'Extracts out of an Act of the first Parliament of King James the seventh chap. XXIV anent a free coinage' Isaac Newton c. 705 words The Newton Project Oxford 2017 Newton Project, University of Oxford

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 1697, c. 705 words.

Table of import duties payable to the Edinburgh Mint and various details of bookkeeping procedure.

 MINT 19/3/211, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK UKSurreyKew, RichmondNational Archives MINT 19/3/211 1697 England English Holograph MintEdinburgh Mint Catalogue information compiled by Rob Iliffe, Peter Spargo & John Young Catalogue exported to teiHeader by Michael Hawkins Transcribed by Will Scott Correction made by Will Scott
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Extracts out of an Act of the first Parliament of King IJames the seventh chap. XXIV anent a free coinage

Duty pimposed upon Spanish Rhenish & Brandy wines 14li.8s.0 scots prper Tun French wines of all sorts 7.4.0 prper Tun Paper for printing & writing 0.12.0 prper six Reams Gray paper 0.12.0 prper 12 Reams Dails 3.0.0 per 1000 Single trees 3.0.0 per 1000 Double trees 6.0.0 per 1000 Double Double trees & other great fir timber 12.0.0 prper 1000 Steel 0.12.0 per Ccwt wtweight Iron & iron work beaten 1.4.0 per Tun Onions & apples 0.12.0 per 2 Barrells Mum-beer 2.8.0 per barrel. Pruns 2.8.0 per Tun Raisins Currans & Figgs 6.0.0 per Tun Iron potts of all sorts, 0.12.0 per douzon Soap 1.4.0 per Barrel Sugar candy 6.0.0 per Ccwt wtweight KCopper Kettles, Brass Panns, & all other made work in Brass or Copper yeltin or beaten } 2.5.0 per Ccwt wtweight Mader 3.0.0 per M wtweight Hats 1.4.0 per 3 duzon Window glass 10.12.0 per Chest Lemon & Oranges 12s pr 0.12.0 per thousand Hopps 0.12.0 per Ccwt wtweight Spanish Leather, Marikin, Tanned leather, Wild leather & all sorts of leather except Moscovia leather } 0.12.0 per Ccwt wtweight Gloves of all sort 0.12.0 per duzen Whale bone or Ballan 0.12.0 per 2 Ccwt wtweight

The said moneys to be delivered to yethe General or Master of the Mint at such times as his MatyMajesty or his Privy Council shall think fit for payment of Salaries & defraying the charge of a free coinage, & kept in a secure Chest by it self whereof yethe General or Master of yethe Mint is to have one key & the Cash keeper another. or Receivers another.

The standard fineness of yethe Silver bullion moneys is 11 deniers 2 grains & the Merchant to receive of the General or Master Weight for weight standard weight imported

The Officers of the Mint to import no bullion on pain of being punished for malversation.

Three Piles of weights, One kept in yethe Exchequer, one by the Dean of Gild of Edinburgh & yethe 3d in the Mint house.

A printed Table kept in the Mint house of yethe value of Bullion or Money according to the Denominations of Weights used in yethe Mint of Deniers Grains Primes & Seconds, & yethe Ordinary Denominations of Pounds Ounces Drops & Grains

No preference in point of assaying or coinage or& delivery

The Clerk or Book Keeper to keep two Registers in fair books of Parchment & in one of them to set down the times of In-giving in the presence of the In-giver or Importer, wchwhich book shall be open to all persons gratis under pain of deprivation. And in the other of them he is to enter Accompts subscribed & delivered to him by the Master, Warden, Counter-Warden & Assay-master of all the silver coyned in his MatsMajestys Mint according to yethe Standard & fineness And all the Officers or their Deputes for whom they will answer are to subscribe the same andquarterly. quarterly.

The Master to give to the Importer a Note or Receipt under his hand a Note denoting the weight fineness & value of the Silver imported together with the day & order of its delivery into the said Mint, bearing in the body of it a Clause of Registration & deliver back the same coined within the space of ten days if the Bullion doth not exceed 6000 Scots; & ff 15 days if it doth not exceed 12000 pounds Scots & of 20 days if yethe quantity be greater.

No seizure of Bullion imported upon any account publick or private.

The General or Master upon refusing to accept of enter & coin bullion brought in, to be deprived, unless for want of money to coin the same. In wchwhich case he is to apply to the Lords of the Council for money, after the rate of 18 pounds Scots money for every stone of bullion brought in, to be repaid to yethe King the next Session of ParliamtParliament.

Then follows the weight & limits of sizing the several pieces of money, & triall of the Pix before the Council twice a year.