Catalogue Entry: MINT00017

Petition to Treasury: 'The humble Memoriall of Ionathan Ambrose Melter to his Majties Mint in the Tower'

Author: Unknown

Source: MINT 19/1/198-9, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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Pleads that he is being expected to melt silver plate on the same terms as he had agreed for melting clipped coin, but the operation is three times as costly: he is losing money and requests a higher fee.

Notes

[Note on dating: MINT00018 (Mint 19/1/194) states that this petition was referred to the Mint on 4 August 1696; in the petition itself Ambrose refers to silver plate he has melted since 4 May.]

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