Letter from the Mint Board to The Lord High Treasurer regarding the state of the house of the surveyor of meltings

Author: John Stanley, Isaac Newton, John Ellis

Source: MINT 19/2/497, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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<495r>

To the R^t. Hon^ble the Lord high Trear

May it please your Lord^p

We humbly take leave to represent to your Lord^p. that the house in the Mint belongⁿ. to the Survey^r. of the Meltings is so decayd that it cannot be repair'd

The Money Allow'd by Act of Parliam^t. for repairs and Buildings in the Mint is not Sufficient to keep all the Houses in the Mint in good repair, most of which are very old, and to build new ones

That Your Lord^p. being Impowr'd by an Act of Parliam^t. anno 1705 to dispose of 500^li a Year for Salaries and other Service's of the Mint out of w^ch. Your Lord^p. has been pleas'd to allow 400^li a year to the Monyers for their Maintenance, We humbly pray Your Lord^p will please to grant us an Ord^r. for the remaining 100^li a Year for two Years to Com̄ence from Christm.^s last to enable Us to build a new house for the Survey^r. of the Meltings.

All which is humbly Submitted to y^r. Lord^p. great Wisdome

I Stanley
Is. Newton.
In Ellis.

^[1]

^[1] Mint Office
Iuly 1707