Holograph draft covering letter for an account of tin sales since last Lady Day [probably MINT00724 (Mint 19/3/575)]

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To the Rt Honble the Earl of Oxford & Ea{illeg}rl Mortimer Lord High Treasurer of great Britain.

May it please your Lordsp

According to yor Lordp order of 3d September instant We herewith lay before yor Lordp in the paper annexed an Acct of all the Her Maties Tyn {illeg}that has been sold since Lady last & to whom. in the Paper annexed. The persons named in the Account are for the most part Pewterers who sometimes byuy for themselves but for most commonly factor for the merchants. For where the Merchants imploy Factors we enter only the names of the Factors. We have also added another Account of the Quantities exported to several places abroa{illeg}d taken from the book{illeg}s of the Custome-house but not yet examined by us & published by other people:For {illeg}We enter not the Merchants names nor the places to wch the Tyn is exported. We cannot affirm thits Act so exact as that taken from our own books: but itthe whole sum agrees well wellin the who with ors.s{illeg}ome small errors perhaps excepted.that {illeg}in or books wch makes {illeg}us think the particulers neare the truth if not exact. All wch is most humbly submitted to yor Lordps