Account of the quantity and value of the Queen's unsold tin held in the Tower or in the hands of various agents

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To the Most Honble the Earl of Oxford & Earl Mortimer, Lord H. Treasurer of great Britain.

May it please yor Lordp

In obedience to yor Lordps order signified to us by Mr Lound's's his Letter of ye 27th of InstantIanuary namely We humbly represent that we should lay before yor Lordp what are the quantities of Tinn in the Tower in Cornwall & Devonshire in Holland & at Hamburgh & {illeg} weigh it may be sold send {illeg}yor Lp an Acct of the whole quantity of Tyn wch her Mty hath paid for that now remains unsold as well in or Custody in the Tower as in the hands of the Agents < insertion from the left margin > for Tyn in Cornwal & Devon & at Hamburgh Holland or elswhere with as neare an estimate as we can of ye value thereof or for < text from f 554r resumes > , We humbly reprensent that in the Tower there are 1919Tunns 6C 2qrs 9℔ wch at 23li 16s per C (the selling price at present,) amounts to 145869li. {illeg}0. {illeg}1. In the hands of the Agents in Cornwall are 85035CTun 3C. 3qrs. 11℔ wch at {illeg}3li. 15s per C (the selling price there) amounts to 835. 2. 3. {illeg} 625639li. {illeg}8s. 37d. In Devonshire there were 34{illeg}Tuns. 18C. 1qr. 23Tunn℔ wch at 4li per C the selling price present selling price amounts to 123200li. And in the hands of Sr Iohn Lambert & Captain Gibon at Hamburgh there are {illeg}960 Tunns wch if it can be sold at the same rate will amoutnt unto 76800li. The Total {illeg}amounts unto of the Tin quantity 411126li. 15s. 5d {illeg}of the Tinn is 5289Tunns 28C 3qrs 15℔ And the total price thereof, according to the rates above mentioned, is 4111267li {illeg}12s. {illeg}d10d.

All wch is most humbly submitted