Holograph extract of Parliamentary act passed under Henry VI authorising the appointment of Mint masters outside London

Anno primo Hen. 6 cap. 1. First it is ordeined & established for the profit of the king & ease of his people that the Lords of the Kings Council for the time being may assigne by authority of the said Parliament Masters & Workmen to make mony of gold & silver, to hold the Exchange of money as well in the City of York as in the town of Bristol, & also in as many places as to the said Lords shall seem necessary according to their good advice & discretion, any statute or ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding.