Allocation of poundage to the various Mint officers in London and Edinburgh, with two copies of a list of Edinburgh salaries and a further draft of MINT00442 (Mint 19/3/81-93)

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In y^e Mint the Tower

|For coinage of Gold Silver|

To the Master of y^e Mint for coinage per lw^t 16^d$\frac{1}{2}$

To the Moneyers for coinage per lw^t 8^d from y^e Master, & 1^d from y^e Queen if y^e Moneys be well coined.

To the Engineer p^r lw^t 1$\frac{1}{2}$^d

To the Smith p^r lw^t one farthing.

For the Mint coinage of silver Gold.

To the Master p^r lw^t 6^s 6^d.

To the Moneyers from y^e Master per lw^t 3^s.

To the Engineer 6^d.

To the Smith 1^d p^r lw^t.

Salaries in the Mint in y^e Tower

Salaries in y^e Mint at Edinburgh.

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For coinage of silver

Vpon y^e po{illeg}|u|nd w^t Scotish 20^{li|d| |{scot}| wch answers 19d + per lwt english}

T|F|rom y^e Master to y^e Engineer upon y^e Stone w^t Scotish 2^d Scotish.

For the coinage of Gold

To y^e Master upon y^e lw^t scottish

And the said Iohn Montgomerie doth further covenant & agree \to & w^th her said Maj^ty/ that whenever her Maj^ty by her signe manual shall autherise {sic} & direct him to \provide &/ employ Moneyers in the said Min for carrying on the coinage & in the said Mint he the sai \at Edinburgh/ he will first\procure/ & imply \as Moneyers/ two or more men \workmen/ skilled in \all/ {seval} sev\er/al parts & exercised in the {illeg}\the operations of/ milling, cutting, sizing nealing blanching edging & stamping the moneys of gold & silver wh{o} |[|& her Ma^ty doth hereby authorize & require the said workmen so to who shall be so p{illeg} to act under] & pay them for their work & after such rates by the pound weight not {illeg} as her Ma^ty shall appoint not exceeding {5}^d 9^d by the pound weight Troy of \all/ the silver money now\&/ {illeg}|3|^s {illeg}|2|^d by the pound weight |Troy| of \all/ the gold moneys \w^ch shall be{illeg}/ coyn {illeg} to be coyned by them. And her Ma^ty doth here{of}|by| \appoints &/ ordein|s| that the said moneyers so to be imployed may {illeg} shall enjoy the same privileges & be subject to all the same rules & \p{illeg} h{illeg}/ penalties with orders & penalties w^th/as\ the Moneyers in her Maj^ts Mint in the Tower of London respectively.

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And her Maj^ties further will & pleasure is that upon any past complaint of the \further ordeins that when ever it shall appear to y^e L^d H. Tr. or Comm^rs of y^e Tr. for y^e time /being\/ \that the coinage/ {illeg}|a|foresaid \of/ species of moneys of gold & silver is not well performed for want of moneyers exercised & skilled in the art of coinage, {them} & the Master & Worker of the said Mint do {illeg} \upon notice from their L^ds/ send d|t|h{illeg}|r|e {sic} \or more/ a{illeg}|bl|e bodied young men fit to serve apprentisships to the Master of her Majesties Mint in the Tower to be bound apprentises to the Moneyers of the said Mint till during the space of three or more years \or/ till they shall have learned the art of coinage, {illeg}|&| then sent back to the said mint mint at Edinburgh to perform the service of coyngage the{illeg}|re| & take \at such price as {th} {sic}/ under the same rules as in her Maj^ties Mint \in the Tower/ & take apprentices for perpetuating the skill of coinage in her Ma the said Mint at Eding|b|urgh

And her Maj^ties will & pleas further ordeins that whenever the right honble y^e Lords comm^rs of her Maj^ties Treasury or L^d h. Tr. for y^e time being shall for the better carrying on of the coinage of\in/ the said Mint shall give direction to y^e direct the Master of\give |a| direction for the carrying on the coynage in the said Mint by moneyers/ y^e said Iohn Montgomery s{illeg}|ha|l {sic} provi{illeg}|d|e moneyers \two or more persons/ skilled in the art of coinage |[|that the said Iohn Montgomery do send two or more able bodied young \men/ to the Master of her Majesties Mint in the Tower to be instructed \& exercised/ by the Moneyers of the said Mint in the art of drawing out\milling/, cutting, sizing, nealing, branching, edging & stamping the moneys, in order to the{re to} being imployed as moneyers \to be imployed as moneyers for performing the Coinage/ in the said Mint at Edinburgh |[|at such {rate} \by the pound weight {sic}/ as her Ma^ty shall appoint.|,| to be paid by the said Iohn Montgomery out of the allowans|c|e made |to| him by her Ma^ty for \coinage/ & to take apprentices & be under \all/ the same rules & directions in the said Mint at Edinburgh as the moneyers in her Ma^ties mint in the Tower are subject unto, & that the said Iohn Montgomery shall pay out of the allowance made to him by her Maty for coinage shall pay unto the said Moneyers for coynage such price by the pound weight as her Ma^ty shall appoint.

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A Schedule or Table of the Fees 7amp; Salaries of the Officers of her Maj^ties Mint at Edinburgh.