Allocation of poundage to the various Mint officers in London and Edinburgh, with two copies of a list of Edinburgh salaries and a further draft of MINT00442 (Mint 19/3/81-93)

Author: Newton, Isaac

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In ye Mint the Tower

For coinage of Gold Silver

To the Master of ye Mint for coinage per lwt 16d12

To the Moneyers for coinage per lwt 8d from ye Master, & 1d from ye Queen if ye Moneys be well coined.

To the Engineer pr lwt 112d

To the Smith pr lwt one farthing.

For the Mint coinage of silver Gold.

To the Master pr lwt 6s 6d.

To the Moneyers from ye Master per lwt 3s.

To the Engineer 6d.

To the Smith 1d pr lwt.

Salaries in the Mint in ye Tower




Salaries in ye Mint at Edinburgh.

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To the General 300.00.00
To ye Master 200.00.00
To the Warden 150.
To the Counter warden 60
Assaymaster 100
Engraver 50
× Clerk to ye Bullion × 50
Smith 30
Queens Clerk 40
Masters Clerk 40
Wardens Clerk 40
Counterwardens Clerk 40
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For coinage of silver

Vpon ye po{illeg}und wt Scotish 20lid scot wch answers 19d + per lwt english

TFrom ye Master to ye Engineer upon ye Stone wt Scotish 2d Scotish.

For the coinage of Gold

To ye Master upon ye lwt scottish

And the said Iohn Montgomerie doth further covenant & agree to & wth her said Majty that whenever her Majty by her signe manual shall autherise {sic} & 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 {illeg}the operations of milling, cutting, sizing nealing blanching edging & stamping the moneys of gold & silver who [& her Maty doth hereby authorize & require the said workmen so to who shall be so p{illeg} to act under] & pay them for their work & after such rates by the pound weight not {illeg} as her Maty shall appoint not exceeding 5d 9d by the pound weight Troy of all the silver money now& {illeg}3s {illeg}2d by the pound weight Troy of all the gold moneys wch shall be{illeg} coyn {illeg} to be coyned by them. And her Maty doth hereofby appoints & ordeins that the said moneyers so to be imployed may {illeg} shall enjoy the same privileges & be subject to all the same rules & p{illeg} h{illeg} penalties with orders & penalties wthas the Moneyers in her Majts 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 ye Ld H. Tr. or Commrs of ye Tr. for ye time being that the coinage {illeg}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 {illeg} upon notice from their Lds send dth{illeg}re {sic} or more a{illeg}ble bodied young men fit to serve apprentisships 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, {illeg}& then sent back to the said mint mint at Edinburgh to perform the service of coyngage the{illeg}re & take at such price as th {sic} 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 Majties will & pleas further ordeins that whenever the right honble ye Lords commrs of her Majties Treasury or Ld h. Tr. for ye time being shall for the better carrying on of the coinage ofin the said Mint shall give direction to ye direct the Master ofgive a direction for the carrying on the coynage in the said Mint by moneyers ye said Iohn Montgomery s{illeg}hal {sic} provi{illeg}de moneyers two or more persons skilled in the art of coinage [that the said Iohn 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 weight {sic} as her Maty shall appoint., to be paid by the said Iohn Montgomery out of the allowansce made to him by her Maty for coinage & to take apprentices & be under all the same rules & directions in the said Mint at Edinburgh as the moneyers in her Maties mint in the Tower are subject unto, & that the said Iohn Montgomery shall pay out of the allowance made to him by her Maty for coinage shall pay unto the said Moneyers for coynage such price by the pound weight as her Maty shall appoint.

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A Schedule or Table of the Fees 7amp; Salaries of the Officers of her Majties Mint at Edinburgh.

To the General 300
To the Master 200
To the Masterhim more for a Clerk after ye 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 } 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. } 40.