Rough holograph draft, partly struck through, of MINT00825 (Mint 19/3/433)
May it please yor Lordp
Light night the a Letter (a copie of (a copy of wch is enclosedannexed) was sent to us from ye Officers of the Ordnance a copy o wherein they desire us to deliver to them two mill rooms represent that the Barracks they have are not {illeg}a buildin{illeg} {illeg}two{illeg}sufficient for re{illeg}{illeg}{illeg}{illeg}tion of ye third Regiment {illeg}of Guardes now to be lodged in the Tower & desires us to deliver them the a buliding conteining a mill rooms & Smiths Shop to be fitted up into Barracks. A copy of the Letter is hereunto annexed. And the state of the {illeg}matter is this.
When About the time that Mr Slingsby fell into trouble there were Barracks & {illeg}some hou War houses for people not belon{illeg}ging to the Mint built upon part of ye Irish Mint, we think at the charge of the Office of Ordna{illeg}nce, & in ye year 1695 the barracks were changed into five Mill rooms for the at the charge of the Mint.& After the for the recoinage of the hammered {illeg}money. And after the recoinage {illeg}was over three of the Mill rooms were delivered returned to ye {illeg} Lord Lucas then my Lord Luas {sic}inance & fitted into Barracks, & two fo them were kept by the mint for ythee coin{illeg}age of copper m{illeg}oney, together wth a Smiths shop wch stanoods between these two Barrack Mills & the other three. And this shop is now used for by the Smith who makes the Dyes & Puncheons for the Gravers. And the horses under the two Mill roomes where the horses go round in drawing the Mills about, a great quantity of her Majts Tin is lodge{illeg}d. Whenever there shall be a coinage of copper money {illeg} it will be a great charge to build new mill rooms & we shall have no ground left to build them upon. We have no other Shop for the said Smith no grownd left to build one. A
At ye settin About 50 years ago at ye setting up of the {illeg}coynage by the Mill & Press the Mint was cleared of forreigners by order of C{illeg}
The Irish Mint, as we have heard, was in gardens & stables belonging to the Mint till about {illeg}36 or 40 years ago, Buat wch time the b{illeg}further part of t
When Mr S
About the time that Mr Slingsby feel into troubles, there were Barracks built upon a built upon
In the Indenture of the Mint Her Maty & her Predecessors have granted under the Broad seale, that the Officers of the Mint shall at all timeshold have & peaceably enjoyed all places houses & grownds as well builded as unbuilded within the said Mint wch heretofore have been called reputed or taken for the Mint without {illeg}Medling, lLet or dDis{illeg}turbance by the chief Governour Constable Lieuetenant {sic} or any other Officers or Ministers of the Tower. Pursuant to this grant the Mint was cleared of forreigners by Order of Council about 50 years ago. About 10 or 12A few years after, Barracks & some oth some houses for people not belonging to ye Mint were built upon the further end of the Irish {illeg}Mint at the charge of the Office of Ordnance as we have heard. In ye year 1695 the Barracks were turned into Millrooms at ye charge of the Mint for the recoinage of ye hammered money. After the recoinage the one of the Millrooms conteining three Mills was & the Garret of the other were turned {illeg}into Barracks, the other conteining two Mills was kept for the coinage of copper money, except the Garret & a {illeg} smiths shop between the mill rooms is now made use of by the Smith who works for the Graver makes the Dyes & Puncheons for the Gr{illeg}aver. And We have no other shop for this purposes, nor know This shop & the double Mill room the Officers of the Ordnance desire to have turned into Barracks.
We have as we conceive an untroubled right to ye ground but do not insist upon it against her Mats serve {illeg} We have no other s{illeg}hop for making the Dyes & Puncheons the places where they used to be made being in the hands of the Officers of Ordnance: nor do we know where to build a new {illeg}one. To buil{illeg}d new a new {illeg}Mill double Millroom for copper money will be chargeable & whe know not where to find either money {illeg}or a place to build it. The bo Vnder the Millroom where the Mill-horses are to go round is laid up about one halfa great quantity of her Mats Tinn., & TheWe shall want Warehouse room. By grants ratified from time to time We have under the broad seal We have an undoubted right to the grownd of the on wch these buildings stand, by grants ratified from time to time under the broad seal but submit it to her Mats pleasureservicepleasure. We humbly desire yor Lordps directiosn what we shall do in this matter & are ready to submitt to them remaining
My Lord
Yor Lordps most h. & m. ob. st
<439v>but submitt it to her Majesties service, desiring pleasure. The safety of ye Mint coinage of Gold & Silver & encouragement of Importers {illeg} for increasing the money is also to be considered, {illeg}as w{illeg} much
We humbly desire you Lordps directions in this matter & remain
We do not thin
We do not think it advisable to do any thing in this matterbusiness Affair without yor Lordps Order & therefore have stated the matter to yor Lordp being ready to observe your Lordps direction therein. We are
My Lord
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Source
MINT 19/3/439, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK1717?, c. 1,110 words.