Further holograph draft of MINT00076 (Mint 19/1/223)

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To the Rt Honble the LEarl of Oxford and Ealrl Mortimer, Lord H. Treasurer of great Britain.

May it please yo{illeg}ur Lordp

The Smith of the Mint being my servant by the ancient constitution of the Mint, & being paid by me after the rate of {illeg}one penny per pound weight of gold coined & one farthing pr pound weight of silver coined, & having also a salary of 50 pounds per an appointed by the Indenture of ye Mint: the last Smith for the sake of that salary was imposed upon me & behaved himself to me with great insolence. Whereupon a clause was inserted into the Schedule of Salaries at ye end of the Indenture of the Mint, for the ceasing of that salary upon the next voidance of the place, & the place becoming void before last Christmas, the salary is now ceased in order to a new settlement. I humbly p{illeg}ray therefore that such a ne{illeg}w salary may be setled as your Lordp shall think fit & in such a manner that I may turn him away if he have power over thiem &smith as my servant for carrying on the coinage {illeg}& dismis him if he be not of good abearring according to the maning {sic} of the Indenture of the Mint deserves it: {sic} Which may be done by appointing the salary to me for a Smith.

All wch is most humbly submitted to yor Lordps great

Wisdome

Mint Office
Aug. 7. 1711.

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