Partial holograph draft of MINT00442 (Mint 19/3/81-93) and list of Edinburgh salaries

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And the said John Montgomerie, doth further Covenant Grant & agree to & with her said Majesty That when ever her Majesty by her Warrant under her Signe Manual shall authorize & require him to provide & Employ Moneyers for Carrying on the Coynage in the said Mint at Edinburgh, he will with all convenient Speed, procure, provide & Employ as Moneyers two or more Workmen skilling & exercised in the Operations of Milling, Nealing, Cutting, Flatting, Sizing, blanching edging & Stamping or coyning the Gold & silver delivered to them in Barrs & pay them for their Work of Coynage after such rates as her Majesty shall appoint, not exceeding one half of her Majestys allowance made to him the said John Montgomery for coynage by the pound weight Troy.

NB the said allowance is 6s 6d per pound weight of gold & 1412d per pound weight or silver.

The Master is further to pay to the Workmen for edging the moneys & keeping the Instruments in Repair such allowance as the Lord Treasurer shall appoint not exceeding 6d per pound weight for the gold moneys & 112d per pound weight for the silver moneys

The Salaries in the Schedule are

To the General300li Clerks of the Bullion as
Assistant to the Weigher &
Teller & Surveyer of the Meltings
}50li
Master200
Warden150
Comptroller60 Graver50
Assaymaster100 Kings Clerk40
Smith30
Total 980

No Clerks.