Copy of note concerning the petition of the Provost and Fellows of the Corporation of Moneyers

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To the Rg^ht Hon^ble the Lord Com^rs of his Ma^ties Treary

A Report of the Officrs of the Mint

May it please yo^r Lordspps

In Obedience to yo^r Lordspps Order of Refference dated the 11° May 1699

Wee have considred the Peticon of the Provost & Fellowes of the Corporacon of Monyrs and and {sic} their Bill hereunto Annexed And doe finde the said Bill as far as March 169$\frac{5}{6}$ is the same as that they formerly laid before yo^r Lordspps) (Excepting that they have here omitted w^tt was there sett downe for Coinage Houses and Mony advanced) and doeth amount to 4666^£: 0{5}|4|^s: 00^d: w^ch Bill wee have already reduced to 4000^li in a former report

And for w^tt they have here further added in their Bill amounting to 587^£. 18^s: 05^d Wee are humbly of Opinion that 400^li is a sufficient allowance

All w^ch is most humbly submitted to

yo^r Lordspps great Wisdome

Is Newton

Tho Neale

Tho Molyeneux

         1699

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