Copy of draft of request for permission to repair building in the Mint

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To the Right Hon^ble the Lords Com^rs: of his Ma^ties: Treary

May it please yo^r Lordspps

The press house in the Mint & part of the provost of the Mony^rs house are {ruinous} and need to be rebuilt this sum̄er. And the Charge of rebuilding the same according to o^r workmens Estemates hereunto Annexed amount to 580^£: 00^s: 00^d

Wee further presume to lay before yo^r Lordspps that part of the Comptroll^rs house is verry old and decayed and not safe to be Inhabited the Walls being shrunk from the Timber and hitherto preserved by {illeg} soe y^t o^r workmen deem it requisite that the decayed part thereof (before it be again Inhabited) be rebuilt the Charge whereof by the annexed Estemate of our Workmen will amount to 335^£: 10^s 00^d And wee most humbly pray yo^r Lordspps Order for rebuilding the {p^rivy}

I Stanley

Is Newton

Tho Molyenux

Cha: Mason