Draft report: 'An accompt of what belongs to the Warden of his M^ties Mint within the Tower of Lond^on', listing the buildings regarded as the warden's property and those that used to be regarded as such

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An accompt of what belongs to the Warden of his Majestys Mint within the Tower of Lond^o. viz^t

1 A large dwelling house a washouse thereunto adjoyning & a garden opposite to both with a small house Contayning one roome at the end of the said Garden now Inhabited by m^r Young

2one other house Contayning 4 rooms & a wash house a lodging roome & some Cellarage over agaisnt it Inhabited by George Macy the Wardens Clerke

3 There was formerly a Coach house belonging to the Warden of the Mint between the Monyers kitching & m^r Silvesters house {Containing} about 12 foote in breadth to the front next the street, & about 25 foote deepe

4. There was also a stable belonging to the warden at the further end of the Mint made into Lodgings for souldiers

About the year 1633 Sir W^m Parckhurst & Sir Ant^y. St Leger were Wardens of the Mint at which time the Wardens dwelling house was accounted from the house (wherein m^r Roettiers now lives) into the Kitchin below stairs of the aforesaid G Macys {house}, & so upwards and all the roome over the Kitchin & Parlour that Macy posessethe, was then a publick office for the Irish mony & the Warden passed to it from his house above stairs long after this one {Ric^e} Briyot (a frenchman) made a proposall to K C to coin mony by the Mill & press beter then the monyers did so that then he had the said office or rooms abovestairs by a stair case added to those below allowed him by the officers & lived therein And after his death the Monyers tooke posession thereof & kept it untill the Vnhappy Rebellion when one Holland came to be Warden and he setled his Clerk in the said and after that One S^t. Johns was Warden & did the same to his Clerke so that from that time the whole hath bin reputed as belonging to the Warden