Holograph draft covering letter for an account of tin sales since last Lady Day [probably MINT00724 (Mint 19/3/575)]

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To the R^t Hon^ble the Earl of Oxford & Ea{illeg}|r|l Mortimer Lord High Treasurer of great Britain.

May it please your Lords^p

According to yo^r Lord^p order of 3^d September instant We herewith lay before yo^r Lord^p \in the paper annexed/ an Acc^t of all the Her Ma^ties Tyn {illeg}|t|hat has been sold since Lady last & to whom|.| in the Paper annexed. The persons named in the Account are for the most part Pewterers who sometimes by|u|y for themselves but {for} most commonly factor for the merchants. \For where the Merchants imploy Factors we enter only the names of the Factors./ We have also added another Account of the Quantities exported to several places abroa{illeg}|d| taken from the book{illeg}|s| of the Custome-house but not \yet/ examined by us \|&| published/ by other people:|\For {illeg}|W|e enter not the Merchants names nor the places to w^ch the Tyn is exported./| We cannot affirm |th|it|s| |Ac^t| so exact as that taken from our own books: but it|\the whole sum /| agrees well well\in the who/ with o^rs.s{illeg}|o|me small errors perhaps excepted.\that {illeg}|i|n o^r books w^ch makes |{illeg}|us|| think the particulers neare the truth if not exact./ All w^ch is most humbly submitted to yo^r Lord^ps