Draft of MINT00366 (Mint 19/3/181)

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After my hearty commendations, Whereas the Lord of her Maj^ties most hon^ble Privy Councill have appointed the day of Iuly next a 9 of the clock in the morning to have a Triall of the

According to yo^r Lo^ps verbal order that I should lay before your Lo^p memorials of what may be requisite\from time to time of what may be requisite from time to time/ for setting on foot y^e coynage in Scotland w^th all expedition, I humbly represent that upon being informed that there is but one clerk in that Mint for rating & standarding, w^ch makes {illeg} that errors in the allay are frequently\sometimes/ committed for want of more hands, that Clerks, t{o}|h|at they\ir/ way of computing differs from ours & must be {rect} altered, & that their assays must also be charged, I have\rectified/ & that none of their chief Officers have yet acquainted themselves w^th our methods, & rates of\practise/ {th}|I| have desired D^r Gregory to go fr \the Astrony {sic} at Oxford/ & ne of the Clerks in the Mint in the Tower to go from hence to instruct their Clerks & Officers & Clerks & see that all proce{illeg} the coynage be there \duly/ set on foot under the rules of her Ma^ties Mint in the Tower & for that end to stay there till \next/ Michaelmas: but & if your Lo^p approves thereof I humbly desire that for their encouragem^t a suitable recompe for their encouragement it may be referred to yo^r Lo^p to consider to such persons as yo^r Lo^p shall think fit to consider of a suitable reward\allowance/ for that service & out of what fund it should\shall/ be paid|.| & {t}

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