Draft of MINT00055(a) (Mint 19/1/411-2)

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In all the Indentures of the Mint of w^ch copies are come to my hands & w^ch were made before the time of M^r Neale late Master {or}|&| Worker mention is made that viz^t\made/ Ann. 37 Edw 3. An. 46 Ed 3 An 1 Hen 4|6| An 11 Edw 4 An 1 Rich III. An 24 Hen 8 An 1 Edw {illeg}|6| An 2 Edw 6 An. |1| Mariæ I mention is made that the M{illeg}|a|ster & Worker hath found sureties before the King for making\that upon pain thereof he shall make/ gree to the Merchant or Importer|.| {for} And in the first {illeg}|f|ive Indentures the sum & the sureties &|a|re named, in the 4 last they are not named. /the summ named is usually 500^li.\

{illeg} In the Indentures made An 3 Eliz. mention is made that the Master & Worker hath bound himself in 500^li & {illeg}|f|ound sureties in other 500^li to make gree to the Merchant & to y^e Queen

In the Indenture made An 2 Eliz mention is made that the Master & Worker\Vnder Treasurer of the Mint/ hath found sureties before the Queen in Chancery the in 1000^li that upon pain thereof he shall make gree to the Queen & to y^e Merchant.

In y^e Indenture made An 3 Eliz it is said that y^e Master & Worker hath bound himself in 500^li & found sureties in other 500^li to make gree to y^e Qu Merchant & to y^e Queen & to y^e Merchants. |The Queen i{illeg}|s| joynd w^th y^e Merchant because she recoynd y^e money.|

In y^e Indentures made Ann 14 Eliz An 2 Iacob{illeg}|i| I, An 3 Iacobi I An An 10 Iacobi I, An 2 Car. I, And in the two Indentures made in the re y^e reign of K. Ch. II\An 12 Car II An 14 Car II? An 22 Car II. An 36 Car II?/ mention is made that the Master & Worker had|t||h| given security in found sureties in y^e summ of 2000 that upon pain thereof he shall make Gree to y^e Queen or King & to y^e Merchants.

In the Indentures made to M^r Neale An     Iac II & An {1} Gul Gul. III \|to M^r Neale| \Gentleman who was in debt & of a prodigal temper & by irregular practises insinuated himself into y^e Office/ instead of the clause abovementioned/ there is a covneant that the Master shall find such Burroughs Burrows & Sureties in their Maj^ts Court of Excheq^r in such summ as y^e Comm^rs of the Treasury or High Treasurer of England for the time being shall approve of that upon pain thereof he shall make gree to their Maj^ts & to y^e Merchants, & \it is metnioned that/ M^r {sic} Neale bound himself by oath to perform y^e covenants of thi|o|s|e| Indenture|s| & {sic} afterward {gave} \the passing of the 1^st Indenture found {illeg} he/ found sureties in 15000^li|.|b|ut after the passing of| /the second \he/ found none.\

Q 1 Ought not the Ma|s|ter of the Mint upon his beginning the\to/ receive the Importers\Merchants/ Gold & Silver & to give security the Queens money \or Bullion/ to {illeg}|fin|d Sureties that he shall make gree to the Queen & to the Merchant \of what he shall receive/ tho y^e Indenture of the Mint be not yet sealed.

Q 2|3| Ought the M^r & Worker to find sureties to Observe such covenants of the I{illeg}|nd|enture of y^e Mint as do not create an A{illeg}|c|c^t in money there being other punishments proper for the breaches of such c|C|ovenants & an Oath for the Observance of them.|,| |& no| /mention in any Indenture of such finding such sureties.\

Q {3}|4| Is it a reasonable Oath that the Master shall find such Sureties & such summ as another shall approve of. Or ought not rather the sureties to be found at y^e same time that y^e Oath \is made/ to y^e Indenture {illeg} or before.

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Q. 2 For making sure that the Master doth find \such/ sureties before the\an/ Indenture be sealed to him is it not fit to mention in the Indenture that the Master hath fou{illeg}|n|d sureties|,| to the so that the \an/ Indenture may not be sealed to him till he hath found th{illeg}|em|.

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