Recommendations for sorting out the Edinburgh Mint's expenses

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/3/166, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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  Deplores the Edinburgh Mint's non-payment of fees and salaries and asks Newton's advice as to how this can be remedied [MINT 19/3/55]

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We have made a report upon M^r Rob^t the petition of M^r Rob^t Millar y^e Queens Clerk & proposed that he should have\be allowed/ a recompence of 60^li for his service in assisting the three Comm^rs appointed to certify the deficiencies upon the recoinage. The Petition of the moneyers was referred to us before I stopt it, w^ch I was note aware of when I had y^e honour to see yo^r Lord^p last. We have since made a report upon it in w^ch we set forth the weight of all y^e money coyned, the sum due to the Moneyers after y^e rate of 9^d p^r lw^t \for the coinage, {that inso}/, h{e}|o|w much they have received thereof & what remains due to them & that of the said 9^d one penny be {illeg} allowed by her M^r Allard{ice}|es| be allowed one penny per lw^t in his acc^ts by her Maj^ty, & beare \only/ the other 8^d out of his own allowance as is done in the Tower Mint in the Tower. [So that I hope this Report will \fully/ settle the account.] M^r {Al} We have also reported what is due to y^e Moneyers upon for journeys & other allowances So that I hope this Report will fully settle their account & authorize\& procure a Warrant for paying it off {as} soon/ \as there is money, & for authorizing/ M^r Allardes to place the penny per Lw^t \to her Majty/ in his account w^th to her Maj^ty, |[|Mr Taylor intends to {illeg} speak w^th the Barons of the Excheq{ꝫ|uer|} of North Brittain or a|o|ne of them ab|]| &

My Lord

I understand that the Barons of the Exchequer of North Britain are calling in the money {of}{ten} due to yo^r Mint from the Collectors of y^e Bullion, {so} |&| what\I hope there is good/ progress {i} made in that matter. I do not yet know {But}|And| as that money can be got in I presume my L^d Treasurer will order it for paying off y^e arrears of y^e late recoinage & \y^e/ other charges {{illeg}|o|}f |yo^r|the mint. And if any thing relating to this matter be referred by my L^d Treasurer to y^e Officers of the Mint in Tower I shall be ready to promote the affairs of your Mint as much as I can.

{illeg}Since the Vnion of y^e two kingdoms there has been a Duty collectd in North Britain upon the same foot with the coinage Duty in England & the money collected (wch is but a small summ) lies in her Maj^ts Mint Exchq^r. I presume my L^d Treasurer will give order about it this\next/ winter \which is approaching/ & also about the 12 hundred pounds applicable ({illeg}|b|y the new Act of Parliam^t) to y^e payment of salaries & charges of repairs. But during this vacation time, his Lord^p being seldom at London it\& not yet having an account of the old arrears in the hands of the/ |collectors of bullion,| will be {more} difficult to get these matters settled. I wrote to M^r Allardes about two or three months ago to sollicit the Barons of the Exchequer to call in those arrears, & as soon as a full state of that matter can be laid before his Lord^p I am humbly o w^ch I hope may be before <166v> winter, I am humbly of opinion that it may be proper to draw up a memorial of\representing/ the arrears due to the Mint\in {y^e} the same memorial/, |&| {illeg} |moving| apply to his Lord^p for y^e paym^t thereof & \for settling the paym^t/ {{illeg}|of|} such further summs \from yearly time to time/ as shall be yearly requisite for the support {illeg}|o|f yo^r Mint for y^e future, & \I believe it will be most proper/ |to| y|g|et the Secretary of State to lay the Memorial before his Lord^p.