Assorted draft memoranda relating to the Edinburgh mint Isaac Newton Unknown c. 819 words The Newton Project Oxford 2017 Newton Project, University of Oxford

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 1707, c. 819 words.

(a) Holograph memorandum on the Scottish act of 1686 requiring the provision of standard English weights in Scotland and stipulating that 'a standard or printed Table shall be kept in the Mint-house of the values of money or bullion [...] by wch Marchants or others may know what they were to give in or get out when their bullion doth arise above or fall below the standard appointed' [see MINT00348 and MINT00349 (Mint 19/3/10, 179), which appear to meet this desideratum].

(b) Fragmentary memorandum in another hand on the same act.

(c) [1707?] Memorandum in Newton's hand: 'To be considered how much money may be applied to ye Mint in Scotland & after what manner'.

(d) Further memoranda by Newton proposing that the bullion clerk double as weigher and teller and surveyor of meltings, and summarising more recent legislation on the funding of the Edinburgh Mint.

 MINT 19/3/216, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK UKSurreyKew, RichmondNational Archives MINT 19/3/216 1707 England English Holograph Unknown Hand MintEdinburgh Mint Catalogue information compiled by Rob Iliffe, Peter Spargo & John Young Catalogue exported to teiHeader by Michael Hawkins Transcribed by Will Scott
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And in conformity topursuance of the Act of Parliament 16 for defraying the expence of a free coinage made in yethe year there shall be onetwo piles of like standard weig English weights kept the one in her majts Exchequer at Edinburgh, & the other & the other pile of the like English wts kept by the Dean of the Gild of Edenburgh

And in pursuance of the Act of ParliamtParliament of 1686 for defraying the the expence of a free coinage, there shall be two piles of like Standard English weights kept the one in the ExhequerExchequer of North Britain & the other by the Dean of Gild of Edinburgh; & likewise a standard or printed Roll Table shall be kept in the Mint-house of the value of money or bullion according to the denominations of weights used in the Mint of carats grains primes & seconds & the ordinary denominations of Pounds Ounces penny weights & grains by wchwhich Merchants or others may know what they were to give in or get out when their bullion doth arise above or fall below the standard appointed.

Pile of weights sent down from yethe mint here for yethe City & Exchequer.

memmemorandum: care to be taken ytthat yethe Piles of weights to be placed in yethe hands of ytthat ExcheExchequer & De of Dean of Guild of Edinburgh as is directed yethe yethe Scots act of 1686.

Care to be taken of table to be kept in yethe mint as is directed by yethe Scots act for yethe information of yethe melts

QQuære: : care is taken for a speedy coinage yethe Sc: f: 108:

MemMemorandum: To be considered how much money may be applied to yethe Mint in Scotland & after what manner.

MemMemorandum That the Clerk of the Bullion do yethe service of Counter warden during weigher & Teller & surveyer of yethe Melting under the Comptroller during life & then prper anannum to be added to yethe Counterwardens place.

that for the more exact sizing of the moneys the counterpoizes of yethe several & respective gold & silvercoins herein mentioned be made lighter then their just weight according to such a proportion as shall be agreed on by the General Master Warden & Counter warden not exceeding half the remedy that is to say not exceeding 24th the 12th part of a carat in the pound weight of gold & one penny weight in the pound weight of silver: to the end that the single pieces may of the new moneys may not vary above half the remedy in weight from their just standard. For which reason her Majesty ordeins that no piece of peicespieces of the said species be made

dated the 14th day of Iune 1686 are

And in regard the duty arising in Scotland by the 24th Act of of yethe 2d Session of parliamtparliament in the first of his said late MatyMajesty King IJames the seventh made in Scotland dated yethe 4th Iune 1686 foor the maintenance of the said Mint at EdinbughtEdinburgh are is expired, & in lieu thereof the duty arising by the Coinage aforesaid Acts of Parliament made in England are by the before the Act of union are by the aforesaid Act of Parliamt.Parliament made in the seventh year of her present MatyMajesty extended into Scotlandnorth Britain for the maintenancedefraying the charges of the said mint at Edingburg & the Salaries & charges of repairs of buildings & other incident charges out of the said mint, wchwhich may not exceed the summ of 1200 in any one year may in case of a deficiency of the said cCoinage duty arising in Scotland be paid out of any part of the moneys coinage duty of great Britain Wherefore soveraign Lady ‡

‡ the Lpresent MatyMajesty in pursuance of yethe sdsaid Act of union extended into north Britain for defraying the charges of the said Mint may be applied towards the paying of such summ as shall be necessary & reasonable towards not exceeding in the whole the sum of 1200li for fees & salaries of yethe Officers of the sdsaid Mint at Mint in ScotlandEdinburgh & towards providing maintaining & repairing the houses offices & buildings & other necessaries for assaying melting down & coining in the sdsaid Mints of Scotland: wherefore our said Soveraign Lady the Queen doth by these presents ordein & appoint that the said Master & Worker shall receive out of her MajtsMajestys ExcheqrExchequer from time to time all such moneys as in pursuance of the said Act of union are appointed to be paid unto him by the said Act of ParliamtParliament made in the seventh year of her reign in purs in pursuance of the Act inor pshall be appointed by any following Act in pursuance of the of Parliament for defraying the charges or expences of the said Mint at Edinburgh