Account of the quantity and value of the Queen's unsold tin held in the Tower or in the hands of various agents

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/3/554, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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<554r>

To the Most Hon^ble the Earl of Oxford & Earl Mortimer, Lord H. Treasurer of great Britain.

May it please yo^r Lord^p

In obedience to yo^r Lord^ps order signified to us by M^r Lound's's his Letter of y^e 27^th |of| Instant\Ianuary/ \namely/ We humbly represent that we should lay before yo^r Lord^p what are the quantities of Tinn in the Tower in Cornwall & Devonshire in Holland & at Hamburgh \& {illeg} {weigh} it may be sold/ \send {illeg}|yo^r| L^p an Acc^t of the whole quantity of Tyn w^ch her M^ty hath paid for that now remains unsold as well in o^r Custody in the Tower as in the hands of the Agents < insertion from the left margin > for Tyn in Cornwal & Devon & at Hamburgh Holland or elswhere/ with as neare an estimate as we can of y^e value thereof or for < text from f 554r resumes > , We humbly repre{n}|s|ent that in the Tower \there are/ 1919^Tunns 6^C 2^qrs 9^℔ w^ch at 2|3|^li 16^s \per C/ |(|the selling price \at present/,|)| amounts to 145869^li. {illeg}|0|. {illeg}|1|. In the hands of the Agents in Cornwall are 85{0}|35|^C|T|un 3^C. 3^qrs. 11^℔ w^ch at {illeg}|3|^li. |1|5^s per C (the selling price there) amounts to 835. 2. 3. {illeg} 62{5}|6|39^li. {illeg}|8|^s. {3}|7|^d. In Devonshire \there/ were 34^{{illeg}|Tun|s}. 18^C. 1^qr. 23^{Tunn}|℔| \w^ch at 4^li per C the selling price present selling price/ amounts to 123200^li. And in the hands of S^r Iohn Lambert & Captain Gibon at Hamburgh \there/ are {illeg}|96|0 Tunns w^ch if it can be sold at the same rate will amout|n|t unto 76800^li. The Total {illeg}|a|mounts unto \of the Tin quantity/ 411126^li. 15^s. 5^d {illeg}|o|f the Tinn is 5289^Tunns 2|8|^C 3^qrs 15^℔ And the total price thereof, according to the rates above mentioned|,| is 411126|7|^li {illeg}|12|^s. {illeg}^d10^d.

All w^ch is most humbly submitted