Holograph draft of MINT00677 (Mint 19/3/476)

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To the Rt Honble the Ld High Treasurer of England.

May it please yor Lordp

In obedience to yor Lordps Order I have considered what may be requisite for lodging her Majties Tin in the Mint & delivering it out at a certain price & paying the money into the Exchequer, and am humbly of opinion that it may be performed by any one or more of the Officers of the Mint under the Inspection or Comptroll of any others two wth three or more of their Clerks to enter the Number & Weight of the Blocks of Tin received & delivered & compute the price, & a Warehouse-keeper & one or more Porters as there shall be occasion: and with the use of th{illeg}e Cranes of the Office of Ordnance & that of the Master & Workers Offices & rRooms so far {illeg}as they aremay be wanted & can be spared from ye coynage & liberty of carrying the Tin between the Tower Wharf & the Mint over the draw Bridge, an Officer of the Customes being directed to attending the Ships.there.

Some things are also to be provided as Scales & Weights, Sledges, Pulleys & Stamps for numbering the Blocks. And it may be convenient that their weight be stamped on them either in Cornwall or at their {illeg} receipt in the Tower

And since the Blocks are to be delivered out at a certain pratice I am humbly of opinion that they should be delivered as they come to hand without giving leave to the Merchant to pick & chuse & without trusting for the money (setting aside only suchunlawful Blocks as may possibly happen to be unlawfullif {sic} to be examined & remelted if any shall occurr) & that the money received for them be paid into the Exchequer as often as it arises to a certain summ to be named by yor Lordp & accounted for annually.

Also a skilfull Pewterer who understands the sorts, qualities, goodness, mixtures, adulterations, refining {illeg}ing & merchandizes of Tin & a C{illeg}ashier may be allowed if at any time desired.

All wth is most humbly submitted

to yor Lordships great wisdome

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Is. Newton