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To yethe Rt.Right Honble.Honourable the Lords Comrs.Commissioners of Her
Mats.Majestys TrearyTreasury
May it please yor.your Lordshipps
In obedience to yor.your LordppsLordshipps Ordr.Order of Reference of yethe 20th Febry
last past, We have Consider'd yethe PeticonPetition hereunto annexed
of Mr. Ralph Looke + Mr. Samll. Wallford late Melters
of Bristoll + Exeter Mints, togathertogether with their
respective Bills for the extraordinary Charges, they
have been at in providing Charcoale for the
dispatch of the publick Businenesse and in makeing
up yethe King's sweep of the first Melting.
The substance of their PeticonPetition to yethe sweep Wee
find upon Enquiry to be matter of fact, and wt.what yethe Melters
of yethe severall Country Mints have often laid before
us in ordr.order to be reliev'd, but wt.what we have all along
put off, untill we had sufficient authority from yor.your
LordppsLordshipps to allow these extraordinary Charges.
We therefore pr.resume to lay before yoryour LordppsLordshipps that upon
examining their Bills annexed to their PeticonPetition, We are
of opinion that the sum̄mme of 140l: is a sufficient
allowance to each of the Petrs.Petitioners for makeing up the
sweep of the first Melting. that they do deserve yethe
further sum̄mme of 50l: each for the extraordinary Charges
they have been at in buying Charcoale And that Mr.
Looke haveing provided at his own Cost all the Melting
Potts + severall other Vtensills for the use of Bristoll
Mint, and paid the Charges of Carryage (all wch.which in
other Mints were provided + payd for by the King) doth
deserve the sum̄mme of 33l: 07s: 06d over + above his
other allowances
All wch.which is Humbly submitted to yor.your LordppsLordshipps
great Wisdom by
Mint Office 18 March
17012
I Stanley
Is: Newton
Ino. Ellis