsaid Tower of London & shall deliver yethe other of the s.dsaid Piles of Scottish weights to the General of her MatiesMajesties Mint wthinwithin the Realme of Scotland by Bill Indented under the hands of the said Warden and General to be carried into Scotland by the said General and to remaine with her MajtiesMajesties Officers for the time being within her MatiesMajesties Mint in the sdsaid Realm of Scotland to the end that other weights of Troy within the said Kingdome of Scotland may be made conformable unto them
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The MrMaster to accompt yearly.And the said Master and Worker shall accompt yearly before the Auditor of the Mint or such other as her MatieMajestie shall appoint & the said Accompt so to be made & taken by the said Auditors or by any other specially appointed by her MatieMajestie for the same being stated and his Debt determined and his sdsaid Accompt fully answered to his MatieMajestie the said Master & Worker upon suit to the Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper or CommrsCommissioners of the Great seale of England for the time being shall have Letters Patents of her said MatieMajestie under the Great seale of England for his Acquittance without Fee therefore paying for the making of which sdsaid Letters Patents, these presents or the Inrollment thereof shall be a sufficient warrtwarrant and discharge to the Lord Chancellr.Chancellor or Lord Keeper or CommrsCommissioners of the Great seal of England for the time being without any farther or more special warrant to be issued out for the same
The Mr.Master to pay to yethe Warden such monies as are payable by yethe sdsaid Warden & to retain in his own hands — 1175£ ꝑper ann'And the said Master & Worker is hereby authoriz'd and appointed from time to time to pay unto the Warden of the Mint for the time being, out of the moneys recedreceived by the said Master & Worker out of the ExcheꝗꝫExchequer afores.daforesaid such sume & sumes of money as from time to time shall be due & payable by the said Warden & Wardens unto the Officers of the Mint for their Fees & Salaries and for repairs and such other expences of the Mint as have been heretofore usually paid & disbursed by the Warden or Wardens of the Mint for the time being And the sdsaid Master & Worker is hereby likewise appdappointed & authorized out of the moneys recedreceived or to be recedreceived by him upon or by vertue of the sdsaid Act for incouraging Coinage aforesaid. to retain & keep in his own hands yearly the sum̄mme of 1175£ aswell for the Fees & Salaries due to himself as also for the paying & discharging of the several & respective Fees & salaries of the severall & respective Officers of the Mint and Clerks in the said Schedule mentioned to bee payable by the said Master and Worker according to the Distribution and appointment menconedmencioned in yethe said Schedule.
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The Warden Mr.Master & ComptrollrComptroller &c to be sworne not to discover how yethe sdsaid monies and rounded and letteredAnd our Sovereign Lady the Queen doth hereby order and appoint that the Warden Master & Worker & Comptroller of her MatiesMajesties Mint & Mints to that hereafter shall bee and their respective Deputies shall & do before his their oor any of their being admitted into the knowledge of the invention of rounding of her MajtiesMajesties moneys & marking of the Edges of them with Letters or Grainings or either of them take an oath before the Lord High Treasurer or CommrsCommissioners of the Treasury for the time being who are hereby respectively authorized to give the same not to reveal or discover to any person or ꝑpersons whatsoever the said new invention of rounding the monies & marking the Edges of them with Letters or Grainings or either of ymthem directly or indirectly unless her MatieMajestie her Heirs or SuccessrsSuccessors shall otherwise command and direct the same And her MatieMajestie doth hereby likewise order and appoint that all such Workmen ytthat shall be trusted or employed in the making or using the said Instruments for rounding the moneys & marking the moneys upon the Edges as aforesdaforesaid shall likewise take an oath before the Warden of the Mint for the time being who is hereby authoriz'd to administer the same accordingly not to reveal or discover to any person or persons whatsoever the sdsaid new invention of rounding the moneys & marking the Edges of them wthwith Letters or Grainings as aforesaid or either of them directly or indirectly in part or in whole
That the Moniers shall not vend any monies till pixed &cIt it is hereby likewise strictly commanded & enjoyn'd by her said MatieMajestie that neither the Provost nor any of the Moniers of the sdsaid Mint their Apprentices or Servants do or shall at any time after the date hereof presume to vend pay or distribute any peice or peices of her MatiesMajesties coined moneys either of gold or Silver untill the same shall be delivered by them according to the course of the Mint into her MatiesMajesties Office of the Receipt there, & duly assayed & pixed upon pain of forfeiting their Franchises & Bodies to Prison
ytthat none shall dwell in the Mint wthoutwithout consent of the Warden &cAnd farther that no person or persons do live or inahbit within her MatiesMajesties Mint in the Tower of London without the Knowledge or approbaconapprobacion of the Warden MrMaster Worker & ComptrollrComptroller of the Mint for the time being Except such Officers Workmen Moniers & MinistrsMinisters of the said Mint & such other persons as have right thereto
The Comptrollers RollAnd her said MatieMajestie doth by these presents also will & ordain that the Comptroller of the Mint for the time being shall deliver upon oath taken before one of yethe Barons of the ExcheExchequer a Roll wchwhichwhich shall be call'd yethe ComptrollrsComptrollers roll containing an acctaccount of all yethe gold and silvrsilver bullion & allay molten & of all yethe gold & silvrsilver moneys coin'd monthly in yethe sdsaid Mint
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The MrMaster to pay yethe Officers for rounding the sdsaid Moneys &c.And the said Master or his Deputy shall pay unto such Officers or Workmen that shall be employed in making of several gold & silver peices round before they are sized & for the marking of the Edges of them with Letters or Grainings & for the keeping in repair all the Rollers & Instruments to cutt flatten make round & size the peices & to marke the edges of the monies with Letters & Grainings & all other Tools Engines & instruments such allowances from time to time as shall be directed by the High Treasurer or CommrsCommissioners of the Treasury for the time being not exceeding the sum̄mme of six pence for every pound wtweight Troy of gold moneys & the sum̄mme of three half pence for every pound wtweight Troy of the sdsaid Silver moneys as also for the making labour & expences therein
The Moniers to have a further allowance for making Small Moneys.And furthermore because the Provost & Company of Moniers & Workers of the moneys may be encouraged to do their duties well in the making sizing blanking & coining of the gold & silver moneys as also for the making upon every hundred pounds wtweight of silver moneys hereafter to be coined one pound wtweight and a half or eighteen Ounces in the Quantities or Species following vizt in pence half an Ounce, in two pences three Ounces, in three pences six Ounces & in Groats eight Ounces & a half Our sovereign Lady the Queen for the consideraconsconsideracions aforesdaforesaid is gratiously pleased & hereby contented & by these presents doth give power & authority to the MrMaster & Worker of the Mint for the time being that so long as the Warden of the Mint & he the said MrMaster & Comptroller or any two of them whereof the said Warden to be one shall perceive the aforesdaforesaid moneys to be well sized blancked and coined by the performance of the said service in small moneys the sdsaid Master shall pay to the aforesdaforesaid Provost & Company of Moniers one penny by Tale of every pound weight of all the silver money's to be made & coined by force of this Indenture over & above the ordinary price of eight pence allowed them whereof the Master shall have allowance upon accompt by vertue of these presents at all times hereafter without any other or more special warrant
& ytthat thethey deliver but 5 parts in 12 scissellProvided also that the Moniers having the Gold and silver delivered unto them in cleane Ingotts fitt to bee wrought shall make and deliver seven twelfth parts of the same in money so that there be but Five parts in twelve scissell
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The Duty of the Clerk of yethe IronsAnd our Sovereign Lady the Queen doth hereby will and command that the Clerk of the Irons for the time being do keep a true Accompt of all the blank Dyes for the Coining of the gold & silver moneys which shall from time to time be delivered to the Chief Ingraver or Ingravers of her MatiesMajesties Mint for the time being And also of all the Blank Dyes which shall be sunk or stamp'd by the sdsaid Graver or Gravers and of all the Dyes which after sinking shall be made fitt for use and hardned And the sdsaid Graver and Gravers is and are hereby likewise enjoyned monthly to return unto the said Clerk of the Irons all Dyes as shall from time to time be faulty & worn by using in the said Mint or otherwise to be defaced in the presence of the Warden MrMaster & ComptrollrComptroller of the said Mint & not otherwise
and his Accompt to the Warden &cAnd the said Clerk of the Ions is hereby further enjoyn'd to give an Accompt to the said Warden MrMaster & Comptroller as he shall thereunto be required by them of what Blank Dyes have been delivered unto the said Graver or Gravers or sunk by them or hardned by the Smith and what faulty and worn out Dyes have been returned by them to be defaced as also what others are remaining in their hands that a just Accompt may be kept of the same
The Gravers to work only in yethe MintAnd that the said Gravers shall not work or make or grave any Punchions Matrices Dyes or stamps for the making or coining of any money of gold and silver But only in such houses or places in her MatiesMajesties Mint within the Tower of London as shall be thereunto assigned by the aforesaid Warden Master & Comptroller
The Counterpoise of the gold & silver moneys.And for the more exact sizing of gold and silver Coines to be made by the Mill and Press & yethe reducing of them to a greater exactness & equality in weight It is hereby ordered commanded and appointed by her MatieMajestie that the Counterpoise of the severall and respective gold and silver hereinmentioned be made lighter than their just weight according to the proportions following (That is to say) That two Grains be taken from the Counterpoise of the Crowne, one grain from the half Crowne, half a grain from the shilling and a quarter of a grain to be taken from the Counterpoise of the sixpence of silver moneys And that two grains be taken (23) from the Counterpoise of the five pound peice, one Grain from the Forty shilling peice, half a grain from the twenty shilling peice and a quarter of a grain from the Counterpoise of the tenn shilling peice of Gold
The Moniers to attend daily and perform their Tasks otherwise to bee punished.And our sovereign Lady the Queen doth hereby command and enjoyn the Provost and the rest of the Moniers of the Mint with their respective ApprnticesApprentices duly to attend her Majesties service in the present way of Coining as need shall require both morning and afternoon and to work in such Tasks and so many hours every day Sunday only excepted as shall bee thought fit and appointed them by the said Master according to the labour of their respective Tasks and the length of the days And in Case the said Provist and Fellows or any of their Apprentices shall wilfully neglect or refuse to attend and do yrtheir Duties accordingly Then the Warden Master & ComptrollrComptroller of the Mint for the time being are hereby required and authorized to proceed agtagainst every the sdsaid persons offending and to expell remove or otherwise punish them and every of them as in reason and justice they shall think fit for her MatiesMajesties service according to the anctancient powers & authorities of right belonging to them
These prsentspresents to be in force during her MatiesMajesties pleasureAnd her said MatieMajestie doth hereby further declare her pleasure to be that these presents & the agreemtsagreements therein contained shall be of force & have continuance only during her MatiesMajesties pleasure any thing in these prsentspresents contaiend to the contrary notwithstanding
In Witness whereof to one part of these present Indentures remaining with our said Sovereign Lady the Queen the said Isaac Newton hath set his hand and seale And to the other part of these present Indentures remaining with the said Isaac Newton our said Sovereign Lady the Queen hath caused her Great seale of England to be affixed Yeoven the day and yeare abovewritten
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A Schedule or Table of the Fees & salaries of yethe Officers of her MatiesMajesties Mint within the Tower of London
The Fees and Salaries of the Officers of the Mint payable to & by the Warden
£
s
d
To the Warden for himself
400
–
–
More to him for a Clerk
040
–
–
To the Comptroller
300
–
–
To him more for a Clerk
040
–
–
To her MajtiesMajesties Assaymaster
200
–
–
To him for a Clerke
020
–
–
To the Weigher and Teller
090
–
–
To him for a Clerk
010
–
–
To the Assistant to the Weigher & Teller To determine upon the next Voidance of The place
040
–
–
To the Surveyor of the Meltings
080
–
–
To him for a Clerk
010
–
–
To the Clerk of the Irons
040
–
–
To the Auditor of the Mint
040
–
–
To her MatiesMajesties Chief Clerke
060
–
–
To the Porter of the Mint
020
–
–
To the Clerke of the Papers
040
–
–
To the Minister
004
–
–
To the Sexton
001
–
–
1435
–
–
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The Fees and Salaries of the Officers of the Mint payable to and by the Master and Worker vizt
£
s
d
To the Master and Worker for himself
500
–
–
To him for three Clerks
120
–
–
To him for an Assayer
060
–
–
To him for a Purveyor
020
–
–
To the Ingineer
100
–
–
To the Ingraver to determine upon yethe next Voidance of the Place
325
–
–
To the Smith Assistant to the IngravrIngraver To detrminedetermine upon the next voidance of yethe place
050
–
–
1175
–
–
Totall of both Summes
2610
–
–
Per BreBreve de Privato Sigillo Seymour.
Irrotlat in Officio nu' Auditoꝝrum de le Mint & le Prests &c xviijo die Novembr' Ao Dni 1703 AoꝗꝫAnnoque rniregni DnæDominæ nrænostræ Annæ RnæReginæ &c scdosecundo.
F: Bythell Dep: B: Bridges Ad Audit'
Irrotl in Officio EdriEdwardi Harley Ar' nu' duoꝝrum Auditoꝝrum de le Prests &c de le Mint &c xxviijo die Novembr 1703.
Ia: Moody Dep: Auditor'.