Draft of MINT00366 (Mint 19/3/181)

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After my hearty commendations, Whereas the Lord of her Majties most honble Privy Councill have appointed the day of Iuly next a 9 of the clock in the morning to have a Triall of the

According to yor Lops verbal order that I should lay before your Lop memorials of what may be requisitefrom time to time of what may be requisite from time to time for setting on foot ye coynage in Scotland wth all expedition, I humbly represent that upon being informed that there is but one clerk in that Mint for rating & standarding, wch makes {illeg} that errors in the allay are frequentlysometimes committed for want of more hands, that Clerks, tohat theyir way of computing differs from ours & must be rect altered, & that their assays must also be charged, I haverectified & that none of their chief Officers have yet acquainted themselves wth our methods, & rates ofpractise thI have desired Dr Gregory to go fr the Astrony {sic} at Oxford & ne of the Clerks in the Mint in the Tower to go from hence to instruct their Clerks & Officers & Clerks & see that all proce{illeg} the coynage be there duly set on foot under the rules of her Maties Mint in the Tower & for that end to stay there till next Michaelmas: but & if your Lop approves thereof I humbly desire that for their encouragemt a suitable recompe for their encouragement it may be referred to yor Lop to consider to such persons as yor Lop shall think fit to consider of a suitable rewardallowance for that service & out of what fund it shouldshall be paid. & t

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