Complaint about encroachments on Mint property

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/3/433, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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The Irish belongs to

By the Indentures of the Mint under the broad Seale the Irish Mint belonge to the Offic of the Mint, but\It/ was taken out of our possession in the latter part of the reign of King Charles the second, we do not know by what authority. Vpon the recoining of the money \part of/ it came into our hands again W{h}e have heard that it was in exchange for the Ground on w^ch the house & shops of the Smith of the Ordnance now stand: but that ground never was restored to us. Vpon the recoinage of the hammered money the \grounds on w^ch the/ Barraks in the Irish Mint \are built/ wer|as|e {illeg} restored into our Custody & the buildings \were/ turned into Millrooms {& the}\returned//redelivered to us\ & the Barracks were turned into Millrooms. And after the Barraks coinage was ended the Barra Millrooms were redelivered {illeg} to the Office of Ordnance. except two of them w^ch by the verbal consent of some of the Officers of the Ordnance were kept for the coinage \of/ copper money. They are now filled with Tinn. And if his M^ty pleases to give order that the Tinn be removed out of the Mint into {illeg}|W|arehouses where we may not be answerable for it, we are ready by the {illeg} order of the to deliver those Millrooms to be turned into Barraks. The Letter of K. William for restoring the Barracks to y^e Office of Ordnance We have not seen, but beleive that those {tellers} are of {illeg} against|the King was not informed of the rights of the Mint & that| the Indenture of the Mint under the broad seale is of greater authority then that Letter.

We desire that no soldiers may be lodged in the Mint {illeg}within\between/ the two gates thereof least it render the custody of the gold & silver unsafe & discourage the Merchants & Goldsmiths from bringing their gold & silver into the Mint |to be coined| contrary to the intent of the coinage Act.

From the Warr Office.

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To
The Warden Master and Worker
and Comptroller of his Maj^ty's Mint
in the Tower of London

{These}

W^m. Pulteney.