"Officers of the Mint account of plate brought in"

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: T 1/133.74, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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May it please your Lord^ps

In obedience to your Lord^ps Order signified to us by M^r Lowndes that {y}|w|e should prepare an account of what Quantity of Plate has been brought in upon the Re{illeg}|solut|ions of the house of Commons & the value thereof & lay the same before your Lord^ps this morning: We humbly represent that {illeg}|o|n friday when we began to receive & on saturday there was brought in 71584^oz 10^dwt of old Plate & 35767^oz of new. The first at 5^s 5^d per ounce comes to 19387^li. 9^s. 4^d $\frac{1}{2}$ The second at 5^s {0}|8|^d per ounce comes to 10133^li. 19^s. 8^d. And both together come to {illeg}|t|wenty nine thousand five hundred twenty one pounds nine shilings. And there lies about two or thre {sic} thousand pound{illeg}|s| worth of Plate at the Mint to be weighed this morning. We are

^[1]

My Lords

Yo^r Lord^ps most humble

& most obedient Servants

C. Peyton

Is. Newton

In Ellis

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To the R^t Hon^ble the Lords Comm^rs of her Ma^ties Treasury.

14 May 1711

Officers of y^e Mint acco^t of plate brought in
Rep^t.

^[1] Mint
May 14 1711