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(a) Holograph memorandum on the Scottish act of 1686 requiring the provision of standard English weights in Scotland and stipulating that 'a standard or printed Table shall be kept in the Mint-house of the values of money or bullion [...] by wch Marchants or others may know what they were to give in or get out when their bullion doth arise above or fall below the standard appointed' [see MINT00348 and MINT00349 (Mint 19/3/10, 179), which appear to meet this desideratum].
(b) Fragmentary memorandum in another hand on the same act.
(c) [1707?] Memorandum in Newton's hand: 'To be considered how much money may be applied to ye Mint in Scotland & after what manner'.
(d) Further memoranda by Newton proposing that the bullion clerk double as weigher and teller and surveyor of meltings, and summarising more recent legislation on the funding of the Edinburgh Mint.
conformity to16 for defraying the expence
of a free coinage eoneweig English
weights kept ts Exchequer at Edin& the other pile of the like English w ts keptthe Gild
of Edenburgh
And in pursuance of the Act of tthe expence of a free coinage, there shall be two piles of like
Standard English weights kept
other by the Dean of Gild of Edinburgh; & likewise a standard or
printed Roll Table shall be kept in the Mint-house of the value
of money or bullion according to the denominations of weights
used in the Mint of carats grains primes & seconds & the ordinary
denominations of Pounds Ounces penny weights & grains by ch
Merchants or others may know what they were to give in or get
when their bullion doth arise above or fall
appointed.
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& Exchequer.
tes to be placed
in etDe of Dean of Guild of
Edinburgh as is directed ee
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Scotland & after what manner.
em do eCounter warden weigher & Teller
duringerne
that for the more exact sizing of the moneys the counterpoizes of ecoins herein mentioned
be agreed on by the General Master Warden & Counter warden not exceeding half
the remedy that is to say not exceeding 2 thth part of a c
weight in the pound weight of silver: to the end that the single pieces of the said species be made may of the new
moneys may noir just standard.
For which reason her Majesty ordeins that no piece of
dated the 14th day of Iune 1686 are
And in regard the duty arising th Act of ed Session of t
in the first of his said late tymade in Scotland
dated eth Iune 1686 foor the maintenance of the said Mint at
bught
burghare is expired, & in lieu thereof the duty arising by the Coinage
Aare by the before the Act of union
are by the aforesaid Act of t.tyScotlandthe maintenanceg
&
the Salaries & charg es of repairs of buildings & other incident charges ch
may in case of a deficiency of the said c
out of any part of the moneys coinage duty of great Britain Wherefore
soveraign Lady‡
‡ the Ltyed
& reasonable towards not exceeding in the whole the sum of 1200 li for