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Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/1/258, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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  'Directions about the Triall of the monies of Gold & Silver in the Pix' [MINT 19/1/228-9]

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Brief Observations concerning the Tryall of the moneys in the Pix.

|1| |By| An order of h|H|er Ma^ty {&}|or| Council appointing\|having| appointin|ed|g/ a day & place \being appointed/ for Tryall of the Pix (It \w^ch/ has usually been tried neare the star chambers)
|{2}| The Lord Chancellour sends his Letter directed to the \Master &/ Wardens of of {sic} the Company of Goldsmiths to return to him the names of an able Iury|.| of Goldsmiths.

||2| 3| His Lord^p after the return of the names sends his Warrant by his Serjeant at Arms or his \serjeants/ Deputy to warn the Iury to meet at the time & place appointed.

|5|4|| The Lords of the Counc{e}|i|l or such of them as her Ma^ty pleases to appoint \& are present/, do meet at the \said said/ time & place appointed between 9 & 10 in the morning & take their places.|,| |the Pixes being \put on the Table before 9 in the morning & being/ opened & the moneys poured upon the table when they \Lords/ are ready to sit down, or presently after.|
|{illeg}|4|| The Pix box \is/ put on the Table at or before 9 in y^e morning & opened why y^e Lords are ready to sit down, the Officers of the Mint & Iury |6| w^th the Excheq^r Officers attending.

||4| 6|5|| The Lord Chancellour calls to his Serjeant at Arms for his Warrant for summoning the Iury {illeg}|&| appoints the same to be delivered to the Remembrancers Deputy wh{illeg}|o|{illeg} attends there w^th y^e copy of y^e Oath.

||5| 7|6|| The L^d Chancellour causes the Oath to be administred &|t||o| the Iury.

||6| 8|7|| By order of the L^d Treasurer the standard Troy weight & Indented trial pieces of the Gold & silver moneys kept in the Treasury are delivered for the use of the Iury.|,| |& the L^d Chancellour examins\compares/ the \{illeg}/ tryall pieces {illeg} w^th those in the custody of the Officers of the Mint|

||7| 9|8|| The L^d Chancellour gives the Iury in charge to make the tryalls of the \said/ Gold & silver moneys by the said standards in weight & fineness according to y^e Rules set down in the Indenture of the Mint w^th the greatest care that may be, it being a business of \a very/ publick concern.

||8| 10|9|| His Lo^p \if he pleases/ appoints the Iury when & where to attend him w^th their Veredict after they have agreed upon the same & then departs w^th the rest of y^e Lords.

||9| 11|10|| When the Iury p^rsent their Veredict to his Lo^p, the Deputy Remembrancer attends to read it & then keep it {illeg} to be{illeg} entred in & enters it.

||3| {illeg}|{illeg}|| At the said time & place \the Pixes are put on the Table before 9 in the morning/ the Officers of the Mint & Iury w^th the E{illeg}|x|chequer Officers attend &|ing| the Pixes are put on y^e Table before 9 in the morning And the L^ds of y^e Council |[|or such of them as her Ma^ty pleases to appoint|]| doe meet between 9 & {illeg}|1|0 & take their places & at the same time or immediately before y^e L^ds sit down the Pixes are opened {illeg}|&| the moneys are poured upon the Table.