57.2478
To the Right Honble.Honourable the Lords
Commissrs.Commissioners of his Majties.Majesties Treasury
May it please yor.your Lopps.Lordshipps
On the 28th. April last Wee laid the following
Memorial before yor.your Lopps.Lordshipps vizt.
Wee have read the Act to incourage the bringing
plate into the Mint to be Coyned and for the
further remedying the ill State of the Coyne of the
Kingdom.
And find the plate is order'd to be melted down
in the Mint to be cast into Ingots (which is a
melting more than is usual in the Mint & beyond
the agreement with the Melter) but there is no
Direction in the Act how this Melting shall be paid
for, nor for the refineing of this Silver, the much
greatest part of which will be worse than Standard;
& some of it exceeding course. & if a great quantity
should be brought in it will come to a great Summe
of money. which if it were intended should be paid
out of the Coynage Duty Wee humbly informe
yor.your Lopps.Lordshipps that the money arising by that Act is not
sufficient to answer what was to be paid out of it
before, much lesse to do this and pay for the presses
that people bring in by directions of this Act. Wherefore
Wee most humbly pray yor.your Lopps.Lordshipps to take it into yor.your
Consideration & to give such Orders in it as yor.your Lordps:Lordships
shall think fit.
And
And now Wee further humbly represent to yor.your Lordpps.Lordshipps
the great want of money there is for the uses
before mention'd, And also for the paying the
Carpenter & other Workmens bills, which amount
to 8678li: 00s: 00d and likewise for paying the
salaries of the severall Officers & Clerks due at
Lady day last amounting to 800li. and the old presses
which have been brought in by direction of the
Act of Parliament come to about 300li. making
altogether 9778li: 00s: 00d. in part of which there
has been recdreceived out of the Exchequer.
|
li |
On the 28th. of March last |
400 |
the 14th. of April |
700 |
the 30th of ditto |
600 |
|
1700 |
|
li |
Paid the Workmen above mencondmentioned in part of their Bills |
1330 |
} |
1630 |
Paid Mr. Western for new presses &c |
200 |
Paid for an old presse & charges by Warrant |
} |
100 |
Which 1630li being Substracted from the 9778li:
abovemention'd there wants to pay the Workmen &
the Salaries and for the old presses, 8148li: but
wee are humbly of opinion that the work
done by the Carpenter and the rest of the
workmen ought to be survay'd & valued
before their whole bills are paid off.
All wch:which is humbly submitted
to yor:your Lordpps:Lordshipps
Isaac Newton
Tho. Neale
Tho. Hall
Mint office 6th: May
1696.
Memoriall about
Mint Money