522)

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/2/530, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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<530r>

Whereas upon the Votes & Address of o^r Commons in Parliam^t assembled, We did by Warrant under our signe manual dated May 10^th last past, authorise & command the Warden Master & Comptroller of our Mint in the Tower of London to take & receive from all persons & bodies politick or corporate all such wrought plate as they or any of the{illeg}|m| should bring to our said Mint, of the kinds & standards mentioned in the said votes, & to give such receipts for the same as were desired in the said Address of our Commons & forthwith to cause the same to be melted down & assayed, & that you the Master & Worker of our said Mint should immediately coin the same into shillings & sixpences & pay the moneys produced into the receipt of o^r {illeg}|Ex|chequer & take {t}|T|allys for your dis{h}|c|harge; And whereas in the Act of Parliament for contributing a summ not exceed t{oo}|w|o milling|o|ns {sic}, entituled a|A|n Act for licencing Hackney Coaches &c, it is enacted that all & every the Receips given for |y^e| plate brought into the said Mint before the 15^th day of May 1711 shall be accepted & taken as so much money for contributions upon the said Act, but no provision is made for accepting the Receipts dated on or after the said 15^th day of May: \Now that our loving subjects may not want the use of {illeg}|both| the Receipts & the new moneys coined out of their plate/ Our will & pleasure is & we do hereby authorize & command you the said Master & Worker of our Mint to pay unto forthwith to pay {illeg}|u|nto each of our loving subjects whose Receipts of Plate\the Importers {illeg}|of| Plate whose Receipts/ are dated {illeg}|on| or after the said 15^th day of May, out of the new moneys arising from their said plate, the summ\after the rate/ of five shillings per ounce Troy of the plate received & three pence per penny weight\imported/; any thing in our former Warrant to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. And for so d{illeg}|o|ing this shall be {illeg}|your| {illeg}|W|a{illeg}|rrant|.