Draft report: 'An accompt of what belongs to the Warden of his Mties Mint within the Tower of London', listing the buildings regarded as the warden's property and those that used to be regarded as such
An accompt of what belongs to the Warden of the\his Mats/ Mint within the Tower of Londo. vizt
|1| A large \dwelling/ house {&} a washouse thereunto adjoyning & a garden opposite thereunto\to both/ with a small house Contayning one roome at the end of it the sd. Garden now Inhabited by mr Young
|2|one other house Contayning 4 rooms next to the lyne & a wash house a lodging \roome/ & some Cellarage over agaisnt it Inhabited by George Macy the Wardens Clerke
|3| There was formerly a Coach house belonging to the sd Warden of the Mint between the Monyers kitching & mr Silvesters house Conta. about 12 foote in breadth to the front next the street, & abt 25 foote deepe
|4.| There was also a stable belonging to the warden at the further end of the Mint which hath bin since Converted \made/ into Lodgings for souldiers
About the year 1633 Sr. Wm Pa\r/ckhurst & Sr. Anty. St Leger were Wardens of the Mint at which time the Wardens \dwelling/ house {illeg}|w|as accounted from the house (wherein mr Roettiers now lives) into the Kitchin wherein yt G {Macy} \below stairs/ {illeg}|of| ye aforesaid G M\acys/ {house}, & {Lovell} with that above stairs & so upwards and all the roome over the Kitchin & Parlour that Macy posessethe, was then a publick office for the Irish mony & the Warden passed to it from his house above stairs then\long after this/ one {Rice} Briyot (a frenchman) made a proposall to K C ye {sic} 2d to coin mony by the Mill & press \beter then the monyers did before in that way/ so that then he had those rooms the sd. office or rooms abovestairs \by a stair case/ added to those below \allowed him by the officers/ & lived therein for a time, {illeg}|And| after his death the Monyers tooke posession thereof & kept it untill the Vnhappy Rebellion the when one Holland came to be Warden and he setled his Clerk into the sd. and after that {illeg}|O|ne St. Iohns was Warden & did the same to his Clerke so that from that time the {sd} {illeg} whole hath bin reputed reputed the\as belonging to the/ Wardens {sic} house & belonging to {illeg} for himselfe & Clerks as aforesd