An account of the copper sold to Hines and Appleby since 7 March 1721 [= 1722] and the quantity delivered by them to the Tower
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London Iune 1st 1722
Sir
In obedience to Your Order We find Your Honour the Following Account of all the Copper sold to Messrs: Appleby & Hains since the 7th. of March last for Coining of half pence & farthings The Quantity of Copper delivered by them to the Tower and the Copper Money Issued out from thence since the aforesaid 7th. of March
Copper sold to Messrs. Appleby & Hains Vizt.
th | Tons | cwt | qr | li | ||
1721 | March | 7. | 3. | 9. | 2. | 15 |
20 | 3. | 0. | 1. | 25 | ||
1722 | April | 24 | 2. | 0. | 2. | 18 |
May | 1 | 2. | 7. | 2. | 26 | |
26 | 3. | 17. | 1. | 13 | ||
14. | 15. | 3. | 13 | |||
Bespoken & on the way from Swanzey to London | } | 6. | – | – | – | |
20. | 15. | 3. | 13 |
Copper delivered by Messrs. Appleby & Hains to the Tower
th | T. | cwt | qr | li | ||
1722 | April | 4. | 2. | 17. | 0. | 0 |
17. | 1. | 10. | 0. | 0 | ||
May | 16. | 2. | 18. | 0. | 0 | |
26. | 2. | 4. | 0. | 0 | ||
9. | 9. | 0. | 0 | |||
Cissel delivered back | T. | cwt | qr | li | ||
April | 18. | 1. | 0. | 0. | 0 | |
May | 2. | 0. | 16. | 0. | 0 | |
18 | 1. | 0. | 0. | 0 | ||
Ditto remaining unweighed | 16: 10. | 18. | 0. | 0 | ||
3. | 14. | 0. | 0 |
over
<343v>Money Issued out of the Tower Coined of the aforesaid Copper
2 Tonns 5ll. | whereof | |
1722 May 18. | 1. Ton was sent by order to Mr Peter Williams Merchant at Exeter. The rest has been disposed off in Town |
We are
Your Honours
Most Obedient Humble Servants
For John Midford & by
John Wern
Source
MINT 19/2/343, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK1 June 1722, c. 190 words.