Neater version of MINT00430 (Mint 19/3/51-2) with certain items omitted [but not in all cases those specified in MINT00431 (Mint 19/5/53)]
<53r>
<54r>
<54v>
The Queen Debitor to George Allardes of Allardes Master of Her Majesty's Mint in Edinburgh.
Sterline | ||||
Imprs. His allowance of the Coinage of 64St.. 13pd. scots weight of ten and five pence peices {sic} at £20 scots, or £1. 13. 4. English Money ꝑ stone weight Conform to the Acts in relation to the Coinage | ||||
£ | 108 | – | 4 | |
By an Accompt of Steel and Iron for that Coinage | 3 | 17 | 2 | |
By accompt of small Coals for the Forge and smith's work | 3 | 6 | 8 | |
By an Accompt of mens's work preparing the Mint, and heads for the Furnaces | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
By an Accompt of the Depursments for other necessaries | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
For refineing 8st: 4p: 3onz. 15d: weight at &1 ꝑ stone | 8 | 5 | – | |
By a small accompt upon the Remeeds of that Coiange | ||||
Paid Work-Men's wages putting the Mint in Order for the Recoinage | 2 | 5 | – | |
Paif the Fraught of the Goods sent from the Tower of London to the Mint, and Carriage from Leith to Edinbr. ꝑ: accot | 20 | 15 | – | |
He craves allowance of £32. 2. 6. being the loss upon 295 Guineas which he received from the Collector of the Bullion at 23sh. 8d. ꝑ Guinea; in part of payment of the £250 receiv'd for the Recoinage the 3d. March & 2d. April 1707 | 32 | 2 | 6 | |
To the price of ten horses bought for the Mill ꝑ Accot. | 72 | 19 | 11 | |
To the mantainance of eight horses for the Mill from 15 August 1707 to 15 March 1709 being 19 Months at 1sh. 2d each horse ꝑ diem | 269 | 14 | 8 | |
To two men who waited on the horses & mill at 1sh. each ꝑ diem | 57 | 16 | – | |
For an Accot. of shoes to the horses | 10 | 13 | 4 | |
To an Accot. of skin Aperons to the Moneyers for Iusting, a cover to the competing >Room table, and covers to the Clerks Dasks | 5 | 5 | 4 | |
To an Accot of Paper and Books for the Mint | 11 | 15 | 10 | |
To an Accot. of Coals furnished to the Moneyers for the meeting and blenching Offices and their own Room | 36 | 18 | 10 | |
To an Accot. of Candle | 8 | 11 | 5 | |
To an Accot. of Alom | 18 | 6 | 8 | |
To an Accot. for upholding the Files | 22 | – | 11 | |
To the Smiths mens wages at the Forge for Rollers, Dyes, Cutters, and upholding all the other iron work ꝑ Accot. | 41 | 8 | 7 | |
To an Accot. of Iron and Steel for the Forge | 60 | 10 | ||
To small Coal | 23 | 19 | 3 | |
To an Accot. of Oil and soap furnished by the Smith to the Mill, & some othr. little work | 2 | 17 | 6 | |
To fraught of a second parcel of Goods from London by Ioseph Cave | 3 | 15 | 11 | |
Carriage thereof to Edinburgh | 34 | 8 | 6 | |
To an Accompt of the saids Goods | 14 | 1 | – | |
To an accompt of Land Carriage of Dyes from London | 2 | 15 | 11 | |
To weights bought for the use of the mint from the Equivalent Office | 9 | 18 | – | |
To an Accot. of Mufflers for the Assay Masters furnaces | 2 | 5 | 2 | |
To an Accot. of furniture for the mill horses | 19 | 13 | 4 | |
To an accot. of Coppar | 24 | 16 | 7 | |
To an Accot. pf Brass work | 23 | 12 | – | |
To 220 weight Quicksilver from Holland, more than what was sent from London | 55 | – | – | |
To an accompt of sand for the Mint | 1 | 16 | 10 | |
To an Accompt of Pease Meal for dusting the molds | 3 | 18 | 6 | |
To an Accompt of san dust for the Moneyers and blanching | 1 | 7 | 2 | |
To the Masons Accompt | 30 | 10 | – | |
To an Accompt to the Wright | 65 | – | – | |
To an Accompt to the Glasier | 4 | 10 | – | |
<53v> | ||||
To an Accompt of iron Pots Ingots and neeling pans | £ | 236 | 14 | 4 |
To the Plaisterer's Accompt | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
To an Accompt of Expences in searching & prosecuting a false Coiner | 7 | 8 | 6 | |
To Recording in the Excheqr. Her Majesty's two Warrants to the Officers in the Mint, and the Exers. of Mr. Daniel Stewart Collector of the Bullion for paying up the money for the Recoinage, and charges in getting the saids Warrants from London | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
For two large wee Sieves for the Moneyers | 1 | 10 | – | |
For rubbing Brushes | 1 | 17 | – | |
To an Accompt of Hogs Lard for the Presses | 3 | 12 | 1 | |
To an Accompt of Lead work | 3 | 5 | – | |
To an Accompt of Locks for Doors | 1 | 8 | 6 | |
To an Accompt of Sacken and hardn for Books and Mittens to the Melters | 1 | 9 | 10 | |
To an Accompt of other small Debursements for Necessaries | 14 | 4 | 3 | |
To the Officers and Servants Sallaries ꝑ Accot. to 1st. Feb. 1709 | 1461 | 13 | 4 | |
To the charges of Refining 12189 pd. weight of Sivler ꝑ particular accot. | 469 | 18 | 10 | |
To the Coinage of 104006 pd. English Troy weight at ꝑ pd answering to £1. 13. 4 allowed by the Scots Acts for the Coinage of the scots stone weight, consisting of 16 pd. scots weight of 16 ounces scots in the pd The Scots pd. reckoned at 15 ounces 14 penny weight 4 Gr: Engl: is | 8276 | 1 | 8 | |
Item He craves allowance of a penny ꝑ pound weight of 103346 pd wght. coin'd by the Moneyers sent from London, He being oblig'd to pay them at 9 pence ꝑ pd. weight, which is a penny extraordinary | 430 | 12 | 2 | |
To the Deficiency upon the Assay peices {sic} ꝑ Accot. | 10 | 19 | 9 | |
For allay for the Pot bills | ||||
To the mantainance of a Workman for upholding the several furnaces, and making the Clay heads for the melting furnaces | 20 | – | – | |
To the Wright to another Accompt | 8 | 7 | – |
George Allardes Debitor to the Queen
1705 | April. Receiv'd by Precept on the Collector of the Bullion | £ | 100 | – | – | |
1707 | March 3. Received more | 200 | – | – | ||
April 2. Received more | 150 | – | – | |||
Decr. 1 Received more | 500Lib | – | – | |||
Decr 31. Received more | 500 | – | – | |||
1708 | Ianr. 9. Received more | 500 | – | – | ||
Sepr. 24. Received more by Her Majesty's Warrants from Mr. Stewarts Representatives | 2600 | – | – | |||
1709 | Febr. 22 Received more | 575 | – | – | ||
5125 | – | – |
11. August 1709
Particular Accompt for the Refineing at 12d. ꝑ Lib weight when returned 17 B and so furth in proportion deducing a farthing for every half penny worse
pd: | oun: | d{illeg}:wght | ||||||||
42 | 6 | 10 | B. | 4 at 5 | ꝑ Lib weight | is |
£ | – | 18 | 7 |
45 | 6 | – | B. | 5, at 5 | is | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
61 | 2 | – | B: | 6 at 6 | is | 1 | 11 | 10 | ||
22 | – | – | B. | 6 at 6 | is | – | 11 | 11 | ||
504 | 6 | – | B: | 7: at 6 | is | 14 | 2 | 9 | ||
250 | 3 | – | B. | 7 at 7 | is | 7 | 6 | – | ||
493 | 2 | – | B: | 8, at 7 | is | 14 | 18 | – | ||
309 | 1 | – | B | 8 at 7 | is | 9 | 13 | 2 | ||
350 | 5 | 5 | B: | 9 at 7 | is | 11 | 13 | – | ||
73 | 10 | 10 | B. | 9 at 8 | is | 2 | 9 | 1 | ||
43 | 7 | – | B: | 10: at 8 | is | 1 | 10 | – | ||
785 | – | 15 | B. | 10 at 8 | is | 27 | 16 | – | ||
676 | 6 | – | B. | 11 at 8 | is | 22 | 1 | 1 | ||
962 | 1 | 15 | B. | 11 at 9 | is | 36 | 1 | 7 | ||
1036 | 7 | 5 | B: | 12 at 9 | is | 39 | 19 | – | ||
307 | 4 | 10 | B | 12 at 9 | is | 12 | 3 | 4 | ||
808 | 10 | 10 | B: | 13 at 9 | is | 32 | 17 | 2 | ||
1190 | 3 | 15 | B | 13 at 10 | is | 49 | 11 | 10 | ||
1180 | 4 | 5 | B: | 14 at 10 | is | 50 | 16 | 9 | ||
2808 | 8 | 5 | B. | 14 at 10 | is | 122 | 17 | 6 | ||
68 | 4 | 10 | B | 15 at 10 | is | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
73 | 9 | – | B. | 15 at 11 | is | 3 | 7 | 7 | ||
48 | 8 | – | B | 16 at 11 | is | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||
36 | 10 | – | B | 16 at 11 | is | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||
12189 | 7 | 15 | 469 | 18 | 10 |
Mr: Allardes Accompts
Source
MINT 19/3/53-4, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UKNovember 1709, c. 1,141 words.