Account of the indentures of the Master and Workers of the Mint in 1702 and 1718

^[1]This Indenture made the fourteenth day of Ianuary in the first year of the reigne of our Sovereign Lady Anne by the grace of God Queen of England Scotland France & Ireland Defender of the Faith &c' and in the year of our Lord 1702 Between our said Sovereign Lady the Queens most excellent Ma^tie. of the one part and Isaac Newton Esq^re. of the other part Wittnesseth that whereas our said Sovereign Lady the Queen by her Letters Patents under the Great seale of England bearing date the eleventh day of Iune 1702 For the considerations therein mentioned Did give and grant unto the said Isaac Newton the Office of Master and Worker of all her Majesties moneys both of gold and silver within her Ma^ties Mint in the Tower of London and elsewhere in her said Ma^ties Kingdome of England together with the yearly Fee or Pention of Five hundred pounds to be paid quarterly unto him at or upon the twenty fifth day of March the twenty fourth day of Iune, the twenty ninth day of September and the twenty fifth day of December by even and equal portions with all Edifices, Buildings, Gardens, and other Fees, allowances, proffitts, priviledges Franchises and Immunities belonging to the said Office/

^[2]To have and to hold the said Office of Master and Worker unto the said Isaac Newton to be exercised by himself or his sufficient Deputy or Deputies for whom he will answer and also the said yearly Fee or pention of 500^l. with the s^d. Houses Edifices Buildings gardens and other Fees allowances proffitts advantages priviledges Franchises Liberties and Immunities for and during her said Ma^ties pleasure in as full and ample manner as Sir Ralph Freeman Kn^t Henry Slingsby Esquire or Thomas Neale Esq^re or any others heretofore have had held or enjoyed the same/

^[3]And whereas it is provided by the said Ma^ties Letters Patents That the said Isaac Newton after he shall be in possession of the said Office shall within two Months after the signification of her said Ma^ties pleasure by the High Treasurer of England or Commissioners of the Treasury for the time being make and execute on his part such and the like Indenture and Agreements <2> for and concerning the making of the several sorts of money of Gold and silver and for payment of the severall Officers of the Mint and for other matters and things relating thereto and to the executions of the said Officers as were formerly made, with alterations and additions if any should be thought fit and directed by her Ma^tie for the better management and carrying on of that service

^[4]Now this Indenture witnesseth that for and in consideracon of the Covenants and agreements hereinafter contained or the part of the s^d Isaac Newton Our said Sovereign Lady the Queene of her especial grace certain knowledge and meer motion Hath given granted ratified and confirmed and doth by these presente give grant ratifie and confirm unto the said Isaac Newton The said Office of Master and Worker of all her Ma^ties moneys both of Gold and silver within her Ma^ties Mint within the Tower of London and elsewhere in her said Ma^ties Kingdome of England together with the aforesaid Fee or yearly pention of 500^L sterling to be paid by quarterly payments (That is to say) At or upon the twenty fifth day of March, the twenty fourth day of Iune, the twenty ninth day of September and the twenty fifth day of December yearly by even & equall portions, out of such moneys us {sic} in and by an Act of Parliament made in the eighteenth year of the reigne of his late Ma^tie King Charles the second, and continued by one other Act made in the twenty fifth year of his said Ma^ties reign, both which were revived & continued by an Act made in the first year of his late Ma^tie King Iames the seconds reign and again by another Act made in the fourth yeare of his late Majestie King William and the late Queen Mary and after by an Act made in the twelfth yeare of the reign of the said late King William are allowed to bee issued yearly out of her said Ma^ties Exchequer for the Fees or salaries of the Officers of the Mint or Mints and towards the providing maintaining and repairing of the Houses Offices and Buildings and other Necessaries for assaying melting downe and Coining during so long time as the said Acts of Parliam^t shall bee and continue in Force

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^[5]And after the said Acts of Parliament shall cease and bee void Then the said Fee or yearly pention to bee paid out of such other moneys and in such other manner as shall by any Act or Acts of Parliament hereafter to be made, be appointed or allowed to be issued out for the Fees or salaries of the Officers of the Mint or Mints And in default of any such allowance or appointment to be hereafter made by Parliam^t and during such time and times as there shall hereafter happen to be noe such allowance or appointment made by Authority of Parliam^t the said Fee or yearly pention of 500^L sterling to be paid unto the said Isaac Newton out of her Ma^ties Seigniorage or allowance for Coinage of Gold or Silver moneys, or other her Ma^ties Proffitts of the Mint or such other part of her Ma^ties Proffitts of the Mint or such other part of her Ma^ties revenue as her Majestie shall direct

^[6]And our Sovereign Lady the Queen for the consid^rations aforesaid Hath also given granted and confirmed and by these presente doth give grant and confirm unto the said Isaac Newton All Edifices Buildings Gardens & other proffitts priviledges Franchises and Immunities belonging to the aforesaid Office

^[7]To have hold and enjoy the said Office of Master and Worker unto the said Isaac Newton and to exercise the same by himself or his sufficient Deputy or Deputies for whom he will answer And also to hold and enjoy the said Fee or yearly pention or sum̄e of 500^L sterling together with the said houses Edifices Buildings Gardens proffitts advantages priviledges Franchises Liberties and Immunities for and during her said Ma^ties pleasure in as full and ample manner to all intents and purposes as the said Sir Ralph Freeman Henry Slingsby and Thomas Neale deced or any of them or any other person or persons did or at any time heretofore might or ought to hold & enjoy the same

And whereas by the aforesaid Acts of Parliament it is amongst other things provided That no moneys leviable or payable by the same shall be applied or converted to any use or uses whatsoever other than to the defraying the charge or expence of the Mint or Mints and of the assaying melting down waste and Coinage of Gold and <4> ^[8]Silver and the encouragem^t. of the bringing in of Gold and silver into the said Mint or Mints there to bee coined into the Currant Coines of this Kingdome Now should any of the said moneys be issued out of the Excheꝗꝫ But by order or warrant of the said Lord Treasurer and Under Treasurer or Comm^rs. of the Treasury for the time being to the Master and Worker or Masters and Workers of her Ma^ties Mint or Mints for the time being & mentioning that they are for the use and service afores^d to be kept To be kept in ther Ma^ties Office of Receipt in the s^d Mint or Mints under the usual keys of the Warden Master and Worker and Comptroller for the time being and issued out thence from time to time according to the manner and course of the said Mint or Mints respectively as by the same Acts more plainly appeareth

^[9]And in regard the payments & disbursem^ts of the said Mint or Mints formerly paid out of the Seigniorage or or {sic} allowance for Coinage are by the afores^d Acts of Parl^t appointed to be paid out of the moneys arising by the same Acts of Parliam^t. Wherefore our said sovereign Lady the Queen doth by these presents ordain and appoint That the s^d Master and Worker shall receive out of her Ma^ties Excheꝗꝫ from time to time all such moneys as are appointed to be paid unto him by the said Acts of Parliament for defraying the charges or expences of the Mint or Mints and of the assaying melting down waste and coinage of gold and silver and the incouragement of the bringing in of gold and silver into the said Mint or Mints there to bee coined into the currant Coines of this Kingdome.

^[10]And that the said Master and Worker shall upon his Accompt yearly to be made of his receipts paym^ts charges and Disbursements before the Auditors of the Mint or Mints for the time being have full allowance defalcation and discharge of and for all such sum̄me and sum̄es of money as he shall duly pay and disburse according to the true intent and meaning of the aboverecited Letters Patents and according to the directions hereafter in these presents expressed and according to the course of the said Mint or Mints respectively as by the same Acts of Parl^t is directed & appointed

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^[11]And the said Isaac Newton doth by these presents covenant undertake and agree to and with our Sov^rign Lady the Queen to make her Maj^ties moneys in manner and form following (That is to say) To make four sorts of money of Crowne Gold.

^[12]One peice which shall be called the tenn shilling peice running for Ten shillings sterling and there shall be Eighty nine of those in the pound weight Troy

^[13]One other piece which shall be called the twenty-shilling peice, running for twenty shillings sterling and there shall be 44 of those and one ten shilling peice or the weight of one ten shilling peice in the pound weight Troy.

^[14]One other peice which shall be called the Forty-shilling Peice running for 40^s. sterling and there shall be 22 of those and one ten shilling peice or the weight of a 10^s. peice in the pound weight Troy

^[15]And one other peice which shall be called the Five pound peice running for five pounds sterling and there shall be nine of those wanting one ten shilling peice or the weight of one 10^s peice in y^e pound weight Troy

^[16]And that every pound w^t. Troy of all the moneys of Gold afores.^d shall hold in Number & be in value 44^£: 10^s and shall be in fineness at the triall of y^e same twenty two Carratts of fine Gold and two Carratts of allay in every pound w^t. Troy The which standard afores.^d of 22 Carratts of fine gold and two Carratts of allay in every pound weight Troy Our sovereign Lady the Queen doth will ordain and establish by these p^rsents to be the right standard of her Ma^ties moneys of Crown gold

^[17]And the said Isaac Newton shall have & receive the sum̄e of six shillings & six pence of every pound w^t Troy of gold moneys to be by him detained & kept for the paying bearing and sustaining all manner of wasts provisions necessaries and charges coming arising and growing in and about the Coining of her Majesties said Gold moneys by the Will and Press, out of the moneys paid and payable to him as is hereafter expressed.

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^[18]And the said Master shall out of the said six shill and six pence allowed unto him and to be received by him as afores^d. for every pound weight of the moneys of gold from time to time pay unto the moniers the sum̄e of three shillings for their labour waste and charges in the coining of every pound w^t. Troy of the said gold moneys by the Mill and Press, according to the undertakings & agreements of the Moniers with the said Master & Worker.

But because the said moneys of Gold may not continually be made according in all things to the right standard ^[19]But peradventure in default of the said master and Worker it shall be found sometimes to strong or too feeble, by too much or too little in weight or in fineness or in both Our sovereign Lady the Queen doth will and command that when the said moneys of Gold shall be found at the assay before the deliverance too strong or too feeble, all only in weight or all only in fineness or in both the sixth part of a Carratt in the pound weight of God and no more The which sixth part in that one or the sixth part in that other or the sixth part in them both shall be called Remedy for the said Master, that then that money shall be delivered for good, so always that the same default happen by Casualty otherwise not But if default be found in the same money in weight or in fineness or in both, over the sixth part of a Carratt which is called Remedy as afores.^d then the deliverance shall cease & that money shall be challenged and adjudged less than good and to be new molten & recoined at the cost of the said Master till it be put to point as money deliverable

^[20]And also the said Master hath undertaken and by these presents doth agree & undertake to & with our Sov^rign Lady the Queen to make eight manner of moneys of silver (That is to say)

^[21]One Peice which shall be called the Crown running for five shillings sterling, and there shall be twelve of those and two shillings in the pound weight Troy

^[22]One other peice which shall be called the half Crown running for two shillings sixpence sterling and there shall be 24 of those & two shillings in the pound w^t Troy

^[23]One other peice which shall be called the Shilling running for twelve pence sterling and there shall be 62. of those in the pound weight Troy

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^[24]And other peice which shall be called the half shilling running for six pence sterling and there shall be 124 of those in the pound weight Troy

^[25]One other peice which shall be called the Groat running for four pence sterling and there shall be 186 of those in the pound weight Troy

^[26]One other peice which shall be called the halfe six pence running for three pence sterling and there shall be 248 of those in the pound weight Troy

^[27]And one other peice which shall be called the penny running for one penny sterling and there shall be 744 of those in the pound weight Troy

^[28]And every pound weight of the moneys of silver aforesaid shall be and hold in number as aforesaid and be in value 3^£: 2^s sterling and shall be in fineness at the tryal of the same eleven Ounces two pennyw^ts of fine silver and eighteen pennyw^ts of allay Which eleven Ounces & two pennyw^ts of fine silver & eighteen pennyw^ts of allay in the pound weight Troy afores^d is the old right standard of the moneys of silver of England

^[29]And be the said Master bound to make all the moneys of Crown gold and standard silver afores^d agreable in fineness to the respective Indented triall peices made by the direction of the late King Iames the second in the fourth year of his reign, which said Indented Tryall peices doe now remaine in the six several places hereafter mentioned (That is to say) One Indented peice of Crown gold and one Indented peice of Standard silver in her Ma^ties Treasury within this Kingdome of England to try the moneys of gold and silver from time to time coined by the said Master & Worker of her Ma^ties moneys for the time being in fineness thereby, The like with the Warden of the Mint within the Tower of London for the time being to try the moneys of Gold and silver from time to time coined in her Majesties Mint in fineness thereby As also to try the gold & silver Bullion brought thither if any difference shall happen to arise between the said Master and Worker and the Bringers in of the same, The like w^th the s.^d Master & Worker <8> To make the said moneys in fineness thereby The like with the Wardens of the Company of Goldsmiths within the City of London in Goldsmiths Hall for the tryall of their plate and other works aswell of gold as of silver in fineness thereby, The like in her Ma^ties Treasury of y^e Kingdome of Scotland to charge the Officers of her Ma^ties moneys for the time being within the said Kingdome thereby for the true making of the said moneys there And the like with the General and other Officers of the Mint within the said Kingdom of Scotland to make the money in the said Kingdome in fineness thereby

^[30]And the said Isaac Newton shall have & receive the sum̄e of 1^s: 4^d$\frac{1}{2}$ to be by him taken for the Coinage of every pound weight Troy of silver moneys for the paying bearing & sustaining of all manner of wasts provisions necessaries and charges coming arising & growing in and about y^e coining of her Ma^tis Crowns, Half Crowns, shillings & six pences of silver moneys by the Mill & press, out of the moneys to be paid & payable to him as is hereinafter expressed And the said Master shall out of the said 1^s: 4^d$\frac{1}{2}$ allowed to him as afores^d & reced by him for every pound w^t Troy of the moneys of silver pay from time to time unto the Moniers the sum̄e of eight pence for the making of every pound w^t Troy of the said silver moneys by the Mill and Press according to the undertaking and agreement of the said Moniers with the said Master and Worker

^[31]And our sovereign Lady the Queen doth by these presents order & appoint that the said Master & Worker out of the moneys to be paid to him as afores^d shall pay or cause to be paid yearly unto the Wardens of her s^d Ma^ties Mints for the time being by quarterly payments y^e yearly sum̄e of 1435^£ for the fees and salaries of the severall & respective Officers of the Mint payable by the s^d Warden according to the distribution and appointment mention'd in a schedule hereunto annexed

But because the said moneys of silver cannot continually be made in all things according to the right standard in as much as sometimes in default of the said Master & Worker it may be made too strong or too feeble by too much or too little in weight or in fineness or in both Our sovereign Lady the Queen doth will that when the said moneys of silver upon the assay before the delivery be found to strong or <9> ^[32]Too feeble all only in weight or all only in fineness or in both by two pennyw^ts in the pound weight Troy afores^d after the old Computation of twenty pennyw^ts in the Ounce & no more, The which Two pennyw^t in that one or Two pennyw^t in that other or Two pennyw^t in them both shall be called Remedy for the Mast^r. That then such moneys to be delivered for good, so alway the same default do happen by Casualty otherwise not But if default be found in the said moneys in weight or in fineness or in both over the said twopennyw^t in the pound w^t Troy afores^d. then ceaseth the deliverance of the money and the same to be challenged less than good & at the costs of the Master to be newly molten & recoined till it be put to point as moneys deliverable as afores^d

^[33]And our said Sovereign Lady the Queen willeth agreeth & granteth by this Indenture that the said Master and Worker for the time being do & shall receive aswell her Ma^ties own Bullion of gold & silver as the Bullion of any other person or persons w^tsoever, repairing to her Mint with any Bullion of gold & silver afores^d to be coined into y^e moneys before menconed by weight delivering to the parties bringing in the same Bullion Bills testifying the weight fineness and value thereof together with the day and order of its delivery into the said Mint or Mints, and within as convenient time as may be deliver the same again to our Sovereign Lady the Queen for her Bullion & to the other parties or y^e Attornies delivering the same Bills, by the same weight according to the value of the said Bullion at such time & in such mann^r & form as in this p^rsent Indre is limited & app^d

^[34]And our Sovereign Lady the Queen doth will & com̄and by this Indenture that the said Warden & Wardens and the Comptroller & Comptroll^rs of her Ma^ties Mint, as also her Ma^ties Chief Clerk & Clerks of the Papers for the time being shall enter & record in several Leidger Books all such Bullion of Gold & silver as from time to time shall be brought into the said Mint The which Entry shall comprehend the weight fineness & value of thes^d {sic} Bullion the parties name that brought it & what day And after the said Bullion of Gold & silver shall be received, & and {sic} the Assays thereof made reported & entered into the s^d Leidger Books, the same Bullion shall bee forthwith put into a Chest or Room & the Chest or Room <10> Shall be locked with three Keys, whereof one Key shall remaine with the said Warden or Wardens or one of y^m & one other of the Keys shall remaine with the s^d Master for the time being and the other Key shall remaine with the said Comptroll^r or Comptroll^rs for the time being & delivered to the making of moneys

^[35]And the said Wardens or one of them & y^e Comptroll^rs & likewise her Ma^ties Clerk shall also keep severall Books of Melting, declaring in the same the quantity & fineness of all manner of gold & silver & allay put into the melting with the report of every Assay called the Pott Assay and the same Books shall remaine in their sev^rall custodies to charge the Master withall, & the said Books shall be monthly subscribed & figured by the said Wardens or one of them, and the Master & Comptroller ^[36]And the s^d Assaymaster of our Sovereign Lady the Queen shall keep one Book of all such Bullion of gold & silver as shall be brought into the said Mint whereby the quantity and fineness may appeare with the report also of the assay of every several pott commonly called the Pott Assay Which pott assay shall be made of some Ingott of the s^d Bullion to be taken by the said Warden or Wardens Comptroller and Assaymaster or any two of them after the pott is cast out

^[37]And if any person or persons happen to bring into the Mint any manner of gold or silver nigh to the stand^d afores^d then the Master shall receive it for y^e value accordingly so as the charges to make it agreable in fineness to the several standards afores^d be born & sustained out of the Revenue arising to her Ma^tie by vertue of the afores^d Act of Parliament

^[38]And our said sovereign Lady the Queen doth by y^se presents give full power & authority unto the s^d Mast^r and Worker from time to time to put such privy Mark or Marks upon the Edges or Flatt sides of the s^d gold & silver money so to be coined as afores^d as he the s^d M^r shall judge most safe & convenient for the s^d moneys & from time to time to alter & change such privy mark or marks according as he shall judg the same most convenient & necessary, so that the s^d M^r. & Work^r. may from time to time know & discov^r. which is Gold & silver amongst other be made by him & which not

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^[39]And the said assaying melting sizing and making of the s^d Moneys of gold & silver at all times & in all places & shall endeav^r. and procure that the said moneys & every of them bee made and perfected according to the true intent of this Indenture and the charge committed to them And they shall also see and procure that the Ballances & weights be always amended & put to point from time to time when they shall need so that no default be found in them to the hurt of her Ma^tie or her people

^[40]And the Surveyor of the Meltings shall take care of his duty in surveying the Meltings aforesaid and shall keep a Book containing the weight of such gold & silver as shall be molten from time to time with the allays put into the same, and when the said moneys be coined and compleat the said Warden or Wardens Master and Comptroll^r. or Comptroll^rs. shall put them into a Chest or Room ^[41]locked with three Keys, whereof one shall remaine with the said Warden or Wardens one with the said Master, & the third with the Comptroll^rs. untill such time as proof and Tryall be had of the said money and payment be made to the Bringers in of the said Bullion accordingly, which proof shall be had and made before deliverance of the said moneys & shall bee made in the presence of the said Warden or Wardens Master & Comptroll^r or Comptroll^rs by her Majesties Assaymaster for the time being, the same assay to bee taken aswell of the fineness as of the weight by such Quantity & after such sort as bee agreed on by the said Warden or Wardens Comptroll^rs & Assaymaster

And after the said moneys of gold and silver bee assayed and proved for good as is aforesaid, before any deliverance be of the whole sum̄e, a portion of the said moneys shall be taken & put into a box by the s^d Warden or Wardens or by their Deputy or Deputies in the p^rsence of the said Master or his Deputy and the Comptroll^rs. or their Deputy whereof the assay shall be made before our Sovereign Lady the Queen from time to time or such of her Councell as have been accustomed or shall <12> Be appointed by her Ma^tie at Westm^r. or elsewhere it shall please her Ma^tie or her Councill to appoint (That is to say) for every Iourney weight of Gold not exceeding fifteen pound weight two peices, whereof the one to be for the Pix and the other for the assay And out of every Iourney of Silver moneys containing sixty pounds weight two peices at least the one moiety thereof to be for the Pix and the other for the assay and they shall be ensealed with the seats of the |s^d| Warden or Wardens Master & Comptroller or Comptroll^rs. and the said Box shall be shutt with three Keys, whereof one Key shall abide with the s^d. Warden or Wardens, and one with the Mast^r and the third with the Comptroller or Comptroll^rs. ^[42]which Pix shall remaine in a Chest or room as is afores^d. & upon reasonable warning thereof given it shall be opened from time to time before our Sovereign Lady the Queen or such of her Councell as shall be by her Ma.^tie appointed at Westm^r. or elsewhere it shall please her Ma.^tie or her said Councell to appoint, & in presence of the said Warden or Wardens Master and Comptroller there shall be assays made aswell of the fineness as of the weight of the said moneys of gold & Silver in the said Box, after the most just manner as can be thought of to be made, by fire, by water, by Touch or by weight, or by all or by any of them to the end that if the s^d moneys of gold and silver be found & prove good & covenable after the Coven^ts orders & agreem^ts afores^d the said Master to be quiet excused and discharged against her said Majesty and all her people unto that day And then the said Master at his will to have Letters Patents of our sovereign Lady the Queen under the great seale of England to be made for his Acquittance, specifying the said Assays to be made & found as aforesaid in such sort as in ancient times hath been accustomed without Fee therefore paying, For the making w^ch Letters patents these p^rsents shall be a sufficient warr^t & discharge to the Lord Chancell^r or Lord Keeper of the great seale of England for the time being without any further or special warr^t to be issued out for the same

^[43]And if it shall be found by the assays y^t the pound w^t throly tried answers not the full standard in fineness as afores^d But shall be worse & yet w^thin the remedies afores^d the lack thereof shall bee enter'd on record by the s^d Warden or Wardens & Comptroll^r or such as they thereunto shall appoint & a true acc^t thereof shall bee w^thout any proffit or com̄odity to grow unto any other ꝑson or ꝑsons for y^e same <13> ^[44]Saving always that in Case by the said Assay it shall be found that the same Moneys of gold and silver do pass at any time the said Standards or any of them, so as the same be better in fineness or in weight or in both than is appointed by the standards and yet within the remedies, then so much thereof to be enter'd of Record and hold place to the said Master in the charge which he shall have when any lack shall be found by the s^d assays under the standards aforesaid

^[45]And if it shall happen in the said moneys of gold and silver or either of them upon either of the just assays as shall be made of the abovesaid Boxes in manner aforesaid be it in weight or in fineness any default be found without the said Remedies ordained for the said Master as is aboves^d or any of them The said Master shall make fine & ransom to her said Ma^tie at her will

^[46]Also the said Warden Master Worker & Comptroller or any of theem as often as need shall require shall & may take up as many Gravers to grave Irons at her Majesty's price & also as many Smiths, Workmen & Labourers & other necessaries to & for the making of the s^d Irons and moneys afores^d & the doing of all manner of Business within the Mint as to the said Warden Mast^r & Comptroll^rs shall seem needfull to have In which taking of such Grav^rs Smiths, workmen & Labourers & other necessaries our Sovereign Lady the Queen doth will & command and by this Indenture all Mayors Sherriffs Bayliffs & other Officers, that they to the said Warden or Wardens, Mast^r & Comptroller afores^d & to his & their Deputy & Deputies therein be assist^t. aiding helping & fortifying as to right doth belong

^[47]And our Sovereign Lady the Queen doth will & grant by these presents that it shall be lawfull for the s^d Warden or Wardens, Master or Comptroller of her Majesties Mint at all times such and so many of the s^d Ingravers Smiths, Workmen and Labourers as by y^r discrections be not of good Bearing in their Offices and Labours to punish put out avoid and amove like as to the Warden or Wardens Master or Comptroller shall seem meet according to right & for her Ma^ties. weale

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^[48]And be the said Master bound & holden to receive all manner of gold & silver brought to the Tower {af}{ter} the very value, (That is to say) every parcell in it's degree, One to the more another to the less, after the quantity it shall appear by the assay to be better or worse then the Standard And if the said Master & the Merch^{t} which bringeth in the said gold & silver may not {unor}d{illeg} between them of the true value, her Ma^ties Assaymast{^r} to that deputed in the presence of the said Warden or Wardens Master and Comptroll^rs ought and shall {tr}y the truth in that part and the said Master shall thereupon receive the same and stand thereafter chargeth in manner as it belongeth

^[49]And our said Sovereign Lady the Queen doth will & charge straitly by this Indenture all the Officers of the Tower aforesaid That the Officers afores^d and all other Officers of the Mint and their servants and also all manner of persons bringing gold and silver to the Tower shall have free ingress, egress and issue by the Gates and thro' the same Tower and Franchises thereof inward and outward at all times without any arresting disturbance letting or gainsaying of the Chief Govern^r Constable or Lieutenn.^t or the Porter or any other Officer or person whatsoever he be for any manner of Debt matter or cause whatsoever it be and without any thing given to them or to any other to have such entry or Issue

^[50]And be the said Warden or Wardens Master and Comptroll^r. held & bound to give their attendance at the s^d Mint every Wednesday in the Week & such other days as shall be by them appointed & agreed on for the receipt of all such Bullion as shall be brought into the s^d Mint & for the delivery of the s^d coined monies

^[51]And the same Master to pay the sum̄e of fifty & two pounds by the year towards the charges of the Diety of 104^£ heretofore allowed by her Ma^ties Royall Predecessors to the Officers of the said Mint, The sume of 52^£ to be P{aid} by the |s^d| Master so long as her Ma^tie shall continue her p{art} of the Diett hereafter in these presents expressed & allowed and of the same & of every of them to discharge and acquitt our Sovereign Lady the Queen from time to time and so long as he shall continue M^r & Worker of y^e |s^d| moneys

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^[52]And her Ma^tie doth grant by these presents to bear and allow the other sum̄e of 52^£ parcell of 104^£ for y^e Diet of the Officers afores^d which her Ma^ties will & pleasure is shall from time to time be paid by the said Warden or Wardens & doth grant that thereof he shall have allowance on his accompt, the said Diet to continue till her Ma^tie shall order otherwise under her Ma^ties sign manual And that the said Warden or Wardens shall make his or their accompts yearly aswell of all & every his or their Receipts as of his & their payments & other charges before the Auditors of the Mint for the time being unless it shall please her Ma^tie otherwise to appoint the same In which Accompt the said Auditors or others to be app^d by her s^d Ma^tie to take the said Accompts shall make unto the said Warden or Wardens full allowance defaulcacon & discharge aswell of all such sum̄e & sum̄es of money as he or they shall duly prove to have been paid or disbursed for Officers Fees & wages & Diett of the s^d Officers as for any other necessary charges to be employed in & about the making of the said moneys or repairing of the s^d Offices & Houses necessary to be employed in the said service und^r the avouchm^ts of the said Master & Comptroller and Assaymaster or any two of them whereof the said Mast^r to be one And the said Accompts so to be made by the s^d Auditors or by any other of her Ma^ties special appointm^t for the same, being stated & his Debt determined & his said Accompts fully answered to her Ma^tie the s^d Warden or Wardens upon his or their suite to the Lord Chancell^rs or Lord Keeper of the Great seal or Comm^rs of the Great seale shall have Letters Patents of her Ma^tie under the great seale to be made for his or their acquittance w^thout fee therefore paying For the making of which s.^d Letters Patents these presents shall be a sufficient Warr.^t and Discharge to the said Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper or Comm^rs of the great seale for the time being without any further or special warr.^t to be sued out for the same

^[53]And her said Ma^tie doth grant and confirm by these presents that the Officers of the Mint shall at all times hold have and peaceably enjoy all places houses grounds aswell builded as unbuilded within the said Mint which heretofore have been called reputed or taken for the Mint without medling let or disturbance by y^e Chief Govern^r <16> Or Constable Lieutenn^t or any other Officers or Ministers of the Tower And her said Ma^tie doth grant & onfirm by this Indenture to the afores^d Officers and to all other Officers and Ministers of the Mint the Charters and Franchises to them before this time granted after the effect and purpose of the same Charters

^[54]And also our Sovereign Lady the Queen doth will y^t the said Moniers Workmen and all other Ministers of the Mint shall be ready to do their work at all times without denial when they shall be warned by the s^d Warden or Wardens, Master or Comptroller upon pain of losing y^r Franchises and Bodies to Prison Also that all the gold & silver that the Master shall deliver to the Moniers to be coined as afores^d shall be in clean plates & delivered by weight, and the said Moniers to make & coin the same into moneys and then deliver the same again to the Master in Clean peices proportionably by the same weight and if any thing lack of the same weight at any time of deliv^rance they to content & pay unto the said Master for the same at every deliverance at the ballance and so done the M^r to pay them the wages that belong to them

^[55]And for the Covenants agreem^ts grants & premisses abovesaid well and truly to be holden and performed on the part of the said Master & that he shall beare himself towards her Ma^tie and her people in the said Office well and reasonable and that he shall make Gree to her Ma^tie in Chancery and bindeth himself his Heires and Execut^rs to her Ma^tie by these presents And for more Surety to make Gree with the Queen and to the Merchants of that belongs to them of the gold and silver which he shall receive by and, in manner as is aforesaid while he shall be in the s.^d Office, the afores^d Master hath found Burrows & sureties afore our Sovereign Lady the Queen in her Excheꝗꝫ in the sum̄me of 2000^£ and that upon pain thereof he shall make Gree to the Queens Higness and to the Merch^ts in manner and form as is afores^d

^[56]And the said Master doth covenant promise & grant to & with her said Ma^tie from time to time to bring into the said Mint convenient and sufficient supplies of gold and silver and make full payments and deliverance of all manner of moneys with all convenient speed according to the s^d Acts of Parliam^t for the proffitt of her Ma^tie hei|r|r Heirs & Successors and the ease of the people

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^[57]And the said Master doth covenant promise and grant to and with our sovereign Lady the Queen to pay bear and sustain all manner of wast provisions necessaries and charges coming arising & growing in & about the coining of her Ma^ties gold & silver moneys respectively by the Mill and Press according to y^e allowance in that behalf made by her Ma^tie by this present Indre

^[58]And our Sovereign Lady the Queen doth will and command that the Warden or Wardens of the Mint for the time being shall content and pay to the Officers and Ministers afores^d such Stipends and wages and such Diet as in a schedule is limited & appointed in manner & form and during such term as is in the same expressed and that thereof he and they have due allowance and defalcation upon his or their accompt

^[59]And the said Master shall be holden & bound to bring or cause to be brought all the gold and silver that he shall receive by colour of his Office into the Mint to be molten and made into moneys for help and increase of the moneys for her Ma^ties proffitt & ease of her people without sale aliening or putting it to any other use Excepting all such Healing Peices Seales and Medalls of gold & silver as shall be made for her Ma^ties use or by her Ma^ties commands

^[60]And further our Sovereign Lady the Queen doth will command by these presents the Warden or Wardens of her Ma^ties Mint that he or they with all convenient speed and with the consent and agreement of y^e General of her Ma^ties Mint within the Realm of Scotland do make or cause to be made two Piles of English weights in the most perfect and exact manner that by their endeavours can be done, whereof twelve Ounces english shall overpoise twelve Ounces Scottish four pennyweights & nine grains english and that the greater & smaller weights of the two Piles shall be made and framed proportionably thereto And after the said two piles shall be so made as afores^d they shall be brought to the Tower of London and there shall be examined & printed with a Rose Crowned & Thistle crowned in y^e presence of the Officers of her Ma^ties Mint w^thin the s^d <18> Tower and after the same be so examined and printed as is aforesaid the Warden or Wardens shall at the Tower deliver one of the said Piles to y^e General of her Ma^ties Mint within her Ma^ties said Kingdome of Scotland by Bill Indented under the hands of the s^d Warden and General to be carried into Scotland by the said General & to remain with her Ma^ties Officers within her said Ma^ties Mint within the Realme of Scotland And the other of the said Piles shall remain with the Warden or Wardens for the time being within the said Tower of London

^[61]And also her said Ma^tie doth will & command by these presents the Warden or Wardens of her Ma^ties s^d. Mint for the time being that he or they will with all convenient speed and with the consent & agreement of her Ma^ties General of the Mint within the Realm of Scotland make or cause to be made two Piles of Scottish weights in the most perfect & exact manner that can be done by their endeavours whereof twelve Ounces Scottish shall be less of weight than twelve Ounces english by 4^d: {g^rd} english & so the greater & smaller weights of the said two Piles of Scottish w^ts to bee made proportionably And after the said Two Piles of Scottish weights shall be made as aforesaid they shall be brought to the s.^d Tower of London & there shall be examined & printed with a Rose Crowned & Thistle crowned in y^e presence of her Ma^ties Officers of the Mint within the s^d Tower of London & shall deliver y^e other of the s.^d Piles of Scottish weights to the General of her Ma^ties Mint w^thin the Realme of Scotland by Bill Indented under the hands of the said Warden and General to be carried into Scotland by the said General and to remaine with her Majties Officers for the time being within her Ma^ties Mint in the s^d Realm of Scotland to the end that other weights of Troy within the said Kingdome of Scotland may be made conformable unto them

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^[62]And the said Master and Worker shall accompt yearly before the Auditor of the Mint or such other as her Ma^tie shall appoint & the said Accompt so to be made & taken by the said Auditors or by any other specially appointed by her Ma^tie for the same being stated and his Debt determined and his s^d Accompt fully answered to his M^atie the said Master & Worker upon suit to the Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper or Comm^rs of the Great seale of England for the time being shall have Letters Patents of her said Ma^tie under the Great seale of England for his Acquittance without Fee therefore paying for the making of which s^d Letters Patents, these presents or the Inrollment thereof shall be a sufficient warr^t and discharge to the Lord Chancell^r. or Lord Keeper or Comm^rs of the Great seal of England for the time being without any farther or more special warrant to be issued out for the same

^[63]And the said Master & Worker is hereby authoriz'd and appointed from time to time to pay unto the Warden of the Mint for the time being, out of the moneys reced by the said Master & Worker out of the Excheꝗꝫ afores.^d such sume & sumes of money as from time to time shall be due & payable by the said Warden & Wardens unto the Officers of the Mint for their Fees & Salaries and for repairs and such other expences of the Mint as have been heretofore usually paid & disbursed by the Warden or Wardens of the Mint for the time being And the s^d Master & Worker is hereby likewise app^d & authorized out of the moneys reced or to be reced by him upon or by vertue of the s^d Act for incouraging Coinage aforesaid. to retain & keep in his own hands yearly the sum̄e of 1175^£ aswell for the Fees & Salaries due to himself as also for the paying & discharging of the several & respective Fees & salaries of the severall & respective Officers of the Mint and Clerks in the said Schedule mentioned to bee payable by the said Master and Worker according to the Distribution and appointment menconed in y^e said Schedule.

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^[64]And our Sovereign Lady the Queen doth hereby order and appoint that the Warden Master & Worker & Comptroller of her Ma^ties Mint & Mints to that hereafter shall bee and their respective Deputies shall & do before his their oor any of their being admitted into the knowledge of the invention of rounding of her Ma{illeg}|j|^ties moneys & marking of the Edges of them with Letters or Grainings or either of them take an oath before the Lord High Treasurer or Comm^rs of the Treasury for the time being who are hereby respectively authorized to give the same not to reveal or discover to any person or ꝑsons whatsoever the said new invention of rounding the monies & marking the Edges of them with Letters or Grainings or either of y^m directly or indirectly unless her Ma^tie her Heirs or Success^rs shall otherwise command and direct the same And her Ma^tie doth hereby likewise order and appoint that all such Workmen y^t shall be trusted or employed in the making or using the said Instruments for rounding the moneys & marking the moneys upon the Edges as afores^d shall likewise take an oath before the Warden of the Mint for the time being who is hereby authoriz{'d} to administer the same accordingly not to reveal or discover to any person or persons whatsoever the s^d new invention of rounding the moneys & marking the Edges of them w^th Letters or Graining{s} as aforesaid or either of them directly or indirectly in part or in whole

^[65]It it {sic} is hereby likewise strictly commanded & enjoyn'd by her said Ma^tie that neither the Provost nor any of the Moniers of the s^d Mint their Apprentices or Servants do or shall at any time after the date hereof presume to vend pay or distribute any peice or peices of her Ma^ties coined moneys either of gold or Silver untill the same shall be delivered by them according to the course of the Mint into her Ma^ties Office of the Receipt there, & duly assayed & pixed upon pain of forfeiting their Franchises & Bodies to Prison

^[66]And farther that no person or persons do live or inahbit within her Ma^ties Mint in the Tower of London without the Knowledge or approbacon of the Warden M^r Worker & Comptr{oll^r} of the Mint for the time being Except such Officers Workmen Moniers & Minist^rs of the said Mint & such other persons as have right thereto

^[67]And her said Ma^tie doth by these presents also will & ordain that the Comptroller of the Mint for the time being shall deliver upon oath taken before one of y^e Barons of the Exche{} a Roll w^ch shall be call'd y^e Comptroll^rs roll containing an acc^t of all y^e gold and silv^r bullion & allay molten & of all y^e gold & silv^r moneys coin'd monthly in y^e s^d Mint

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^[68]And the said Master or his Deputy shall pay unto such Officers or Workmen that shall be employed in making of several gold & silver peices round before they are sized & for the marking of the Edges of them with Letters or Grainings & for the keeping in repair all the Rollers & Instruments to cutt flatten make round & size the peices & to marke the edges of the monies with Letters & Grainings & all other Tools Engines & instruments such allowances from time to time as shall be directed by the High Treasurer or Comm^rs of the Treasury for the time being not exceeding the sum̄e of six pence for every pound w^t Troy of gold moneys & the sum̄e of three half pence for every pound w^t Troy of the s^d Silver moneys as also for the making labour & expences therein

^[69]And furthermore because the Provost & Company of Moniers & Workers of the moneys may be encouraged to do their duties well in the making sizing blanking & coining of the gold & silver moneys as also for the making upon every hundred pounds w^t of silver moneys hereafter to be coined one pound w^t and a half or eighteen Ounces in the Quantities or Species following viz^t in pence half an Ounce, in two pences three Ounces, in three pences six Ounces & in Groats eight Ounces & a half Our sovereign Lady the Queen for the consideracons afores^d is gratiously pleased & hereby contented & by these presents doth give power & authority to the M^r & Worker of the Mint for the time being that so long as the Warden of the Mint & he the said M^r & Comptroller or any two of them whereof the said Warden to be one shall perceive the afores^d moneys to be well sized blancked and coined by the performance of the said service in small moneys the s^d Master shall pay to the afores^d Provost & Company of Moniers one penny by Tale of every pound weight of all the silver money's to be made & coined by force of this Indenture over & above the ordinary price of eight pence allowed them whereof the Master shall have allowance upon accompt by vertue of these presents at all times hereafter without any other or more special warrant

^[70]Provided also that the Moniers having the Gold and silver delivered unto them in cleane Ingotts fitt to bee wrought shall make and deliver seven twelfth parts of the same in money so that there be but Five parts in twelve scissell

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^[71]And our Sovereign Lady the Queen doth hereby will and command that the Clerk of the Irons for the time being do keep a true Accompt of all the blank Dyes for the Coining of the gold & silver moneys which shall from time to time be delivered to the Chief Ingraver or Ingravers of her Ma^ties Mint for the time being And also of all the Blank Dyes which shall be sunk or stamp'd by the s^d Graver or Gravers and of all the Dyes which after sinking shall be made fitt for use and hardned And the s^d Graver and Gravers is and are hereby likewise enjoyned monthly to return unto the said Clerk of the Irons all Dyes as shall from time to time be faulty & worn by using in the said Mint or otherwise to be defaced in the presence of the Warden M^r & Comptroll^r of the said Mint & not otherwise

^[72]And the said Clerk of the Ions is hereby further enjoyn{'}d to give an Accompt to the said Warden M^r & Comptroller as he shall thereunto be required by them of what Blank Dyes have been delivered unto the said Graver or Gravers or sunk by them or hardned by the Smith and what faulty and worn out Dyes have been returned by them to be defaced as also what others are remaining in their hands that a just Accompt may be kept of the same

^[73]And that the said Gravers shall not work or make or grave any Punchions Matrices Dyes or stamps for the making or coining of any money of gold and silver But only in such houses or places in her Ma^ties Mint within the Tower of London as shall be thereunto assigned by the aforesaid Warden Master & Comptroller

^[74]And for the more exact sizing of gold and silver Coines to be made by the Mill and Press & y^e reducing of them to a greater exactness & equality in weight It is hereby ordered commanded and appointed by her Ma^tie that the Counterpoise of the severall and respective gold and silver hereinmentioned be made lighter than their just weight according to the proportions following (That is to say) That two Grains be taken from the Counterpoise of the Crowne, one grain from the half Crowne, half a grain from the shilling and a quarter of a grain to be taken from the Counterpoise of the sixpence of silver moneys And that two grains be taken <23> from the Counterpoise of the five pound peice, one Grain from the Forty shilling peice, half a grain from the twenty shilling peice and a quarter of a grain from the Counterpoise of the tenn shilling peice of Gold

^[75]And our sovereign Lady the Queen doth hereby command and enjoyn the Provost and the rest of the Moniers of the Mint with their respective App^rntices duly to attend her Majesties service in the present way of Coining as need shall require both morning and afternoon and to work in such Tasks and so many hours every day Sunday only excepted as shall bee thought fit and appointed them by the said Master according to the labour of their respective Tasks and the length of the days And in Case the said Provist and Fellows or any of their Apprentices shall wilfully neglect or refuse to attend and do y^r Duties accordingly Then the Warden Master & Comptroll^r of the Mint for the time being are hereby required and authorized to proceed ag^t every the s^d persons offending and to expell remove or otherwise punish them and every of them as in reason and justice they shall think fit for her Ma^ties service according to the anc^t powers & authorities of right belonging to them

^[76]And her said Ma^tie doth hereby further declare her pleasure to be that these presents & the agreem^ts therein contained shall be of force & have continuance only during her Ma^ties pleasure any thing in these p^rsents contaiend to the contrary notwithstanding

In Witness whereof to one part of these present Indentures remaining with our said Sovereign Lady the Queen the said Isaac Newton hath set his hand and seale And to the other part of these present Indentures remaining with the said Isaac Newton our said Sovereign Lady the Queen hath caused her Great seale of England to be affixed Yeoven the day and yeare abovewritten

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A Schedule or Table of the Fees & salaries {of y^e} Officers of her Ma^ties Mint within the Tower of London

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The Fees and Salaries of the Officers of the Mint payable to and by the Master and Worker viz^t

Per Bre de Privato Sigillo Seymour.

Irrotlat in Officio {nu'} Auditoꝝ de le Mint & le Prests &c xviij^o die Novembr' A^o Dni 1703 A^oꝗꝫ rni Dnæ nræ Annæ Rnæ &c scdo.

F: Bythell Dep: B: Bridges Ad Audit'

Irrotl in Officio Edri Harley Ar' {nu'} duoꝝ Auditoꝝ de le Prests &c de le Mint &c xxviij^o die Novembr 1703.

Ia: Moody Dep: Auditor'.

^[77]This Indenture made the sixth day of May in the fourth yeare of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George by the grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c. And in the year of our Lord 1718 Beeween {sic} Our S^d Sovereign the Kings most Excellent Ma^tie of the one part and Sir Isaac Newton Kn^t of the other part ^[78]Wittnesseth That Whereas Our Sovereign Lord the King by his Letters Patents, bearing date the first day of Ianuary One thousand Seven hundred & fourteen for the considerations therein mentioned did give & grant to the said Sir Isaac Newton the Office of Master and Worker of all his Ma^ties Moneys both of Gold and Silver within his Ma^ties Mint within the Tower of London and elsewhere in his s^d Ma^ties Kingdom of England Together with the yearly Fee or Pension of Five hundred pounds to be paid Quarterly unto him at or upon the Twenty fifth day of March the twenty fourth day of Iune, the twenty Ninth day of Septemb^r. and the twenty fifth day of December by even and equal portions withall Edifices, Buildings Gardens, & other Fees, Allowances proffitts Priviledges Franchises and immunities belonging to the said Office. ^[79]To have and to hold the S^d Office of Master & Worker unto the Said Sir Isaac Newton to be exercised by himself or his sufficient Deputy or Deputies for whome he will answer, And also the Said yearly Fee or Pention of Fivehundred Pounds with the S^d houses Edifices Buildings Gardens, and other Fees allowances proffitts, Advantages Priviledges Franchises, Liberties & Immunities, for & dureing his Ma^ties pleasure in as full and ample manner as he the S^d Sir Isaac Newton or any other person or persons heretofore holding the S^d Office have held or enjoyed the Same ^[80]And whereas it is provided by his Said Ma^ties Letters Patents That the said Sir Isaac Newton after he Shall be in possession of the Said Office shall within two Months after the Signification of his said Ma^ties pleasure by the Lord High Treasurer of Great Brittain or Commissioners of the Treasury for the time being make and execute on his part Such and the like Indenture & agreements for and concerning the makeing the Several Sorts of Money of Gold and Silver and for payment of the Severall Officers <28> of the Mint and for other matters and things relating thereto and to the Execution of the S^d Office as were formerly made with the alterations and additions if any Should be thought fitt and directed by his Ma^tie for the better management and carrying on of that Service ^[81]Now this Indenture Wittnesseth that for and in consideration of the covenants and agreements hereinafter contained on the part of the Said Sir Isaac Newton Our Said Sovereign Lord the King of his Speciall Grace certain knowledge and meer motion Hath given, granted ratified and confirmed and Doth by these presents give grant ratifie & confirm to the S^d Sir Isaac Newton the Said Office of Master and Worker of all his Ma^ties Money both of Gold and Silver within his Ma^ties Kingdom of England, Together with the yearly Fee or pention of Five hundred Pounds Sterling to be paid by Quarterly payments (That is to say) at or upon the 25^th day of March, the 24^th day of Iune, the 29^th day of September and the 25^th day of December yearly by even and equall portions out of such Monies as in and by an Act of Parliam^t made in the Eighteenth year of the Reign of his late Ma^tie King Charles the Second & confirmed by one other Act made in the 25^th year of his s^d Ma^ties reign both which were revived and continued by an Act made in the First year of his late Ma^tie King Iames the seconds reign. & again by another Act made in the Fourth year of his late Ma^tie king William and the late Queen Mary and after by an Act made in the 12^th year of the reign of the late King William w^th. S^d Severall Acts were revived and continued by another Act made in the Seventh year of her late Ma^tie Queen Anne & are farther continued by another Act made in the First Year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord King George or in and by any of the s^d Acts, are allowed to be issued yearly out of his S^d Ma^ties Exchequer for the Fees or Sallary's of the Officers of the Mint or Mints & towards the providing maintaining & repairing of the houses Offices and Buildings & other necessarys for Assaying Melting down & coining dureing so long time as the Acts of Parliam^t shall be and continue in Force ^[82]and after the S^d Acts of Parliam^t Shall cease and be void then the S^d Fee or Yearly pention to be paid out of Such other Monies and in Such other manner as shall by any Act <29> ^[83]Or Acts of Parliam^t hereafter to be made be appointed & allowed to be issued out for y^e Fees or Sallaries of the Offices of the Mint or Mints. & in Default of any such allowance or appointm^t. to be hereafter made by Parliam^t. & during Such time and times as there shall hereafter happen to be no such allowance or appointm^t made by Authority of Parliam^t the S^d Fee or yearly pention of five hundred pounds pounds {sic} Sterling to be p^d unto the s^d Sir Isaac Newton out of his Ma^ties Seignorage or allowance For Coynage of Gold and Silver Monies or other his Ma^ties Proffitts of the Mint or Such other part of his Majesties Revenues as his Ma^tie shall direct ^[84]And Our Sovereign Lord the King for the considerations afores^d Hath also Given granted and confirmed, And by these p^rsents Doth give grant and confirm unto the s^d Sir Isaac Newton all Ediffices Buildings Gardens and other Proffitts priviledges Franchises and immunities belonging to the afores^d Office ^[85]To have hold and enjoy the s^d Office of Master and Worker unto the Said Sir Isaac Newton and to exercize the Same by himself or his Sufficient Deputy or Deputies for whome he will answer And also to hold and enjoy the Said Fee or yearly pention of Five hundred pounds Sterling Together with the houses Ediffices & Buildings Gardens proffitts, Advantages priviledges Franchises, Liberties & Immunities, for and during his said Maj^ties pleasure in as full and ample manner to all intents and purposes as he the S^d S^r Isaac Newton or any other person or persons, did or at any time hereafter, might or ought to hold and enjoy the Same ^[86]And Whereas by the afores^d Acts of Parliam^t it is amongst other things provided that no monies leviable or payable by the Same Shall be applied or converted to any Use or Uses w^tsoever other than to the defraying y^e charge & expence of the Mint or Mints in Great Brittain, & of the Assaying melting down and Wast and Coynage of Gold and Silver, and the encouragment of the bringing in of Gold and Silver into the S^d Mint or Mints there to be coyned into the current Coynes of this Kingdom nor Should any of the s^d Monies be issued out of the Exchequer But by order or Warrant of the Lord High Treasurer or under Treasurer or Commissioners of the Treasury for the time being to the Master <30> And Worker or Master and Workers for the time being of his Ma^ties Mint or Mints within the S^d Kingdom of England and mentioning that they are for the use and Service afores^d to be kept in his Ma^ties Office of Receipt in the s^d Mint or Mints and the usuall Keys of the Warden Master and Worker and Comptroller for the time being and issued out thence from time to time according to the manner & course of the s^d Mint or Mints respectively as by the Same Acts more plainly appear Excepting only Such Sum̄es not exceeding 400^li. in any one year as Shall be applyed to the prosecuting of those who Counterfeit or Diminish the current coynes ^[87]And in regard the paym^ts and Disbursements of the S^d Mint or Mints formerly paid out of this Seignorage or allowance for Coynage are by the aforesaid Acts of Parliam^t appointed to be paid out of the Monies arising by the Same Acts of Parliam^t Wherefore Our Said Sovereign Lord the King doth by these p^rsents ordain and appoint that the s^d Master and Worker shall receive out of his Ma^ties Exche from time to time all such moneys as are appointed to be paid unto him by the s^d Acts of Parliam^t for defraying the charges or expences of the Mint or Mints and of the Assaying, melting down, Wast and coynage of Gold and Silver and the Encouragm^t of bringing in of Gold and Silver into the S^d Mints there to be coyned into the current Coynes of this Kingdom ^[88]And that the S^d Master and Worker shall upon his Accompt yearly to be made of his receipts, paym^ts charges & disbursements before the Auditor of the Mint, or Mints for the time being have full allowance defalcation & discharge of and for all such Sume & Sum̄s of Money as he shall duly pay and disburse according to the true intent & meaning of the above recited Letters Patents & according to the direction hereafter in these presents expressed & according to the course of the S^d Mint, or Mints respectively as by the Same Acts of Parliament is directed and appointed ^[89]And the s^d S^r Isaac Newton doth by these presents Covenant undertake and agree to and with Our Sovereign Lord the King To make his Ma^ties Monies in Manner & form following (That is to say) to make five sorts of Money of Crown Gold ^[90]One peice w^ch shall be called the Quarter Guinea or y^e five shillings <31> And threepence peice running for 5^s. 3^d. Sterling, and there shall be One hundred & Seventy & Eight of these in the pound w^t. Troy, ^[91]One other peice which shall be called the half Guinea or the Ten Shillings & Sixpence peice running for 10^s. 6^d. Sterling and there shall be Eighty Nine of these in the pound weight Troy, ^[92]One other peice w^ch shall be called the Guinea or the Twenty one shilling peice runing for Twenty & one Shillings Sterling & there shall be Forty four of those, & One Ten shillings & six pence peice or the weight of one Ten shillings & six pence peice in the pound weight Troy, One other peice w^ch shall be called the Double Guinea or Forty two Shillings peice, runing for Forty & two shillings Sterling, & there shall be twenty two of those & one Tenn Shillings peice or the weight of a Ten shillings peice in the pound w^t Troy, And one other peice, w^ch shall be called the Five Guinea or five pounds five shillings peice runing for Five pounds & Five Shillings Sterling there Shall be Nine of these wanting One Ten shillings & six pence or the weight of a ten shillings six pence peice in the pound weight Troy. ^[93]And that every pound weight Troy of all the Moneys of Gold afores^d shall be in value forty and six Pounds fourteen shillings and Sixpence shall be in fineness at the Tryall of the same Twenty two Carratts of fine Gold & two Carrats of Allay in every pound Weight Troy. Our Sovereign Lord the King doth Will Ordain & establish by these presents to be the right standard of his Ma^ties Monies of Crown Gold ^[94]And the S^d Sir Isaac Newton shall have and receive the Sum̄ of Six Shillings and Sixpence for the Coynage of every pound weight Troy of Gold Monies to be by him detained and kept for the paying bearing and Sustaining all manner of Wasts provisions necessaries & charges comeing and arising & growing in & about the coyning of his Ma^ties S^d Gold Monies by the Mill and press out of the Monies paid and payable to him as is hereafter expressed And the S^d Master shall out of y^e said six shillings and six pence allowed unto him and to be received by him as afores^d every pound weight of the Moneys of Gold from time to time pay unto the Monyers the sum̄e of three Shillings for their Labour Wast and charges in the coining of every pound w^t. Troy of the S^d Gold <32> Moneys by the Mill and Press according to the undertakings and agreem^ts of the Monyers w^th the s^d Master and Worker ^[95]But because the said Monies of Gold may not continually be made according to all things to the right Standard but peradventure in default of the s^d Master and Worker it shall be sometimes found too strong or too feeble by too much or too little in Weight or in fineness or in both the Sixth part of a Caratt in the pound weight of Gold and no more The w^ch Sixth part in them both shall be called Remedy for the Master, That then that money shall be de{illeg} for good But if default be found in the Same Money in Weight or in fineness or in both over the Sixth part of a Caratt w^ch is called remedy as afores^d then the deliverance shall cease and y^t Money shall be challenged and adjudged less than good and to be Molten and recoyned at the cost of the Master till it be put to point as Money deliverable, Excepting onely the Quarter Guineas for because these peices cannot be sized w^th the Same exactness as the larger peices of Gold Money's may be ^[96]There shall be added to the S^d Remedy in Weight one half Grain for every four Quarter Guineas in the pound weight Troy of the Moneys tr{yed} So always that Such respective defaults happen by casualty otherwise not, And the Gold to be brought into his Ma^ties Mint to be Coyned shall be coyned into such peices as his Ma^tie by his Royall Sign Manuall shall direct in Case he shall be pleased to give direction or directions touching the Same ^[97]And also the s{aid} Master hath undertaken and by these p^rsents doth agree and undertake to and w^th Our Sovereign Lord the King to make Eight manner of Moneys of Silver (That is to say) ^[98]One peice w^ch shall be called the Crown runing for five Shillings Sterling and there shall be twelve of these and two shillings in the pound w^t Troy ^[99]One other peice w^ch shall be called the half Crown runing for Two shillings & Six pence Sterling & there Shall be Twenty four of those and Two shillings in the pound Weight Troy ^[100]One other piece w^ch Shall be called the shilling runing for twelve pence Sterling and there shall be Sixty Two of those in the pound Weight Troy, ^[101]One other peice w^ch shall be called y^e halfe Shilling runing for Sixpence Sterling and there shall be one hundred and Twenty four of those in the pound Weight Troy. One other peice w^ch shall be called <33> ^[102]The Groat runing for four pence Sterling and there shall be one hundred and Eighty Six of those in the pound weight Troy, ^[103]One other peice w^ch shall be called the half Six pence runing for three pence Sterling & there Shall be two hundred forty eight of those in the pound Weight Troy ^[104]One other peice w^ch shall be called the half Groat runing for two pence Sterling and there shall be Three hundred seventy two of those in the pound weight Troy ^[105]And one other peice w^ch shall be called the Penny runing for one penny Sterling & there shall be Seven hundred and Forty four of those in the pound weight Troy ^[106]And every pound weight of the Moneys aforesaid shall be and hold in Number as afores^d and be in value three pounds two Shillings Sterling and Shall be in fineness at the Tryall of the Same Eleven Ounces Two penny weight of Fine Silver & Eighteen penny weight of Allay w^th Eleven Ounces and two penny Weight of Fine Silver & Eighteen penny Weight of Allay in the pound Weight Troy afores^d is the Old right Standard of the Moneys of Silver of England And be the s^d Master be bound to make all the Monies of Crown Gold and Standard Silver afores^d agreeable in fineness to the respective indented Tryall peices made by y^e direction of the late King Iames the Second in the Fourth year of his reign w^ch Said indented Tryall peices do remain in the Six Severall places hereafter mentioned (That is to say) One indented peice of Crown Gold and one indented peice of standard Silver in his Ma^ties Treasury w^thin this Kingdom of England to try the Monies from time to time coined by the said Master and Worker of his Ma^ties Monies for the time being in fineness thereby the like with the Warden of the Mint within the Tower of London for the time being to try the Monies of Gold and Silver from time to time coyned in his Ma^ties Mint in fineness thereby as also to try the Gold and Silver Bullion brought thither if any difference shall happen to arise between the S^d Master & Worker and the bringers in of the Same, The like w^th the S^d Master & Worker to make the S^d Moneys in fineness thereby, The like with the Warden of the Company of Goldsmiths within the City of London in Goldsmiths Hall for the Tryall of their plate and other Goldsmiths Works as well of Gold as of Silver in fineness thereby The like within his Ma^ties Treasury of the Kingdom of Scotland to charge the Officers of his Ma^ties Moneys for the time being w^thin the s^d Kingdom of Scotland thereby for the true making of y^e <34> Said Moneys there And the like with the Generall and other Officers of the Mint within the said Kingdom {of} Scotland to make the Money in the s^d Kingdom in fineness thereby ^[107]And the Said Sir Isaac Newton shall have and receive the sum̄e of one shilling and four pence half penny to be by him taken and kept for the coynage of every pound Weight Troy of Silver Monies for the paying bearing and Sustaining of all manner of Wasts Provisions, Necessaries & charges comeing ariseing and growing in and about the coyning of his Ma^ties Crowns half Crowns, Shillings, and Sixpences, of Silver Monies by the Mill and Press, out of the Monies to be paid and payable to him as is herein after expressed And the s^d Master Shall out of the Said one Shilling and four pence half penny allowed to him as afores^d and received by him for every pound w^t Troy of the Moneys of Silver pay from time to time unto the Moneyers the Sum̄e of eightpence for the makeing of every pound w^t Troy of the said silver Monies by the Mill and press according to the undertaking and agreem^t of the said Monyers with the s^d Master and Worker ^[108]And Our Sovereign Lord the King doth by these presents Order and appoint the s^d Master and Worker out of the Monies to be paid to him as afores^d shall pay or cause to be paid yearly unto the Warden or Wardens of his s^d Ma^ties Mint or Mints in England for the time being by quarterly payments the yearly sum̄me of One thousand four hundred & thirty five pounds for the Fees and Sallaries of the Severall respective Officers of the Mint payable by the said Warden according to the distribution & appointment; mentioned in a Schedule hereunto Annexed But because the said Monies of Silver cannot be continually made in a{ll} things according to the right standard inasmuch as sometimes in default of the s^d Master & Worker it m{ay} be made too Strong or too feeble by too much or too lit{tle} <35> In in {sic} Weight or in Fineness or in both ^[109]Our Sovereign Lord the King doth Will that when the said Monies of Silver upon the Assay before the delivery be found to Strong or to feeble all onely in Weight or all onely in fineness or in both by two penny weights in the pound w^t Troy after the old computation of Twenty w^tts in the Ounce & no more the w^ch two penny w^ts in that ons; or two penny w^ts in that other or two penny w^ts in them both Shall be called y^e remedy for the Master. ^[110]That then such Monies, to be delivered for good So always the Same default do happen by Casualty otherwise not But if default be found in the said Monies in Weight or in fineness or in both over the s^d Twenty penny w^ts in the pound Weight Troy aforesaid then cease the deliverance of the Money & the same to be challenged less than good and at the cost of the Master to be new Molten & recoined till it be put to point as Monies deliverable as afores^{d [111]}And Our Sovereign Lord the King willeth agreeth & granteth by this Indre that the said Master and Worker for the time being shall receive as well his Ma^ties own Bullion of Gold and Silver as y^e Bullion of any other person or persons w^tsoever repairing to his Mint w^th any Bullion of Gold & Silver afores^d to be coyned into the Monies afre mentioned by weight delivering to the parties bringing in the same Bullion Bills testifying the Weight fineness and Vallue of the Same Together w^th the day and order of its Delivery into the s^d Mint or Mints and within as convenient time as may be deliver the same again to Our Sovereign Lord the King for his Bullion, & to the other parties or their Attorneys delivering the same Bills by the same Weight according to the Value of the s^d Bullion at such time and in such man̄er, and form as in this present Indre is Limited and appointed ^[112]And Our Sovereign Lord the King doth will and command by this Indenture y^t the s^d Warden & Wardens & the Comptroller and Comptrollers, of his Maj^ties Mint as also his Maj^ties Cheif Clerk, and Clerk of the Papers for the time being shall enter and record in the severall Ledger Books, all such <36> Bullion of Gold and Silver as from time to time shall be brought into the said Mint the w^ch Entry shall comprehend the Weight, Fineness and value of the Said Bullion the parties name that brought it and what day & after y^e s^d Bullion of Gold and Silver shall be received & the Assays thereof made reported and entered into the s^d Ledger Books the same, Bullion shall be forthwith put into a Chest or Room & the Chest or Room shall be locked with three Keys whereof one Key shall remain with the s^d Warden or Wardens or one of them and One other of the Keys shall remain with the s^d Master for the time being & y^e other Key shall remain w^th the said Comptroller & Comptrollers for the time being & there shall continue untill such time as the same be delivered for the makeing of Monies ^[113]And the Wardens or one of them, and the Comptrollers, & likewise his Maj^ties Clerk, shall also keep Severall Books of melting declareing in the sam{e} the Quantity & Fineness of all manner of Gold and Silver and assay put into the Melting with the Report of every assay called the pott Assay & the Same Books shall remain in their Severall custodyes to charge the Master withall, And the S^d Books shall be monthly Subscribed & figured by the Said Wardens or one of them & the Master and Comptroller And the Assay Master of Our Sovereign Lord the King shall keep one Book of all Such Bullion of Gold and Silver as shall be brought into the said Mint whereby the quantity & Fineness may appear with the report also of the Assay, of of {sic} every severall pot commonly called the pot Assay w^ch pott Assay Shall be made of some Ingott of the Said Bullion to be taken by the S^d Warden or Wardens Comptroller and Assay Master or any two of them after the Pot is cast out ^[114]And if any person or persons happen to bring into the Mint any manner of Gold and Silver nigh to the standard afores^d then the Master Shall receive it for the value accordingly So as the charge to make it agreeable in fineness to the severall Standards afores^d be born and Sustained out of the Revenue arising to his Matie by Virtue of the afores^d Acts of Parliament And Our Said Sovereign Lord the King doth by these presents ^[115]\give/ full power and Authority unto the S^d Master and Worker from time to time to put such privy Mark or marks upon the edges or flat Sides of the s^d Gold and Silver Ma{illeg}y So to be Coined as afores^d as he the S^d Monies and from time to time to alter and change Such privy mark as he Shall Iudge the Same most convenient and necessary so that <37> The Said Master and Worker may from time to time know and discover w^ch of Gold and Silver amongst other be made by him and w^ch not ^[116]And the s^d Warden or Wardens and Comptroller or their Deputies shall oversee and survey the s^d Assaying melting sizeing & makeing of the s^d Monies of Gold and Silver at all times and in all places & shall endeavour and procure that the said Monies and every of them be made and perfected according to the true intent of this Indre and the charge committed to them And they shall also see and procure y^t the Ballances and Weights be always amended and put to point from time to time when they Shall need so that no default be found in them to the hurt of his Matie or his People ^[117]And the Surveyor of the Meltings shall take care of his duty in Surveying y^e meltings afores^d and shall keep a Book containing the Weight of such Gold and Silver as Shall be molten from time to time with the Assays put into the Same, ^[118]And when the said Monies be coined and compleat the said Warden or Wardens Mast^r and Comptroller or Comptrollers shall put them into a Chest or Room locked with three Keys whereof one Shall remaine w^th the S^d Warden or Wardens, One w^th the S^d Master and the third with the Comptroller untill Such time as proof and Tryall be made of the s^d Money & payment, be made to the bringers in of the said Bullion accordingly w^ch proof shall be made in the presence of the s^d Warden or Wardens, Master and Comptroller or Comptrollers by his Ma^ties Assay Master for the time being the same Assay to be taken as well as of y^e fineness as of the weight by such quantity and after such sort as be agreed on by the said Warden or Wardens Comptroller and Assay Master And after the said Monies of Gold and Silver be Assayed & proved for good as afores^d before and deliverance be of the whole sum̄e a portion of the s^d Warden or Wardens or by their Deputy or Deputies in the presence of the Said Mast^r or his Deputy and the Comptrollers or their Deputy whereof the Assay shall be made before Our Sovereign Lord the King from time to time or Such of his Councill as have been accustomed, or shall be appointed by his Ma^tie at Westminster or elswhere it shall please his Ma^tie or his Councill to appoint, That is to Say for every Iourney Weight of Gold not exceeding fifteen pounds Weight <38> Two peices whereof the one to be for the Pix and y^e other for the Assay, And out of every Iourney of Silver Money containing Sixty pounds weight two peices at least y^e one moiety thereof to be for the Pix and y^e other Moiety for the Assay. And they shall be ensealed w^th y^e s{illeg} the S^d Warden or Wardens Master and Comptroller or Comptrollers & y^e s{illeg} Box Shall be shutt with three Key's whereof one shall abide {w^th y^e} Warden or Wardens, & one w^th the Master & y^e third w^th y^e Comptroller or Comptrollers w^ch pix shall remaine in a Chest or Room as is afor{es^d} & upon reasonable warning thereof given it Shall be opened from time to time before Our Sovereign Lord the King or Such of his Councill as shall be by his Ma^tie Appointed at Westminster or elswhere it Shall please his Ma^tie or his Councill to appoint ^[119]And in the presence of the s^d Warden or Wardens Master & Comptroller {illeg} Shall be Assays made as well of the fineness as of the Weight of y^e S^d Moneys of Gold and Silver in the s^d Box after the most just manner as can be thought of to be made, by fire by Water, by Touch or by Weight or by all or by any of them, To the end y^t yf the s^d Money{s} of Gold or Silver be found to prove good & Covenable, after y^e Cov^ts Orders & Agreem^ts afores^d The s^d Master to be quite excused & discharged against his s^d Ma^tie and all his people to that day And then the s^d Master at his Will to have Letters Patents of Our Sovereign Lord the King under the Great Seal of Great Brittain to be made for his a\c/quittance, Specifying the \s^d/ Assays to be made & f{illeg} as afores^d in Such Sort in ancient times hath been accustomed w^thout Fee Therefore paying for w^ch Letters Patents these presents Shall be a Sufficient Warrant & discharge to the Lord Chancellour or Lord Keeper of y^e Great Seal of Great Brittain for the time being w^thout any Further or especiall Warrant to be issued out for the same ^[120]And if it shall be found by the Assays y^t the pound w^t truely tryed answers not the full Standard in fineness as afores^d But shall be {illeg} and yet within Remedies afores^d the lack thereof Shall be entered on record by the Warden or Wardens & Comptroller or Such as they Shall thereunto Appoint & a true Account thereof shall be made {to} his Ma^tie & the Same fully and wholly to be answered to his Maj^tie without any proffitt or commodity to grow unto any other person or persons for y^e Same ^[121]Saveing always that in case by the S^d Assay it Shall be found y^t the same Moneys of Gold and Silver do pass at any time y^e S^d Standards or any of them So as the Same be better in fineness, or in Weight or in both. than is appointed by the Standards and yet within the Remedies, Then so much <39> Thereof to be entered of Record, & hold place to the said Matter in the charge w^ch he shall have when any lack shall be found by the s^d Assays under the stand^d afores^{d [122]}And if \it/ shall happen in the s^d Moneys of Gold & Silver or either of them upon either of the just Assays as shall be made of the aboves^d Boxes in manner afores^d be it weight or in fineness or in both any default be found w^thout the Said Remedies ordained for the Said Master as is aboves^d or any of them. The s^d Master shall make Fine & Ransom to his S^d Ma^tie at his Will Also the S^d Warden Master & Worker and Comptroller or any of them as often as need shall require shall and may take up as many Gravers to grave Irons at his Ma^ties price & also as many smiths Workmen & Llabourers, and other necessarys to and for the makeing of the S^d Irons and Money afores^d & the doing of all manner of Business Within the Mint as to y^e said Warden Master and Comptroller shall seem needfull to have. In w^ch takeing of Such Gravers Smiths Workmen and Labourers & other necessaries Our Sovereign Lord y^e King doth will and com̄and by this Indre, all Mayors Sherriffs, Bayliffs and other Officers y^t they to the s^d Warden or Wardens Master and Comptroller afores^d and to his and their Deputy and Deputies therein be assisting, aiding, helping and fortifying as to right doth belong ^[123]And Our Sovereign Lord the King doth Will and grant by these presents that it shall be lawfull for the S^d Warden or Wardens Master and Comptroller of his Ma^ties Mint \at/ all times Such & so many of the S^d Engravers, Smiths, Workmen, & Labourers as by their discresions be not of good bearing in their Offices & Labours to put out avoid and amove like as to the Warden or Wardens Master or Comptroller Shall Seem meet according to right & for his Ma^ties Weale. ^[124]And Be the S^d Master bound and holden to receive all manner of Gold and Silver Brought into the Tower after the value (That is to say) every parcell in its degree One to the more another to the less after the Quantity it shall appear by the Assay to be better or worse than the Standard; And if the s^d Master & the Merchant w^ch bringeth in the s^d Gold and Silver may not accord Between them of the true value, his Ma^ties Assay Master {illeg} that Deputed in the p^rsence of the s^d Warden or Wardens Master {illeg} Comptroller ought and shall try the truth in that part And the S^d Master Shall thereupon receive the same & stand {t}hereafter charged in manner as it belongeth And Our {So}vereign Lord the King doth Will and charge straitly by {th}is Indre all the Officers of the Tower aforesaid that y^e Officers {af}ores^d & all other Officers of the Mint and their Servants & also <40> ^[125]Also all manner of persons bringing Gold & Silver to {be Try}{ed} shall have free Ingress, Egress, and Issue by the Gates & through y^e {sai}{d} Tower and Franchises thereof inward & outward at all times w^th{out} any arresting, disturbance, letting or gainsaying of the Cheif Govern{r} Constable, or Lieutenant or the Porter or other Officer or person w^tsoever, he be for any manner of Debt matter of Cause w^tso{ever} it be; and without any thing given to them or any other to have such Entry or Issue ^[126]And be the S^d Warden or Wardens Master & Comptroller held and bound to give their attendance at the said Mint every Wednesday in the Week and Such other days as shall be appointed and agreed on for the receipt of all such Bullion as shall be brought into the S^d Mint & for the delivery out of y^e Said Coined Monies. ^[127]And the s^d Master to pay the sūm of Fifty and two pounds by the year towards the Charges of the Dyet{t} of One hundred and four pounds, heretofore allowed by his Matie Royall predecessors to the Officers of the S^d Mint. The Sum̄e of Fifty two pounds to be paid by the S^d Master so long as his Ma^tie Shall continue his part of the Dyett hereafter in these p^rsents Expressed and allowed and of the same & every of them to discharge and acquit Our Sovereign Lord the King from time to time & so long as he shall continue Master & Worker of the said Money's ^[128]And his Ma^tie doth grant by these presents to bear and allow y^e other Sum̄e of Fifty two pounds parceil of One hundred & four pounds, for the Dyet of the Officers afores^d Which his Ma^ties will and pleasure is shall from time to time be paid by the s^d Warden or Wardens & doth grant that thereof he shall have allowance on his Account The s^d Dyett to continue till his Ma^tie shall order otherwise under his Ma^ties Sign Manual And that the said Warden or Wardens Shall make his or their Accounts yearly as well of all and every his or their Receipts as of his and their payments and other charges before the Auditors of the Mint for the time being unless it shall please his Ma^tie otherwise to appoint the same In w^ch Account the s^d Auditors or others to be appointed by his s^d Ma^tie to take the s^d Accounts shall make unto the s^d Warden or Wardens full allowance defalcation and discharge as well of all such Sume & Sum̄s of Money as he or they shall duely prove to have been paid or disbursed for Officers Fees & Wages and Dyett of the s^d Officers as for any other necessary charges to be imployed in and about the makeing of the Said Moneys, or repairing of the S^d Officers & houses necessary to be imployed in the s^d Service under y^e Avouchm^t of the s^d Master and Comptroller & Assay Master or any two <41> ^[129]Of them whereof the s^d Master to be one, And the s^d Accounts So to be made by the s^d Auditors or by any other of his Ma^ties speciall Appointm^t for the same being duely Stated and his debt determined and his S^d Accounts fully Answered to his Ma^tie The said Warden or Wardens upon his or their Suit to the Lord Chancellour or Lord Keeper of the Great Seal or the Com^rs of the Great Seal Shall have Letters patents of his Ma^tie. under the Great Seal to be made for his or their Acquittance, Without Fee therefore paying for the making of w^ch s^d Letters Patents these presents shall be a sufficient Warrant & discharge to the s^d Lord Chancellour or Lord Keeper or Com^rs of the Great Seal for the time being w^thout any further or Speciall Warrant to be Sued out for the same ^[130]And his S^d Ma^tie doth grant and confirm by these presents that the Officers of the Mint shall at all times hold have & \peaceably/ enjoy all places houses & grounds as well Builded as unbuilded within the s^d Mint w^ch heretofore have been called reputed or taken for the Mint, without medling lett or disturbance by the Cheif Govern^r Constable, Lieutenant or other Officers or Ministers of the Tower And his s^d Maj^tie doth Grant and confirm by his Indre to the afores^d Officers, and to all other Officers and Ministers of the Mint, the Charters and Franchises to them before this time Granted after y^e Effect and purport of the same Charters ^[131]And Also Our Sovereign Lord the King doth Will that the said Monyers Workmen, and all other Ministers of the Mint shall be ready to do their Work at all times without deniall when they shall be warned by the s^d Warden or Wardens Master or Comptroller upon pain of loosing their Franchises, & Bodies to prison Also that all the Gold and Silver that the Master shall deliver to the Moneyers to be coined as afores^d shall be in Clean plates \and/ delivered by Weight & the S^d Mony^rs to make and Coin the same into Moneys & then deliver the same again to the Master in clean pieces proportionably by the Same Weight And if any thing lack of the Same Weight at any time of the deliverance, they to content and pay to the s^d Master for the same at every deliverance at the Ballance, So done the Master to pay them the Wages that belong to them ^[132]And for the Cov^ts Agreem^ts, Grants & p^rmises aboves^d well and truly to be holden & performed on the part of the s^d Master And that he shall bear himself towards his Ma^tie and his people in the s^d Office well & Covenable. & that he shall make the gree to his Ma^tie The Master hath <42> Made Bodily Oath before his Ma^tie in Chancery & b{illeg} himself his Heirs and Executors to his Ma^tie by these presents ^[133]and for the more surety to make Gree with the King and the Merchants of y^t belongs to them, of the Gold and Silver w^ch he shall receive by and in manner as is afores^d, while he shall be in the s^d Office The afores^d Master hath found Burrows & Sureties afore Our Sovereign Lord the King in his Excheq^r in the Sum̄e of two Thousand pounds & y^t{,} upon pain thereof he shall make Gree thereof to the Kings {illeg}ig{t}{illeg} and to the Merchants in manner & Form as is aforesd and {the} Said Master doth Coven^t. promise and Grant to and w^th his said Ma^tie from time to time to bring into the s^d Mint convenient & Sufficient Supplies of Gold and Silver & make full payment and deliverance of all manner of Moneys, with all convenient Speed According to the S^d Acts of Parliam^t for the proffitts of his Ma^tie his Heires and Successors and the ease of the people ^[134]And the S^d Master doth Cov^t promise and grant to and with Our Sovereign Lord the King to pay bear & sustain all manner of Wast provisions necessaries & charges coming arising &{illeg} in & about the Coining of his Ma^ties Gold and Silver Monies respectively by the Mill & press According to the allowance {in} that behalf made by his Ma^tie in this Indre. ^[135]And Our s{ov}^{r}{eign} Lord the King doth Will and Command that the Warden or Wardens of the Mint for the time being shall content and pay to the Officers and Ministers afores^d such Stipends and Wages & such Dyet as in a Schedule is limited & appointed in manner and form & during such Term as is in y^e same expressed, and that thereof he {or} they have due allowance & defalcation upon his or their Account ^[136]And the s^d Master shall be bound to bring or cause to {be} brought all Gold & silver that he shall receive by Colour of his Office into the Mint to be coyned &made into Monies for help and increase of the Monies, for his Maties Proffitt & ease of his people, w^thout Sale aliening or putting to any other use Excepting all such healing pieces Seals and Medalls of Gold and Silver as shall be made for his Maties use or by his Ma^ties Comānds ^[137]And further Our Sovereign Lord the King doth Will and comānd by these presents the Warden or Wardens of his Mint that he or they when Occasion Shall require do make or cause to be made Two piles of English Weights in the most perfect and exact manner that by their Edeavours {sic} can be done to be equall to those lawfully used in his Ma^ties Mint in England And after the s^d two piles are so made as afores^d they Shall be brought to the Tower of London & there shall be examined & printed with a Rose Crowned and Thistle Crowned in y^e p^rsence of othe {sic} Officers of his Maj^ties Mint within the Tower <43> And after the same shall be so examined and printed as is afores^d The Warden or Wardens shall at y^e Tower deliver one of the s^d piles to the Generall of his Maj^ties Mint w^thin that part of his Ma^ties Kingdom called Scotland by Bill Indented under the hands of the s^d Warden & Generall to be carryed into Scotland & to remain w^th his Ma^ties Officers within his Ma^ties Mint w^thin that part of his Ma^ties Kingdom called Scotland & the other of the s^d piles shall remaine w^th the Warden or Wardens for the time being w^thin the Tower of London ^[138]And the said Master & Worker shall Account yearly before the Auditor of the Mint or such other as his Ma^tie shall appoint And the s^d Account so to be made and taken by the said Auditor or by any others specially appointed by his Ma^tie for the same being Stated and his Debt determined. & his Acco^t. fully answered to his Ma^tie the s^d Master & Worker upon Suit to y^e Lord Chancellour, or Lord Keeper, or Commission^rs of the great Seal of Great Britain for the time being shall have Letters Patents of his Ma^tie under the Great Seal of great Britain, for his Acquittance w^thout Fee therefore paying for the makeing of w^ch Letters Patents these p^rsents or the inrollm^t thereof shall be a sufficient Warrant and discharge to the Lord Chancellour, or Lord Keeper, or Com^rs of the Great Seal of Great Britain for y^e time being without any further or more speciall Warrant to be sued out for the same ^[139]And the said Master and Worker is hereby authorized & appointed from time to time to pay unto the Warden of the Mint for the time being out of the Moneys reced by the s^d Master & Worker out of the Exchequer afores^d Such Sum̄e & Sum̄es of Money as from time to time shall be due and payable by the sd Warden or Wardens to the Officers of the Mint for their Fees & Sallaries, & for repaires & such other expences of the Mint as have been heretofore usually paid & disbursed by the Warden or Wardens for the time being And the said Master and Worker is hereby likewise appointed & authorized out of the Monies & reced or to be received by him upon or by virtue of the s^d Act: for Encouraging Coynage afores^d to retain & keep in his own hands Yearly y^e Sūme of one Thousand one hundred and and {sic} Twenty pounds aswell for the Fees and Sallaries due to himself as also for the paying & discharging, of the severall & respective Fees and sallaries of the severall and respective Officers of the Mint & Clerks in the s^d schedule mentioned to be payable by the s^d Master & Worker according to the distribution and appointm^t mentioned in the said schedule And Our Sovereign Lord the King doth hereby order and appoint that the Warden Master & Worker & Comptroller of his Ma^ties Mint or Mints that shall hereafter be & their respective Deputies; Shall and do before his their or any of their being admitted into the knowledge of the Invention of <44> ^[140]Rounding of his Ma^ties Money's; or the Marking of the Edges of them w^th Letters or Grainings or either of them take an Oath before the Lord High Treasurer or Commissioners of the Treasury for the time being who are hereby respectively Authorized to give y^e same not to reveal or discover to any person or persons w^tsoever the said new Invention of Rounding the Moneys or marking y^e Edges of them w^th Letters or Grainings or either of them directly or Indirectly unless his Ma^tie his Heires or Successors Shall otherwise Command and direct the same And his Matie doth hereby likewise Order and appoint that all such Workmen that shall be trus{ted} or imployed in the makeing or using the s^d Instrument for rounding the Monies and marking the edges as aforesaid shall likewise take an Oath before the Warden of the Mint for the time being who is hereby Authorized to Administer the Same accordingly not to reveal or discover to any person or persons whatsoever the S^d new Invention of rounding y^e Monyes and marking the Edges of them with Letters or Grainings as afores^d or either of them directly or indirectly in part or in whole ^[141]It is hereby likewise strictly comā{nded} & enjoyned by his s^d Ma^tie That neither the Provost nor any of the Monyers of the s^d Mint their Apprentices or Servants, do or shall at any time after y^e Date hereof p^rsum{e} to vend pay or distribute any peice or peices of his Majesties Coined Monies either of Gold or Silver untill the same be delivered by them according to the Course of the Mint into his Ma^ties Office of Receipt, there & duely Assayed & pixed upon pain of Forfeiting ther Franchises & Bodies {illeg} prison; ^[142]And further that no person or persons do live or inhabite within his Ma^ties Mint in the Tower of London w^thout the knowledge or approbation of the Warden Master Wor{ker} and Comptroller of the Mint for the time being Except such Officers Workmen, Mony^rs & Ministers of the s^d Mint & such other persons as have right thereto ^[143]And his S^d Ma^tie doth by these p^rsents; also will and Ordain that the Comptroller of the Mint for the time being shall deliver upon Oath take{n} before one of the Barons of the Exchequer a Roll w^ch shall be called the Comptrollers Roll containing an Account of all {y^e} Gold and silver Bullion and Assay molten & of all Gold and Silver Mo{ies} Coyned Monthly in the S^d Mint. ^[144]And the s^d Master shall pay un{to} such Officers or Workmen that shall be imployed in making of Gold & Silver peices round before they are sized, & for marking the Edges of them w^th Letters or Grainings and for the keeping in repair all y^e Rollers & Instruments to cut Flatten make make {sic} round & size the pieces & to marke the edges of y^e Monies w^th Letters & Grainings and all other Tools Engines & Instrum^ts such Allowances from <45> Time to time as Shall be directed by the Lord High Treasurer or Comm^rs of the Treasury for the time being not exceeding the sum̄e of Six pence for every pound Weight Troy of Gold Monies and the Sume of three half pence for every pound Weight Troy of silver Monies, as also for y^e makeing Labour & expences therein ^[145]And furthermore because the Provost and Company of Monyers, and Workers of the Monies may be encouraged to do their duties well in the making, sizing blanching & coining of the Gold and Silver Monies, as also for the makeing of every hundred pound w^t of Silver Monies hereafter to be coined One pound weight & an half or Eighteen Ounces, in the Quantities or species following vizt in pence half an Ounce in twopences three Ounces, in threepences six Ounces, and in Groats eight Ounces and an half. Our Sovereign Lord the King for the Considerations afores^d is graciously pleased and contented, And by these presents doth give power and Authority to the Master Worker of the Mint for the time being, That so long as the Warden of the Mint & he the s^d Master & Comptroller, or any two of them (Whereof the s^d Warden to be one) shall perceive the s^d Warden to be one) shall perceive the S^d Monies to be well Sized, Blanched, and coined. by the performance of the s^d Service in small Moneys the s^d Master shall pay unto the afores^d provost and Company of Monyers i|o||ne| penny by Tale of every pound w^t of all the Silver Monies to be made and coined by Force of this Indre over & above the Ordinary Price of Eight pence allowed them; whereof the Master shall have allowance; upon Account by virtue of of {sic} these p^rsents at all times hereafter, without any other or more speciall Warrant ^[146]provided also that the Monyers haveing the Gold and Silver delivered to them in clean Ingotts fitt to be wrought shall make and deliver seven twelfth parts of the same in Money so that there be but five parts in Twelve Scissell. ^[147]And Our Sovereign Lord the King doth hereby Will & Command that the Clerk of y^e Irons for the time being do keep a true Anount {sic} of all the blank Dyes for the Coyning of the Gold and Silver Monies w^ch shall from time to time be delivered to the Cheif Engraver or Engravers of his Maties Mint for the time being, & also of the blank Dyes w^ch shall be sunk or stamped by the s^d Graver or Gravers & of all the Dyes w^ch after Sinking shall be made fit for use and hardned ^[148]And the said Graver or Gravers is and are hereby likewise enjoyned Monthly to return unto the said Clerk of the Irons all Dyes as shall from <46> Time to time be faulty and worne by using in the {illeg} or otherwise to be defaced in the p^rsence of the Warden Master & Comptro{ler} of the s^d Mint & not otherwise ^[149]And the s^d Clerk of the Irons is hereby further enjoyned to give an Account to the s^d Warden Master and Comptroller as he shall thereunto be required by them of w^t blank Dy{es} have been delivered to the s^d Graver or Gravers or sunk by them or hardned, by the smith & what faulty and worne out Dyes have been returned by them, to be defaced, as also what others are remaining in their hands that a just Account may be kept of y^e {illeg} ^[150]It is hereby comānded and appointed by his Ma^tie that the Counterpoise of the several & respective Gold & Silver herein ment{ioned} be made lighter than their just Weight according to the proportions following (That it to say) That two Graines be taken from the Counterpoise, of the Crown, One Grain from y^e half Crown, halfe a Grain from the Shilling & a Quarter of a Grain to be taken from the Counterpoise of the Six pence of Silver Monies; And that two Grains be taken from the Counterpoise of Five pound \and Five {illeg}/ peice, o{ne} Grain from the Forty and two Shilling peice, & half a Grain from the Twenty and One Shilling peice & a Quarter of a Grain from the Counterpoise of the Ten shillings and sixpence peice & half a Quarter of a grain from the Counterpoise of the Quarter Guinea or Five Shillings and threepence peice of Gold Monies ^[151]And O{ur} Sovereign Lord the King dothe hereby Command & enjoyn the Provost and the rest of the Moneyers of the Mint with their respective Apprentices duly to attend his Ma^ties Service, in the p^rsent way of Coining as need shall require both Morning & afternoon, & to {wo}{rk} in such Tasks, & so many hours every day (Sunday onely excepted) as shall be thought fit and appointed them by the s^d Master according to the Labour of their respective Tasks and the length of the day's. And in Case the s^d Provost & Fellows, or any of their Apprentices shall wilfully neglect or refuse to attend and do their Duties accordingly Then the Warden Master & Comptrol{ler} of the Mint for the time being are hereby required & Authorized to proceed against every of the s^d Persons offending, & so expell remove or otherwise punish them, & every of them as in reas{on} <47> And Iustice they shall think fit for his Ma^ties Service according to the ancient powers and authorities of right belonging to them ^[152]And his s^d Ma^tie doth hereby further declare his pleasure to be That these p^rsents, & the Agreements therein contained shall be in Force & have continuance onely during his Ma^ties Pleasure any thing in these p^rsents contained to the contrary notwithstanding In wittnesse whereof to One part of this p^rsent Indenture remaining with the said Sir Isaac Newton his Ma^tie hath caused the Great Seal of Great Brittain to be Affixed and to the other part \thereof/ remaining with his said Ma^tie the said Sir Isaac Newton hath Set his hand and Seal the day and year first above written.

<48>

A Schedule or Table of the Fees and Sallaries of the Officers of His Ma^ties Mint within the Tower of London payable to and by the Warde viz^t.

<49>

The Fees and Sallaries of the Officers of His Ma^ties Mint within the Tower of London payable to and \by/ the Master & Worker viz^t.

By writ of Privy Seal

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