'Accompt due by Her Majtie to George Allardes Master of her Majties Mint for the Coinage in Scotland'

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Source: MINT 19/3/51-2, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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Accompt due by Her Majestie to George Allardes of Allardes Master of Her Majesties Mint for the Coinage in Scotland

November
1709

Imprest: The masters allowance for the Coinage of 64 stone 13 pound Scots weight of ten and fyve Pence pieces att 20 pound scots or 1: 13: 4 sterling money per stone weight Conform to the Acts of Parliament in relation to the Coinage being the money Coined from the month of March 1705 to May 1707	}
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		£ib	Sh	d
		108	00	5
To an Accompt of Steall and iron for that Coiange		3	16	8 $\frac{1}{2}$
To an Accompt of Small Coal for the forge and Smiths work		3	06	8
To an Accompt of mens work preparing te Mint and making the furnace heads for that Coinage	}	3	16	1 $\frac{1}{2}$
To an Accompt of Depursments for our necessaries for that Coinage		3	02	7 $\frac{1}{2}$
To Refineing 8 stone 4 pound 3 ounces 15 {drop} silver for that Coinage att 1£ per stone weight	}	8	05	3 $\frac{1}{2}$
To David Calendar for Six Precepts for the Quarterly Sallaries from Martinmas 1704 to Candlemas 1706	}	1	09	0
To a Small accompt due to the Master upon the {kerneels} of fineness of that Coiange as per the Mint Records	}	1	09	9 $\frac{1}{3}$
To the Workmens wages putting the Mint in order for the recoinage		2	05	10
To the fraught of Goods sent from the tower of London to the mint and Cariage from Leith to Edinb^r per accompt		20	15	00
Item he craves allowance of £31. 19. 2 being the Loss upon 295 Guineas which he received from the Collector of the Bullion att 23 shillings 8^d per Guinea In Payment of 350£ ordered for the suppport of the Coiange in the months of march & Aprile 1707	}	31	19	2
To the Price of ten horses bought for the miln, One being shott in the ark and another dieing att the work	}	73	19	11 $\frac{1}{3}$
Item He Craves allowance for the mantainance of 8 horses for miln from 15^th August 1707 to 15^th March 1709 being 19 months att 14^d per horse a day	}	269	14	8
Item He Craves allowance for two servants who waited on the horses and miln att 12^d each a day	}	57	16	0
To an Accompt of shoes for the horses		10	07	4 $\frac{1}{2}$
To an Accompts of skin aprons to the Moneyrs for {Iusting}, a {Cover} to the Compting room table covers to the Clerk, {Dask}, & Locks & bands to them	}	05	10	8
To an Accompt of books and paper to the Mint		12	04	11
To an Accompt of Coals furnished for the moneyrs their blenching & nealing offices and Working room	}	36	18	10
To an Accompt of Candle		8	11	3
To an accompt of Allom		18	06	8
To and Accompt for upholding the files		22	00	11 $\frac{1}{2}$
To the Smiths mens wages att the forg for Rollers, Dyes, Cutters and upholding the {Coy} iron work per accompt	}	41	09	11
To an accompt of iron and steell fro the forge		60	10	0 $\frac{1}{2}$
To an Accompt of small Coal for the forge		10	13	5 $\frac{1}{2}$
To an Accompt of Oil Greese and soap furnished by the Smith to the miln {illeg} and Some other Litle work	}	04	06	2
		820	17.	5 $\frac{2}{3}$
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To fraught of a second Cargo of goods from London sent by M^r Cave		3	15	11
To Cariage therof to Edinbr and Charges		0	16	6
To m^r Caves accompt of said Goods and Postage of a Letter		34	09	5
To an Accompt for Dyes paid to Richard Morgan and a letter		14	01	5
To an Accompt of land Cariage of Dyes from London		2	15	11
To an accompt of weights bought for the Mint from the Equivalent ofice		9	18	0
To an Accompt of Mufflers for the Assay masters furnaces		2	05	2
To two Accompts of furniture for the miln horses		9	13	4
To an Accompt of Copper Work		24	16	7
To an Accompt of Brass work		23	12	0
To 200 weight Quick Silver from Holand att 5 shillings 6^d		55	00	0
To an Accompt of Sand for the Mint		01	16	10
To an Accompt of {meall} for dusting the molds		3	18	6 $\frac{2}{3}$
To an Accompt of saw Dust for the moneyrs blenching		1	07	2
To the Massons accompt		30	10	0
To the Wrights accompts		74	03	4
To the Glasiers Accompt		04	10	0
To the Plaisterers Accompt		01	01	8
To William Grays accompts from the iron miln for iron ports, Lignit, and neeling pans	}	216	13	4
To an accompt of Expences searching of prosecuting a false Coiner		7	08	6
To Recording in Exchequer Her majesties two warands to the officers of the Mint & Executors of Daniel Stewart Collector of the Bullion for paying up the money for the Recoinage, And charge for the said Warands att London	}	3	05	4
To two Large Wee Sieves for the Moneyrs		1	10	0
To an Accompt of rubing brushes		1	08	8
To an accompts of Hogs Lard for the Presses		5	12	1
To an accompt of Lead work		3	05	0
To an accompt of locks		1	08	8 $\frac{1}{2}$
To an accompt of Sacken and harden for boots & mittans to the melters		1	09	10
To an accompt of Coy small Depursements for necessaries		16	04	4 $\frac{1}{3}$
To the General and Coy officers and Clerk their Sallaries per account from 1st feb. 1708 to 1st febry 1709	}	1461	13	4
To Refineing 12834 Pound 15 penny Weight of Silver per particular Accompt	}	500	19	1 $\frac{3}{4}$
To the Coiange of 104227 Pound 10 ounces English Troy weight att per pound weight Answering to 1: 13: 4 allowed by the Scots acts for the Coinage of the Scots stone weight Consisting of 16 pound Scots Weight of 16 Scots ounces in the pound, The Scots pound reckoned att 15 ounces 111 penny weight 4 Grains English	}	8293	18	9
Item Craves allowance of 1 penny per pound weight of 103346 pound weight Coined by the moneyrs sent from London He being obliged to pay them att 9 pence per pound weight which is 1 penny Extraordinary	}	0430	12	2
Item Craves allowance of the Deficiency upon the Assay pieces of the money per accompt	}	10	19	9
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To 18 pound weight of Allay the Pot-bills att 9 pence per pound weight		00	13	6
Item Craves allowance for a workman keepd making the Clay heads for the furnaces and repairing the severall furnaces	}	20	00	0
Item Craves allowance of 100 Marks Scots paid to the maiers of Councel attending the triall was made of the Pix in Septembr 1707 as is usuall	}	05	11	1 $\frac{1}{3}$
Item Craves allowance for the Clerks of Councell & Servants their dues and for the Extract of the Masters Exoneration	}	05	00	00
Item Craves allowance of 2 $\frac{1}{2}$ penny per ounce of 1553 ounces Silver imported by merchants to the mint & Coined since May Last, as the Encouragement given by the Coinage act past at London the Last session	}	16	03	6 $\frac{1}{2}$
		11303.	07.	8 $\frac{1}{12}$
Total		12124.	05.	$\frac{5}{12}$

Follows the Particular Accompt for the Refineing in the Recoinage stated att 12 pence per pound weight when returned 17 $\frac{1}{2}$ Better than Standart And so forth in Proportion deduceing a farthing for evry $\frac{1}{2}$ worse than the 17 $\frac{1}{2}$

Pound weight	ounces	pennyweight		Better		Value pence		Totall value
						Value pence		Lib	Sh	d
36	10	00	Better	16 $\frac{1}{2}$	att	11 $\frac{1}{2}$	penny per pound weight is	1	13	9
48	08	00		16	att	11 $\frac{1}{4}$	is	2	05	9 $\frac{1}{4}$
73	09	00		15 $\frac{1}{2}$	att	11	is	3	07	7 $\frac{1}{4}$
68	04	10		15	att	10 $\frac{3}{4}$		3	01	3
3451	11	15		14 $\frac{1}{2}$	att	10 $\frac{1}{2}$		151	00	5 $\frac{1}{2}$
1190	04	05		14	att	10 $\frac{1}{4}$		50	16	9
1190	03	15		13 $\frac{1}{2}$	att	10		49	11	11
808	10	10		13	att	9 $\frac{3}{4}$		32	17	1 $\frac{1}{2}$
307	04	10		12 $\frac{1}{2}$	att	9 $\frac{1}{2}$		12	03	4
1037	07	05		12	att	9 $\frac{1}{4}$		39	19	6
962	01	15		11 $\frac{1}{2}$	att	9		36	01	7
676	06	00		11	att	8 $\frac{3}{4}$		24	13	3 $\frac{1}{2}$
785	00	15		10 $\frac{1}{2}$	att	8 $\frac{1}{2}$		27	16	1
43	07	00		10	att	8 $\frac{1}{4}$		1	09	11 $\frac{1}{2}$
73	10	10		9 $\frac{1}{2}$	att	8		2	09	3
350	06	15		9	att	7 $\frac{3}{4}$		11	06	4 $\frac{1}{2}$
309	01	00		8 $\frac{1}{2}$	att	7 $\frac{1}{2}$		9	13	2
493	02	00		8	att	7 $\frac{1}{4}$		14	18	0
250	03	00		7 $\frac{1}{2}$	att	7		7	06	0
504	06	00		7	att	6 $\frac{3}{4}$		14	03	9 $\frac{1}{2}$
22	00	00		6 $\frac{1}{2}$	att	6 $\frac{1}{2}$		0	11	11
61	02	00		6	att	6 $\frac{1}{4}$		1	11	10 $\frac{1}{4}$
45	06	00		5	att	5 $\frac{3}{4}$		1	01	9 $\frac{1}{2}$
42	06	10		4	att	5 $\frac{1}{4}$		00	18	7 $\frac{1}{2}$
12834	00	15					£	500	19	1 $\frac{3}{4}$

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George Allardes master of the Mint his Accompts of the Coinage from March 1705 to October 1709