Further holograph draft of MINT00468 (Mint 19/3/146), dated November 1718

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Our Will & pleasure is & We do hereby authorize & command you, to place {illeg}t out of such moneys as pursuant to an Act of Parliament made in the first year of our reign & entituled {a}|A|n Act to continue Duties for encouraging the coinage of money, &c & shall be issued unto you out of {illeg} \our/ Exchequer by the Lord High Treasurer or any three or more of the Commissioners of our Treasury for the time being by way of imprest & upon account for the use & service of our said Mint, to pay unto the Officers \of/ our said Mint from their Christmas {illeg}\salaries/ commencing from Christmas w^ch was in the year of our Lord {illeg}|o|ne thousand seven hundred & fourteen, according to the following yearly allowances, that is to say, reserving to your self \the salary of/ 300^li per an, & paying to the Master & Worker\yearly/ |[|the salary of 200^li per an to y^e Master, 150^li per an to the Principal Warden, 60^li per an to the Counter Warden 100^li per an to the Assaymaster, 50^li] to the Master 200^li, to the Principal Warden 150^li to the Counter Warden or Comptroller 60^li, to the Assaymaster 100^li to the {illeg}|S|inker or Graver 50^li, to the Kings Clerk & Clerk of the Papers & irons 40^li, to|&| to the master Smith 30^li, all which payments amount unto 930^li annually, & {illeg}|t|hat you are to make these payments quarterly by four equal portions \at Lady day, Midsummer Michaelmas & Christmas. {sic}/. And our further will & pleasure is that out of the aforesaid moneyes you do also pay all & so all shall \all charges of coinage & {illeg}/ all charges of keeping the Offices \of the {illeg}|sa|id Mint/ & |y^e| coining Tools in repair & the dwelling{s} houses of the Officers within the said Mint wind & water tite, the bill {illeg} the Bills of |y^e| said charges being first \duly/ examined & allowed by the said Master, Warden, & Counter-Warden, under their hands{illeg}|;| & that you make up your Accounts annually of all your receipts & payments. And our further Will & pleasure is & We do hereby authorise & command you that you do take care \& the Master of our said Mint/ that {sic} our moneys be so of Gold & Silver be coined according to the Rules & directions set down in the Indenture made between our late deare sister Queen Anne & Iohn Montgomerie Es Master of our said Mint \untill a new Indenture shall be made & that the {sic} be of the same \weight & fineness &/ form {as} the money coined in in England our Mint in the Tower of London/, & that you & and {sic} all the Officers Moneyers & Ministers of o^r said Mint do so long conform your selves in all things to the Rules & directions set down conteined in the said Indenture. And for so doing this shall be your Warrant sufficient Warrant. Given at our Court at S^t Iames's the      day of November 1718, in the fift year of our Reign

To \the R^t H./ our Trusty & well beloved Cousin
Charles Earl of L{illeg}|a|uderdale, General
of our Mint in Scotland.

< insertion from the left margin > that\to cause/ our moneys of gold & silver to be of the same {illeg}\coined in our said Mint {illeg}/ of the same weight fineness & \{illeg}/ \of the same/ {sic} form w^th our moneys coined in England & that the letter E be set under the our Effigies to distinguish the moneys coined in|at| Edinburgh from those coined in|at| London, & that you & the Master & all the Officers < text from f 205r resumes > < insertion from the top of f 205r > Moneyers & Ministers of our said Mint do {illeg}|c|onform your selves in all things to these \presents & to the/ Rules & directions set down in the Indenture made between our dear Sister Queen Ann & Iohn Montgomerie Es Master of o^r said Mint untill a new Indenture shall be made excepting such alterations as have since been made by Act of Parliament or ma or are now made by these presents. And for so < text from f 205r resumes >