450-51)

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/1/444, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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  Further to an enquiry by the warden [Craven Peyton], recommend he continue to be allowed a clerk-cum-solicitor to assist in prosecuting counterfeiters. Details of recommended salary and permissible expenses for the post [MINT 19/1/450-51]

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|1.| That the Warden of the Mint find out a person who|el||l| qualified to attend him {illeg}|a|s a Clerk & Sollicitor for drawing up Informations & Warrants & entring them in books, & seing {sic} the Warrants executed when there a|i|s occasion, & for attending Prosecutions at the Old Bayly & Assizes

|2.| That this Clerk \& Sollicitor/ be allowed a Salary of ^li per an by a Warrant under his Ma^ts signe Manual directed to y^e Master & Worker of his Mint to pay the same quarterly as it shall become due.

|3.| That the M^r & Worker be imp{illeg}|o|wered by the same Warrant to imprest further to the said Clerk & Sollicitor any for carrying on the p for bearing the Charges of the Prosecutions any summ or summs \desired {for}/ {illeg}|d|emanded \|by him| from time to time/ by the Wardens Order in writing \{or}|&|/ not exceeding in the whole the summ of per an including the said Salary \in any one year/ /And that the Auditor {sic} {illeg} of the Mint be directed to allow these payments in the Masters {sic} Acc^ts. {sic}\

|4| That the said O|S|ollicitor upon being sent to apprehend or prosecute criminalls in the country be allowed 10^s per diem for his hose & himself & six pence per mile {travell}{illeg} travelling charges. And that such others as shall be necessary to accompany him be allowed such travelling charges as the Warden shall approve of not exceeding 7^s 6^d p^r diem for a man & a horse.

|6| That the said Sollicitor do lay before the board {illeg} at the end of the every half year lay before the Master & Worker {at}|&| Comptroller of the Mint an account of the services performed by him \& his Assistants/ with a certificate from the Warden that they were done by his Order. And that he do also lay before them at the end of every year an Accou{td}|nt| of lay before the Warden Master & Comptroller an Account of all his travelling charges. Councellours fees & other expences for w^ch he can produce Receipts of other good Vouchers to be examined & signed\allowed/ by the said Warden Master & Comptroller \under their hands/ as a Voucher to his Accounts.

|5.| That for \in lie{illeg}|u|/ c{illeg}|o|ach hire, pocket expences, & Court-fees, & such other expences as cannot be ascertained by good Vouch{illeg}|ers|, he {illeg}|b|e \further/ all{illeg}d|ow|ed |1|^li for every person brought to his trial\indixted {illeg}|&|/ \& tried & actually tried/ whether the person be convicted or acquitted|,.|&| 10^s for every person co{illeg}|o|mitted to prison in order to be tried.|

|7.| That at the end of every year or every two years, he lay his Accounts \first/ before {illeg}|t|he Warden of the Mint & \then before/ the Attorney &|or| Sollicitor of the Treary \or any of them/ to be examined & stated & then {illeg}|l|aid before y^e \Chancellour of the Excheq^r or/ Lord H. Tr. or Lords Comm^rs of the Treary for be ing order to be allowe allowed &{illeg} sent to y^e {illeg}|M||^r &| {illeg}|W||^r| to be paid off.

|8| And that the M^r & W^r aforesaid be {illeg}ordered \authorized/ by the {illeg}|W|arrant above mentioned to pay off all such Bills \Accounts/ so allowed, & the Auditors of the Mint \be directed/ to allow {allow} in the M^r & W^rs Acc^t all payments {illeg} made by vertue of the said Warrant, the whole not exceeding in the whole the summ of 400^li per annum.

|5| That in recompence for pocket expences, coach hire, Court fees & such other expen{illeg}|c|es as cannot be ascertained by good vouchers, the Sollicitor be further allowed for every person committed to prison in order to be tried, & for every person indicted & trie{s}|d|, whether the persons \be convicted or/ {co}|a|cquitted|.| or convicted. And that every person who by the Wardens order shall assist the Sollicitor or be otherwise imployed in the apprehanding of people persons accused\searching of houses/\executing of Warrants/, \or searching of houses/ shall be allowed a piece for every person apprehended & a house for every h{illeg}|o|use searched.