Accounts relating to the recoinage Isaac Newton c. 418 words The Newton Project Oxford 2017 Newton Project, University of Oxford

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 c. July 1696, c. 418 words.

Headed: 'An Account of the Charges in Receiuing into the Mint, Refining, Melting, Coyning and Paying into the Receipt of his MatiesMajesty's Exchecquer One Thousand Seven hundred Sixty Nine Ingotts of Silver Melted Down from the Clipt Monies that was found in the said Receipt at the taking the Twelfth genrll Remaine on the 24 day of Iune Last past'.

 MINT 19/2/282, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK UKSurreyKew, RichmondNational Archives MINT 19/2/282 c. July 1696 England English Clerical Hand MintAccounts and Expenses Catalogue information compiled by Rob Iliffe, Peter Spargo & John Young Catalogue exported to teiHeader by Michael Hawkins Transcribed by Will Scott

An Account of the Charges in Receiving into the Mint, Refineing, Melting, Coyning and paying into the Receipt of his Maties:Majesties Exchequer. One Thousand Seven hundred Sixty Nine Ingotts of Silver Melted Down from the Clipt Monies that was foudn in the said Receipt at the taking the Twelfth genrll:generall Remaine on the 24 day of Iune Last past wch:which said 1769 Ingotts Weighed when Reduced to Standard 129550ll: 05oz: 09dwt: 23gr:

£sd For the Coining 129550ll: 05: 09: 23: at 14d: pper Libpound 7557022 For Melting 259100ll: 10oz: 19dwt: 22: Ingotts and Scissell at 34d: per pound 80913934 Refining of 25588ll: 8oz: of CourseCoarse Silvr:Silver at 12d pper £wpound weight 1279088 The Waste to be Born by the King computed at 212d per pound 134909814 For Two Labourer's Work in the Assay Office to assist in Cutting of the Silver Ingotts, pileing and Carrying them into the Office of Receipt from 12th: Novembr: to 16: Ianuuary Inclusive 50: days at each three shillshillings a day 15000 Four Bustells of Copple Ashes 208– One Peck of Cotteridge 1000 Three Douzaine of Mufflers 2140 For 50: dayes making Coppels at 2s: 6d: a day 6050 Thomas Langworth and Richard Bullock putting the Ingotts into the Seale and thence Carrying them into the Treasury Roome, and from thence to the Scale when deliver'd out for Melting, and for attending the Office upon this Extraordinary Occasion from 12th: Novembr to 16: IJanuary 50: days at 2s: 6d a day 12100 Richard Dallow taking the Money from the Weigher and Carrying it to the Tellers twenty Six dayes at t: shill:shillings a day 6100 Thomas Hawks attending the Money when taken up 26: Dayes at 5: shillshillings a day 6100 Mr: Thomas Turner attending the Tellers of the Exchecquer 26: dayes at 10: shillshillings a day 130 Phillip Dallowe assistant to the Porter for seaven Weeks 3100 Carridge from the Mint to the Exchecquer and Loading forty three Loades 21100 Mr: Pendleton going up to the Exchecquer and Loading fourty three Loades 4050 Richard Bullock going up with the same 17 times at 2: shillshillings and 6d: 2026 Arthur Iones Oversee'r of the Monyrs:Moneyers Workmen 30: dayes at 3s: a day 410– Paid for the tallys of this 12th: Remaine 3906– Paid the Exchecquer Porters for carrying the Money from the carts to the severall Offices at 6ds: per Mille 9150 Paid for the Pix of this 12 generanerall remain 232016 Lost by the Assay of the New Moneys 0090 £ 11,379104