Copy of warrant relating to plate taken in at the Mint on and after the 15th May 1711

Author: Lord of Oxford & Earl Mortimer (Lord High Treasurer)

Source: T 52/25.75, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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Anne R.

Whereas upon the Votes & Address of Our Comons in Parliam^t. Assembled, We did by Warr^t under Our Roy^ll Sign Manuall dated y^e 10^th day of May last Authorize & Comand, the Warden Master & Worker & Comptroller of Our Mint in Our Tower of London to take & receive from all ꝑsons & Bodys politick or Corporate all such wrought plate as they or any of them should bring to Our said Mint of the kinds & standards mencon^d in the said Votes, And to give such Rec^ts. for the same as were deliver'd in the said Address of Our Commons, and forthwith to cause the same to be melted down & assayed, And that you y^e Master & Worker of Our said Mint should imediately Coin y^e same into shillings & sixpences & pay the Moneys produced into y^e Rec^t of Our Excheq^r. & take Tallys for Your discharge, And Whereas in the Act of Parliam^t Entituled [An Act for Lycencing & regulating Hackney Coaches & Chairs, & for Charging certain new Dutys on Stampt Vellom parchm^t & paper & on Cards & Dice & on the Exportacon of Rock salt for Ireland and for securing thereby and by a Weekly paym^t. out of y^e Post Office and by Sev^ll Dutys on Hides & Skinns a Yearly Fond of 186670^l. for 32 years to be Applyed to the Satisfaccon of such Orders as are therein mencon^d by the Contributors of any Sum̄ not Exceeding Two Millions to be rais'd for Carrying on the Warr and other Her Ma^ts occasions] It is Enacted That all and every the Rec^ts. given for the plate brought into the said Mint before y^e 15^th day of May 1711 should be accepted & taken as so much Money for the Fourth part of the Contribucons upon the said Act, but no provision is made for accepting the Rec^ts. dated on or after the said 15^th day of May, Now That Our loving Subjects may not want the use both of the Rec^ts. & y^e New Moneys Coined out of their plate Our Will & pleasure is And We do hereby Authorize & Com̄and You the said Master & Worker of Our Mint to pay unto Each of the Importers of Plate whose Rec^ts are dated on or after the said 15^th day of May at the Rate of 5^sh ꝑ Ounce for y^e plate Imported any thing in Our former Warr^t to the Contrary in any wise notwithstanding, But You are to take Care, that an Exact Acco^t be kept of y^e difference between the Sum̄s so paid by You in the pursuance here of, And the Rates at w^ch the said plate was delive'd according to Your said Receipts and of the Totall Amount thereof. And for so doing this shall be Your Warr^t. Given at Our Court at Windsor Castle the 30^th day of Iuly 1711 In the Tenth Year of Our Reign

By her Ma^ts Comand

Oxford

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^[1] Warr^t in relacon to plate taken in at y^e Mint on & after y^e 15^t May 1711.

^[2] To y^e Warden Master & Worker & Comptroll^r. of Our Mint