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Printed in NC, 6: 235.
Hatton Compton, Lieutenant of the Tower, has placed the Earl of Oxford under guard in the comptroller's house without authorisation from the Mint officers. This is contrary to the statutes exempting the Mint from military jurisdiction and sets a dangerous precedent. Followed by a holograph draft of MINT00320 (Mint 19/2/210).
To the tblers
May it please rps
The Mint is a place not subject immediatelydrs
the Treasury & on order of K. Charles IIperslive or lodge in the Mint without leave of the Officers be lodge
of the Mint, & by an Order of K. Charles II all strangers were turned of out of the Mint & prohibited to live there any more without
the leave of the dbOrders ConstitutionGenera of the
Tower has brought the Earl
troller of the Mint, & there put a guard upon him, as if that house was & by consequence the whole Mint was under his jurisdiction.
My Lords, the safety of the Coynage depends upon keeping the Mint
out of the hands of amilitary power
upon keeping them in a legal custody under the jurisdiction of their keepers
And I am humbly of opinion that not only that the Prisoner be removed into
a legal custody bu but also that something be done which may hinder
this invasion of the Mint from being drawn into president hereafter.
All ch
Wheras Moyder [have upon the Assay in weight &
fineness been found worth but one pound seven shillings & seven pence farthings & by reason of their being have bee[the Receivers] being recoined into Guineas produce
but one pound seven shillings & seven pence farthing & by reasonhave &
down to one pound seven shillings & six pence: this is to give
notice that