May it pl.please yoryour LpLordship

In obedience to yoryour LopsLordships Order of Ref.Reference signified to us by Mr Lowndes his Letter of Iuly we have considered the Petition of Coll Parsons & Mr Croker and for to succeed Mr Ha discoursed the Petitioners & also spoke wthwith Mr Rose & we find that Coll. Parsons doth not grave himsel himself but imployes good workmen & has the best workmen and has a good fansy & judgment in these matters & that Mr Rosse Mr Rosse desires at only to succeed Mr Harris in his place of Graver of Seales forto her MtyMajesty & by a seale wchwhich he has graved for the Dutchy of Lancaster he seems to be a good workman & well enoughfor seales & sufficiently qualified for that place. But as for the place of Graver to yethe Mint Mr Harris'es other places of Graver for the money & for Medals we humbly lay before yethe LordpLordship that the Master of the Mint & upon considering what inconveniency the Mind haddidhad lately suffereded & mightmay again suffer by taking in Cutters of seales who into the chief Gravers place, he did upon his succeeding Mr Neale put a clause into the Indenture then made between the Crown & himself, whereby the Gravers salary of 325li per annuannum upon yethe next voydance fo the place should cease in order to a new establishmtestablishment for the advantage of the Coynage For Mr Harris being a cutter of Seales & not skilled in that sort of graving wchwhich is proper for the money, im imployed that Mr Roetier IJames Rotier & afterwards Mr Croker to do all theat work for an allowance of 175li per anannum & retained yethe remaining 150li prer anannum to himself wthwithout doing any thing for it, & that Mr Croker not being bred up in the service of yethe Mint was did not understand it when he first succeeded Mr Roetier by was necessitated for twororthree or threefour years to copy after Mr Roetiers work, till by & tho now by long practise he works very well, & we are humbly of opinion that he is the fittest person to be first graver of the Mint. & It is humbly proposed therefore that no new Gravers for the security of the coyne against counterfeiting that there should be a set of Gravers constantly brought up in the Mint who having once attained to perfection in their way may to keep such Art amongst themselves & propagate it to the their Apprentices or Probationers & be succeeded by them & that no new Graver be taken into the Mint unless as an Apprentice or Probationer. For wchwhich end we humbyly propose that Mr Croker be made the first Graver of the Mint wthwith such an augmentation of his salary as yoryour LordpLordship shall think fit for maintaining himself & a servant to file & polish the Dyes, & that Mr Bull who is now a Probationer & works very well be made the second Graver wth wthwith such a salary to be also appointed by yoryour LordpLordship, & a new Probationer taken into the third place so soon as fit person shall be met with.

And as for Mr Harris his other place of Graver of Medals to her MajtyMajesty we are humbly of opinion that the Gravers of the Mint for yethe time being are the fittest persons to execute it, & that whenever the Master of the Mint receives any directions about Medals making of Coronation Medals or others, they be obliged to assist him according & have no power without his leave to use any of the Presses without his leave or Pr Mills for coynage in the Mint or to doe work upon Medals in any of thie rooms without his leavewchwhich belongisng to his Office for yethe coynage of money.

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