Draft of MINT00167 (Mint 19/1/290)

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The manner of making new standard Trial Pieces.How new standard Trial pieces may be made

Her Majty or her Council orders new standards of gold & silver, out of crown gold & one of sterling silver, to be made & each divided into six indented Pieces to be delivered accordign to her Majts directionsVpon thean order of the Queen or Council for making & delivering new standard trial pieces of Gold & silver to The Ld Chancellour of gt Br. sends his letter to the Wardens & Company of Goldsmiths to return him the names of an able Iury to make the standards. The Iury for this purpose hads been of 12 or 15 persons.

The names being returned, his Lop sends his Warrant by his Serjeant at arms or Serjeants Deputy to summon the Iury {illeg}by their names to attend his Lordp at a time appointed {illeg}by him.

And when they attend, his Lop calls to his Serjeant at arms for his Warrant for summoning them & appoints the same to be delivered to the Remembrancers Deputy who attends wth a copy of an Oath to be given to ye Iury, & the Oath being administred the Ld Chancellour gives the Iury in Charge to make the said two Standards with all the {illeg}skill & exactnes imaginable, & to indent & divide each into six equal parts according to their best endeavours & to inscribe & print the same, & appoints the time when & where to attend with their Veredict & with the said indented trial pieces.

Which being done his Lordp delivers the said Trial pieces or orders them to be delivered upon Re according to her Majts directions upon Receipsts mutually given for the same, & sends the Veredict & Receipts to the Ld Treasurer or Commrs of the Treary to be entered into the Treary & kept by the Deputy Remembrancer.

The print has been that of the money suppose of a Guinea on the Gold & a shilling on the silver, & the Inscriptions have been as follows. This standard
The standard commixed of 22 carrets of fine gold & 2 carrets of allay in the pound weight Troy of Englandgreat Brit England 20 IAung. 176075
This standard commixed of 22 carrets of fine & 11oz 2dwt of fine silver & 18dwt of allay in the pound weight Troy of England made 20 IAung. 176075. And the {illeg}like inscriptions may be still used putting great Britain for England.

By the Indenture of the Mint One of the last Tria{illeg}l pieces of each metal h{illeg}as to heretofore been delivred intoremains now in the Treasury to be kept bywth the Deputy Chamberlains of ye Excheqr for trial of ye Pix, One wtoh ye Warden of the Mint for trying the moneys {illeg} & deciding questions about ye bullion, One witoh the Master & Worker for making the moneys, One towth the Wardens of the Company of Goldsmiths for trying their works of gold & silver, One toin the Treasury in Scotland for trying the moneys ther{illeg}e wtoh the General & other Officers of the Mint in Scotland for making the moneys there. But pPerhaps it will be more conformable to the Act of Vnion that the moneys of both Mints be hencetforward tried before the Queen & Council after one & the same manner with ye standards of g.B. by a Iury of Goldsmiths & be made after the same method& examined by two Trial pieces, before delivery in both Mints a{illeg}like, [& for yt end that bothone of the Trial pieces made for Scotland be delivered to the General & officers of that Mint to be kept the {illeg} by the Master of that Mint for making the moneys, & the other by the Warden for trying them before delivery, & for deciding controversies between the Master & the Merchant about the Bululion, as is done in the Tower.

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The Trial pieces may be delivered to ye same Officers & for ye same uses as formerly, unless that wch was delivered to ye Treasury in Scotland be now delivered to the General & Warden of the Mint at Edinborough {illeg}& that wch was formerly delivered to the General {illeg}& Officers of that Mint be now delivered to the General & Master of the same Mint. For it seems conformable to the Act of Vnion that