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An Accompt of monies received by Isaac Newton Es Warden of his Majts Mint towards defraying the charges of prosecuting Clippers & Coyners from the 5t of Sept. 1696 to ye 12t of Iune 1699

Sept 5 1696 Received at the Exchequer by order of the
Lord Commrs of his Majts Treasury
} 300.00.00
Sept 24 1696 Received of Mr Edmund Rolf Town-clerk of
Lynn Regis 166 ounces of clippings of ham-
mered money wch at 5s 1d per ounce amounts to
} 42.03.10
Novemb. 22. 1697 Received of the Undersheriff of Lincolnshire
39 ounces & 15 penny weight of clippings of old
hammered money wch at 5s 1d per ounce amounts
to
} 7.00|16|.0334
Sold to Mr Ambrose an Ingott of coarse silver melted down
out of counterfeit money for 17℔. 15s. 0d
} 17.15.00
May 11th 1698 Received of the Undersheriff of Middlesex for
good forfeited to the King by the conviction of
Lewis Skidmore for coyning
} 7.05.06
Ian 14 16989 Sold to Mr Floyer an Ingott of coarse silver
melted down out of counterfeit money for
6℔. 11s 00d
} 6.11.00
May 5 1699 Received by the hands of my Clerk Mr Iohn
Ellis for a parcell of clippings found on Sarah Nott
} 5.10.00
Iune 12 1699 Received of Mr Floyer for 5 ounces 13 penny
weight of clippings delivered to me by Mr Battely
1℔ 8s 11d and for a parcell of silver filings
and counterfeit money taken on Mr Ivy in
Ireland & sent thence to the Keeper of Newgate
2℔. 9s. 6d
} 3.18.05
Received at severall times of Tho. Neale Es Master
and Worker of his Majts Mint the salary of
Mr Ellis my Clerk for two\three/ years and an half
from
\ending/ Michaelmas 1696|9| after the rate of sixty
pounds per an
} 16|7|8||0.00.00
54|7|1. 00. 0034.
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An Accompt of monies expended by Isaac Newton Es Warden of his Majts Mint in the apprehending & prosecuting of Clippers and Coyners between the third day of August 1696 and the

} ..
Fees at the Treasury for the Warrant & Order for ye 300℔
received out of ye Exchequer 2℔. 10s. 00d, at the
Exchequer 7℔. 15s. 00d
} 10.05.00
Fees at the Treasury for an 100lb given by order of ye Lds
of the Treasury to Mr Geo. Smyth of Gloucester-
shire for defraying his charges in prosecuting Coyn-
ers 2℔. 10s. 00d, at the Exchequer 2℔. 15s. 00d
} 5.05.00
Paid Mr Tussingham's Bill for registring the Privy Seal &c
4℔. 10s. 00d paid Mr Ingham for two engrost copies
thereof with Deputations 15s
} 5.05.00
Charges of a Sign Manual for a new Clerk 5℔. 2s. 6d
and paid my clerks salary for two years & an
half from Michaelmas 1696, 1{5}|8|0℔. 00s. 00d
} 1{5}|8|0.02.06
Paid Mr Ca{t}|{n}|t{illeg}|w|ell the keeper of the Savoy Prison for sending
his man in August 1696 to Lewis in Sussex to
apprehend Emery a Coyner 1℔. 10s. 00d and for
apprehending & deteining some days in custody
Iames Pritchard a Soldier & Coyner 1℔. 12s. 00d
and done some other services 10s
} 3.1|0|2.00
Paid Mr Cha. Maris one of the Kings Messengers for charges
of himself & two other Messengers & four Assist-
ants wth their horses in going to apprehend 32
Clippers & Coyners in Worcestershire & Shropshire
in September 1696, 41℔. 02s. 00d & for seizing &
bringing home L{evers} Press & going into Worcester
shire a second time
\other services against coyners/
} 4{7}\51./02.00
Sept 19 1696 & Feb 16967 Paid Taylor an Engraver in Holburn
for charges & pains in discovering {illeg} Irish, Williamson
|Maud| & other Coyners of severall Gangs & attending the
sessions & Kingston Assizes against some of them
} 6.0|1|0.00
Sept. 24 1696 Paid Mr Rolf Townclerk of Lynn Regis
discharge of a Bill for prosecuting ten Clippers in
Norfolk
} 10.06.10
Paid Mr Benjamin Maris one of the Kings Messengers at
severall times for the charges of himself and
Companions in detecting & apprehending great numbers
of Clippers & Coyners & prosecuting some of them
& buying counterfeit money in order to discover
some of their Gangs
} 65\64/.10.00
308. 08. 04/341. 08. 04\
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Brought over 308|41|.08.04
Sept 11 1696 Paid Hump|f|hrey Hall to buy him a suit of
cloaths to qualify him for conversing with a Gang
of coyners of Note in order to discover them
} 5.00.00
Several charges upon divers occasions in the prosecution of
Captain William Wintour of Gloucestershire vizt
to Ienkins & Dun 15℔, to Oldersha{w}{ir} 1℔, to Stablin
& Mountsteven 10℔ to Mary Davis 5℔. 12s. 6d, to
Iames Tenant 4℔. 6s. 0d. In all
} 35.18.06
Paid Mr Packers Clerk in part of a Bill of charges of
prosecuting Coyners
} {illeg}|4|.19.06|0|
Nov. 1. 1696 Paid Dougless towards the charges of himself &
two others & their horses in going 150 miles to
apprehend Coyners
} 6.00.00
Paid Mr Rewse severall Bills of charges for prosecuting
coyners 14℔. 10s. 00d & towards his & Weekmans
charges in going to the Assizes at Worcester Staffod
Salop Exeter &\Hereford & Monmouth/ to prosecute coyners in summer
1698, 20℔. 00s. 00d
} 34.10.00
Charges of Sending Caleb Clerk & others into Worcestershire to
apprehend Coyners \5℔/ & \of sending/ Ioseph Willia{ns}|m||s| to Worcester
Assizes in Feb & March 16967 to give evidence
against them |3℔ In all|
} 8.00.00
Charges of detecting apprehending & convicting William
Bird at Exeter
} 40.00.00
Charges of detecting the designes of Chaloner & his associates
in their conspiring to set on foot a new way of
coyning in summer 1697 & of apprehending some
of them
} 09.10.00
Iuly 27 1697 Mr \Wilder & Mr/ Russell for \apprehending &/ prosecuting Chapman & White 13.08.00
Charges of prosecuting Iohn Gibbons vizt Iul. 19 & 20 1698 to
Counel 5℔. 7s. 3d. Iul 29 to Hildyard 1℔. 12s. 6d
Iune 27 1698 at ye secretaries Office for two
Warrants 6 Guineas or 6℔. 12s. 00d Sept 9
98 to Mary Townsend 15s, Iune 19 & Iul 4
1699 to Mrs Stavely 12℔. 16s. 9d
} 27.03.06
Paid Mr Christopher Priddith 27℔. 7s wch wth 50℔. 8s. 6d
received by him out of forfeited estates I allowed
him in discharge of two Bills amounting to 108℔.
18s. 01d for journeys into the Country & prosecuting 26 persons besides 17 convicted
27.07.{illeg}|0|0
Paid Mr Legat Mr Snow & Mr Boteler for charges in detecting
& apprehending Iohn Smith, Tho Read, Rebecca Bury
Robt Lacy & his wife, Sarah Cletor, Dr Stringer &c
21℔. 3s. 8d. Paid them more in the same accompt
by Mr Secretary Vernon 5℔. Paid Mrs Lewis on ye same
accompt 3lb
} 29.03.08
536/552\. 08. 0{6|0|}
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Brought over 536/582\℔. {sic}/.\ 00. {sic}/08\s. {sic}/.\ 00 {sic}/00\d
Paid for prosecuting the two Quarrington{'}s & Hitchcock
at Alesbury 3℔. 10s. 00d Hawkins & Harrison at
Lincoln 2℔. 10s. 00d Fr. Exton at Kingston 3℔, Rawlinson & Walene at Maidstone in Kent 4℔.
Divers coyners by Bouner 2℔, others by Weekma
2lb. 14s. 00d. F removing Lawrence Wilkinson from
Canterbury hither 2℔. 2|1|0s. 00d To Edward Floyd in
in {sic} part of his charges of coming from Ireland about
Coyners 2℔. 10s. 00d. To Clifford Pierce on ye same acct
3℔. 00s. 00d
25.14.00
Paid several other small summs in carrying on the prosecu
tion of coyners vizt to \Mr Ca{n}twell 10s to/ two sworn Appraisers
1℔. 10s. 00d two Watchmen 10s Iohn Down 9s, Iohn
Iones 10s. witnesses against Scott 5s. to Russel 1℔
Robt Attey 3℔. Iohn Stewart 15s Mrs Lewis 12s. 9d
A Constable 5s Cornelius Dyer 5s. Rich. Thornton
16s. Stephen Dunk 5s Charnock 5s Gartrude Brown
1℔. 02s. 00d. Weekman 5s Tho. Bland 15s Ann Dear
16s A Nightman 6s Mary Hobbs 1℔. 5s. Iohn Prit-
chard 12s \Iohn Welch 12s/ Tho Hall 11s Mary Morgan 1℔ Mary
Ball 15s Mrs Booker 15s
18. 0|1|9. 09/19. 11. 9\
Total
Received
Remains due to me
6{illeg}\2/6. {05}|13|. 09
5{illeg}|7|1. 00 0034
{illeg}9|55|. 0|1|3. 0914
Total
Received
Remains due to me
69|2|7. 05. 09
571. 00. 0034
56. 5. 814

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