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In yethe Mint the Tower
For coinage of Gold Silver
To the Master of yethe Mint for coinage per lwtpound weight 16d
To the Moneyers for coinage per lwtpound weight 8d from yethe Master, & 1d from yethe Queen if yethe Moneys be well coined.
To the Engineer prper lwtpound weight 1d
To the Smith prper lwtpound weight one farthing.
For the Mint coinage of silver Gold.
To the Master prper lwtpound weight 6s 6d.
To the Moneyers from yethe Master per lwtpound weight 3s.
To the Engineer 6d.
To the Smith 1d prper lwtpound weight.
Salaries in the Mint in yethe Tower
Salaries in yethe Mint at Edinburgh.
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To the General
300.00.00
To yethe Master
200.00.00
To the Warden
150.
To the Counter warden
60
Assaymaster
100
Engraver
50
× Clerk to yethe Bullion ×
50
Smith
30
Queens Clerk
40
Masters Clerk
40
Wardens Clerk
40
Counterwardens Clerk
40
For coinage of silver
Vpon yethe pound wtweight ScotishScottish 20lid scot wchwhich answers 19d + per lwtpound weight english
TFrom yethe Master to yethe Engineer upon yethe Stone wtweight ScotishScottish 2d ScotishScottish.
For the coinage of Gold
To yethe Master upon yethe lwtpound weight scottish
And the said IJohn Montgomerie doth further covenant & agree to & wthwith her said MajtyMajesty that whenever her MajtyMajesty by her signe manual shall autheriseauthorise & direct him to provide & employ Moneyers in the said Min for carrying on the coinage & in the said Mint he the sai at Edinburgh he will firstprocure & imply as Moneyers two or more men workmen skilled in all seval several parts & exercised in the the operations of milling, cutting, sizing nealing blanching edging & stamping the moneys of gold & silver who
[& her MatyMajesty doth hereby authorize & require the said workmen so to who shall be so p to act under] & pay them for their work & after such rates by the pound weight not as her MatyMajesty shall appoint not exceeding 5d 9d by the pound weight Troy of all the silver money now& 3s 2d by the pound weight Troy of all the gold moneys wchwhich shall be coyn to be coyned by them. And her MatyMajesty doth hereofby appoints & ordeins that the said moneyers so to be imployed may shall enjoy the same privileges & be subject to all the same rules & p h penalties with orders & penalties wthas the Moneyers in her MajtsMajestys Mint in the Tower of London respectively.
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And her Majties further will & pleasure is that upon any past complaint of the further ordeins that when ever it shall appear to yethe Ld H. Tr. or Commrs of yethe Tr. for yethe time being that the coinage aforesaid of species of moneys of gold & silver is not well performed for want of moneyers exercised & skilled in the art of coinage, them & the Master & Worker of the said Mint do upon notice from their Lds send dthrethree or more able bodied young men fit to serve apprentisshipsapprenticeships to the Master of her Majesties Mint in the Tower to be bound apprentises to the Moneyers of the said Mint till during the space of three or more years or till they shall have learned the art of coinage, & then sent back to the said mint mint at Edinburgh to perform the service of coyngage there & take at such price as th under the same rules as in her Majties Mint in the Tower & take apprentices for perpetuating the skill of coinage in her Ma the said Mint at Edingburgh
And her MajtiesMajesties will & pleas further ordeins that whenever the right honblehonourable yethe Lords commrscommissioners of her MajtiesMajesties Treasury or LdLord h.high Tr.Treasurer for yethe time being shall for the better carrying on of the coinage ofin the said Mint shall give direction to yethe direct the Master ofgive a direction for the carrying on the coynage in the said Mint by moneyers yethe said IJohn Montgomery shalshall provide moneyers two or more persons skilled in the art of coinage
[that the said IJohn Montgomery do send two or more able bodied young men to the Master of her Majesties Mint in the Tower to be instructed & exercised by the Moneyers of the said Mint in the art of drawing outmilling, cutting, sizing, nealing, branching, edging & stamping
the moneys, in order to there to being imployed as moneyers
to be imployed as moneyers for performing the Coinage in the said Mint at Edinburgh
[at such rate by the pound weightweight as her MatyMajesty shall appoint., to be paid by the said IJohn Montgomery out of the allowansce made to him by
her MatyMajesty for coinage
& to take apprentices & be under all the same rules & directions in the said Mint at Edinburgh as the moneyers in her MatiesMajesties mint in the Tower are subject unto, & that the said IJohn Montgomery shall pay out of the allowance made to him by her MatyMajesty for coinage shall pay unto the said Moneyers for coynage such price by the pound weight as her MatyMajesty shall appoint.
A Schedule or Table of the Fees 7amp; Salaries of the Officers of her MajtiesMajesties Mint at Edinburgh.
To the General
300
To the Master
200
To the Masterhim more for a Clerk after yethe next voidance of his Clerks place
30
To the next Warden
100
To the Wardenhim for a Clerk after the next voidance of his Clerks place
30
To the Counter Warden or Comptroller & surveyer of the meltings & Clerk of the irons& Clerk of th irons
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680
To him for a Clerk after the next voidance of his Clerks place
30
To the Weigher & Teller now Clerk of the Bullion
50
To the Sinker Graver & Sinker
50
To the Queens Clerk & Clerk of the ironsthe papers
40
To the Sinker
50
To the Smith
30
To the Master for his next Clerk
30
To the Warden for his next Clerk
30
To the Comptroller for his next Clerk
30
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To the weigher & teller after the death voidance of the place of the Clerk of the Bullion who shall execute the office of Weigher & teller during his Clerkship.
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40.