'The Comptrolment Roll': detailed table of the amount of gold and silver coined in the London and (where relevant) the country mints in each year from 1659 to 1700

The Comptrolment Roll

Gold Monies Coined Yearly in the Reigns of their several Majesties successively In the MINT within the Tower of London From the year 1659 to the last of December 1700 Years Weight Tale Lwt oz d: g L s d From the Year 1659 to last March 1661 at £41 ꝑper lwt: 120 1 5 .. 1924 5 5 To last March 1662 95 .. 8 .. 3896 7 4 To Do 1663 700 6 10 .. 28845 4 2 To Do (at £44.10 ꝑper lwt 1664 206 5 17 18 9188 16 7 To Do 1665 1483 4 10 6 66,013 18 10 To Do 1666 1980 3 15 18 88,124 ... 10 To 21:st Decemb:rDecember 1666 904 11 10 12 40270 14 9 To Do 1667 2511 4 12 13 111,756 13 2 To Do 1668 4760 8 9 7 211,851 7 9 To Do 1669 2582 5 19 8 114921 2 6 To Do 1670 2516 3 19 20 111976 16 1 To Do 1671 4153 7 10 6 184836 7 2 To Do 1672 1859 6 7 18 82749 3 8 To Do 1673 2721 2 18 23 121095 8 7 To Do 1674 1873 6 1 16 83371 1 2 To Do 1675 1154 6 3 3 51375 16 7 To Do 1676 5188 8 7 7 230,897 .. 4 To Do 1677 5201 4 16 18 231462 8 9 To Do 1678 3000 6 15 12 133525 2 6 To Do 1679 11986 7 15 6 533405 15 8 To Do 1680 12923 .. 19 15 575077 2 9 To Do 1681 6684 11 8 9 297480 6 11 To Do 1682 3991 9 12 6 177635 2 11 To Do 1683 8062 10 1 12 358796 7 3 To Do 1684 6831 10 15 ~ 304019 7 4 To Do 1685 12,075 ... .. .. 537337 10 ~ To Do 1686 13,874 4 15 .. 617410 12 3 To Do 1687 9,018 1 .. .. 401304 14 2 To Do 1688 12,613 8 6 ~ 561309 5 7 To Do 1689 2886 4 .. .. 128441 16 8 To Do 1690 1094 10 13 .. 48722 9 10 To Do 1691 1224 7 15 .. 54496 14 9 To Do 1692 2573 .. .. .. 114498 10 ..~ To Do 1693 1257 8 12 14 55968 10 6 To Do 1694 1286 5 .. .. 57245 10 10 To Do 1695 16,117 3 .. .. 717217 12 6 To Do 1696 3,115 .. .. .. 138617 10 ~ To Do 1697 2706 8 .. .. 120446 13 4 To Do 1698 10,597 .. ... ... 471566 10 ~ To Do 1699 3177 ... ... ... 141376 10 ~ To Do 1700 2701 4 14 11 120212 .. 3 189,817 7 7 14 8,443,668 9 8

Coined at the Five Country Mints. Viz: Weight Tale Lwt. oz d g £ s d Bristol 147479 4 .. .. 459465 17 ~ Chester Pix included } 101660 .. .. .. 316338 ..7 6 Exeter 147296 .. .. 10 458462 2 6 Norwich 83040 .. .. .. 257944 18 6 York 99023 .. .. .. 308625 13 8 578,498 4 ... 10 1,800,832 19 2

Extracted from the Books of the sev:lseveral Mints & humbly prresented to SrSir IJohn Hanley Bar:r Warden of his Maty'sMajesty's Mint./

ꝑper Fr. Berresford ComptrollComptroller.

Of Thomas Molyneux & Cha: Mason Esq:rs: who are constituted Comptroller of the Coinage & Monies of Our Sovereign Lord King William within the Tower of ... of the Twelve General Remains of the Clipt Hammerd Monies which were taken by the Rt Hon:ble the Lords Commiss:rsCommissioners of His Mty'sMajesty's TrearyTreasury pursuant to an Act of Parliament Intituled an Act for remedying the ill state of the Coin of this Kingdom. And being first Molten into Ten Thousand Nine Hundred & Thirty three Ingots in Westm:r were then deliver'd to Tho: Neale Esq:r Master & Worker of His Maty'sMajesty's Mint in the Tower of London to be there Coin'd as directed by their LpsLordships in their several Warr:tsWarrants from the TrearyTreasury herein mention'd And did produce in Standard Silver of Eleven Ounces two PennywtPennyweight of fine Silver & Eighteen PennywtPennyweight of Allay in every poundwtpoundweight Troy According to the Indenture Between the said King William & the late Queen Mary on the One part & the said Thom: Neale Esq:r on the other part bearing date the 2:d of April in the first year of their Majesties Reign, a Seven Hundred & Ninety Thousand Eight Hundred & Sixty Bunds, One Ounce, Nineteen Pennyweight, Eight Grains Which StanddStandard Silver did make in Tale of New Mill'd Moneys, Two Millions Four Hundred Sixty three Thousand One Hundred & Ten Pounds Seventeen Shillings & Sevenpence Farthing. Which by Virtue of the Warrants before mention'd was paid in Manner following: viz: Dates of Warrants Remains No of Ingots Standard Weight Whole Tale In NEW Money Weight of Course silver deliver'd to Refine Refining Paid at 12d: ꝑper Lwt: Molten In Ingots & scissell Melting at 3 Farth: ꝑper Lwt: Waste on the Standard at 2d. ꝑper Lwt Coynage at 14d ꝑper Lwt Charge Telling first Melting & Incidents at Westminsr:Westminster Mint Incidents The Whole Charge Clear Tale paid into the Exchequer Lwt oz dw gr. L s d Lwt oz d. gr L s d Lwt. oz d: gr L s d L s d L s d L s d L s d L s d L s d 1695 14th: February 1 871 59365 11 9 19 185120 10

1 \frac{1}{4}

6908 .. .. .. 345 8 ~ 113671 .. ... ... 370 16

1 \frac{1}{4}

618 7 6 3461

3 \frac{1}{2}

1508 6

4 \frac{3}{4}

127 14 11 6433 14

\frac{1}{4}

178472 7 9 21st: March 2 412 29524 11 18 .. 92081 10 6 4789 1 .. .. 239 9 1 59018 11 ... .. 184 8

9 \frac{1}{2}

307 11 ... 1722 5

10 \frac{1}{2}

..... .. ... 34 17 3 2488 12 ... 89511 2 ~ 1696 9th: April 3 1142 82521 11 12 4 257161 1 6 18541 .. .. .. 917 1 ... 164961 11 12 ... 515 10 1 859 12 1 4813 15

8 \frac{1}{4}

1037 12 6 105 11 6 8249 2 10 248691 4 2 4th: May 4 348 24254 2 11 17 75659 11 6 6718 ... .. ... 335 18 ... 48508 5 4 .. 151 11 8 252 12 10 1414 16 6 ...... ... ... 30 2 ... 2185 1 ... 73422 3 6 15th: Do: 5 333 23014 8 2 23 71592 .. ... 4769 .. . ... 238 9 ... 46028 8 2 .. 143 16 10 239 14 9 1342 10 5 ...... .. .. 27 11 ... 1992 2 ... 69538 ... 6 20th: Do: 6 245 16731 9 6 19 52021 5. 1. 3625 ... .. .. 181 5 ... 33463 6 12 ... 104 11 5 174 5 9 976 ... 4 856 14 7 21 17 6 2314 14 7 49668 10 6 25th Do: 7 160 10693 9 11 4 33295 17 6 2128 ... .. .. 106 8 ... 21387 7 7 ... 66 16

8 \frac{1}{4}

111 7 10 623 16

1 \frac{3}{4}

....... ... ... 12 18 ... 921 6 9 32344 10 10 3d: Iune 8 502 35639 10 8 19 111006 16 3 7426 .. ... ... 371 6 .. 71279 8 16 ... 222 15 ~ 371 5 .. 2076 19 10 816 104 3 42 5 9 3902 15 10 106994 ... 5 13th: Iuly 9 2358 174323 3 7 2 542439 15 8 32281 ... ... ... 1614 1 .. 348646 6 14 ... 1089 10

4 \frac{3}{4}

1815 17

4 \frac{1}{4}

10168 17

2 \frac{1}{4}

2625 14 2 212 12 ... 17526 12 1 524580 19 1 5th: August 10 1519 112769 .. 2 3 351047 3 6 19219 .. .. .. 960 19 .. 225538 ... 10 ... 704 16

1 \frac{1}{2}

1174 13

6 \frac{1}{2}

6578 3 10 747 4 2 127 15 4 10293 12 ... 340595 18 6 28th: Do: 11 1223 90529 4 10 20 282033 9 ~ 16971 .. .. .. 848 11 ... 181038 9 ... ... 565 16 2 943 ... 3 5280 17 7 ....... ... ... 101 11 ... 7739 16 ... 274216 10 ... 24th: October 12 1769 129550 5 9 23 403606 19 ~ 25588 8 .. ... 1279 8 8 259100 10 .. ... 809 13

9 \frac{3}{4}

1349 9

3 \frac{1}{4}

7557 2

2 \frac{1}{4}

2549 3 6 151 14 6 13696 12 4 389678 5 2 28th: Do: Review .. 45 1588 7 7 19 4947 8 ~ 265 8 .. .. 13 5 8 3176 9 10 ... 9 18

7 \frac{1}{2}

..20 4

3 \frac{1}{2}

92 13

5 \frac{1}{2}

..... ... ... ..... .. ... ..132 8 7 4814 19 5 The Sweep .. 6 352 2 ... 4 1097 10 ~ ....... ... ... ... ...... .. ... 703 2 10 ... 2 3

11 \frac{1}{2}

20 10 10 599 10 1 ..... 1 9 626 ... 1 471 11 8 By New Mony put into the Pix Box & after Tryal thereof paid into the Exchequer Viz The 16th Iuly 1696 ... .. .. 809 2 ... The 18th Do 1697 .... .. .. 799 2 .. 10,933 790,860 1 19 8 2,463,110 17

7 \frac{1}{4}

149,029 5 .. ... 7451 9 5 158,154 4 17 ~ 4942 6 6 8238 1

10 \frac{1}{2}

46138 10 2 10740 9

7 \frac{3}{4}

966 12 6 78,502 10

5 \frac{1}{4}

2,384,608 7 6

The Comptrollment Roll of the Coinage of Our Soverign Lord King William within the Tower of London, Viz: Of the Hammer'd Mony & wrought Plate imported into His Maj:tiesMajesties Mint there pursuant to an Act of Parliament intituled an Act for the further remedying the ill state of the Coin of the Kingdom pass'd in yethe 3d year of his Maty'sMajesty's Reign. And by virtue of another Act Entitul'd an Act for granting to his MatyMajesty several Duties upon Paper Vellum & Parchment to encourage the bringing of Plate & Hammer'd Monies into yethe Mints to be Coin'd, wchwhich sdsaid hammer'd Monies & wrotwrought plate herein mention'd did produce in standdstandard Silver of Eleven Ounces two pennywt.pennyweight of Fine Silver & Eighteen Pennywt.Pennyweight of Allay in every poundweight Troy according to the Indenture between the sdsaid King William & the late Q: Mary of the One part & Tho. Neale Esqr the MastrMaster & Worker on the other part bearing date as abovemention'd, Six hundred ninety six thousand nine hundred seventy one pounds sixteen pennywt.pennyweight & nineteen Grains, wchwhich standard Silver did make in Tale, Two Millions One hundred & Seventy Thousand Nine hundred & Seventy Eight Pounds Seven Shillings & Six Pence w:chwhich by Virtue of the said Act of Parliament & Warr:tsWarrants from the Lords CommissrsCommissioners of his Maty'sMajesty's TrearyTreasury, was paid in manner following — Imported from the 16th: December 1696 to the 23d: March 1697 No of Ingots Numbr:Number of Ounces Standard Weight Whole Tale of New Money Refining at 12d: ꝑper Lwt: Melting & Waste at 4d ꝑper Lwt Coinage at the 14d: ꝑper Lwt. Incidents at the Tower Incidents at Westminr:Westminster Whole Charge Clear Tale paid to yethe sev:lseveral Importers oz dwt grs lwt. oz dw. grs L s d L s d L s d L s d L s d L s d L s d L s d From the Receipt of the Exchequer 1202 ...... .. ... 80812 2 10 21 251468 7 .. 146 19

6 \frac{1}{4}

1346 17 5 4714 .. 11 156 1

5 \frac{1}{2}

747 9 9 7111 9 .

\frac{3}{4}

242529 14 7 By private Importers at 5 s 4d ꝑper oz .... 477 16 21 79 11 25 21958 17 9 127 18 4 1170 13 4 40 6 8 135 16

8 \frac{3}{4}

650 11 1 6102 6

1 \frac{3}{4}

226105 14

10 \frac{1}{4}

By the Receiver of the Customs .... 985455 12 15 81641 7 16 6 254439 17 3 148 14

4 \frac{1}{4}

1360 13

10 \frac{1}{4}

4762 8 7 157 18

4 \frac{3}{4}

756 6

4 \frac{1}{2}

7106 1

6 \frac{3}{4}

246400 12

8 \frac{3}{4}

By the Treasurer of the Excise .... 1638764 7 23 136213 11 18 6 424245 15 ~ 247 19

2 \frac{1}{4}

2270 4 8 7945 16 4 263 6

1 \frac{1}{4}

1261 1 ..

\frac{1}{4}

11988 7

3 \frac{3}{4}

411020 16

8 \frac{3}{4}

By Publick Receivers .... 293661 17 – 243442 10 3 14 758235 19 6 443 3

6 \frac{1}{4}

4057 7 7 14200 16 8 470 12 ~ 2253 16 11 21425 16

8 \frac{1}{4}

734152 19 3 By the Undertakers for bringing in wro:twrought Plate 1257 ....... .. ... 84620 4 19 5 263733 11 ~ .... .. .. 1410 6

9 \frac{1}{4}

4936 3

8 \frac{3}{4}

...... .. .. ....... ... ... 6046 10 6 257387 ... 6 2459 ...... .. .. 696,971 .. 16 19 2,170,978 7 6 1,114 14 11 11616 3

7 \frac{1}{2}

40656 12

10 \frac{3}{4}

1183 14

8 \frac{1}{4}

5669 5

1 \frac{3}{4}

60240 11

3 \frac{1}{4}

2117.596 18

7 \frac{3}{4}

NB That the Mastrer & Workrer out of the Monies Impressed to Him at the Exchequer for Payment of the 4d ꝑper oz. recompence to the 1st: Importers at 5s/4d ꝑper oz: hath to ytthat use employed yethe sum of 13,188 18

5 \frac{1}{2}

The whole Charge amounts to ... 60.240 11

3 \frac{1}{4}

Paid into Exch: for Ball: of this Account 6329 16 ..

\frac{1}{2}

And therefore is Charg'd wthwith the same in this Account. 2184167 5

11 \frac{1}{2}

2,184,167 5

11 \frac{1}{2}

Note./ That by the Indentures between their MatiesMajesties successively & the several Masters & Workers of their Mints since this Account commenc'd. They have been oblig'd to Coin all the Gold Monies of what species soever of Twenty two Carrats fine Gold & two Carrats of Allay in every pound weight Troy. And all the Silver Coins of the Goodness beforementioned. Note./ That beside all the Gold mention'd in this Account to be Coin'd at London, there was Coin'd by private Importers between the 1st March 95 & the 1st IanryIanuary 96 during which time the Encouragement for Coining Gold was taken off by Act of Parliament & the Coinage thereof paid by themselves Viz:t Guineas oz 20s pieces £26186.5.0. Silver Monies coined Yearly in the Reigns of their several Majesties successively In the Mint within the Tower of London from the year 1659 to the last of Decemb:rDecember 1700. Weight Tale at £3. 2. 0 PrPer Lwt: Years Lwt oz dw. gr L s d ~ 683 4 ... .. 2118 6 8 ~ From 1659 to yethe last March 1661 78593 8 10 .. 243640 9 11 ~ To Do 1662 117545 3 18 18 364390 10 4 ~ To Do 1663 69835 6 .. .. 216490 1 .. ~ To Do 1664 24311 3 .. ... 75364 17 6 ~ To Do 1665 10582 .. .. .. 32804 4 .. ~ To Do 1666 11210 .. .. .. 34731 4 .. ~ To 21: DecrDecember 1666 17221 2 .. .. 53385 12 4 ~ To Do 1667 39583 2 .. .. 122707 16 4 ~ To Do 1668 14966 11 10 .. 46397 11 5 ~ To Do 1669 42767 9 .. .. 132580 .. 6 ~ To Do 1670 40055 2 17 .. 124171 4 8 ~ To Do 1671 88383 8 17 .. 273989 11 8 ~ To Do 1672 98364 4 15 ... 304929 12 6 ~ To Do 1673 13286 3 15 .. 41187 11 4 ~ To Do 1674 1856 2 5. .. 5754 3 7 ~ To Do 1675 101536 11 15 ... 314764 12 8 ~ To Do 1676 145719 ... 13 ... 451729 1 4 ~ To Do 1677 7981 2 .. .. 24741 12 4 ~ To Do 1678 81613 3 5 .. 253001 2 9 ~ To Do 1679 63904 ... 10 ... 198102 10 7 ~ To Do 1680 29736 11 10 ... 92184 11 5 ~ To Do 1681 9545 ... .. ... 29589 10 ~ ~ To Do 1682 74111 ... ... .. 229744 2 .. .. To Do 1683 17309 9 3 20 53660 5 7 ~ To Do 1684 30572 ... 10 ... 94773 6 7 ~ To Do 1685 19294 10 5 .. 59814 .. 11 ~ To Do 1686 80848 5 .. ... 250630 1 10 ~ To Do 1687 24590 6 11 20 76230 14 1 ~ To Do 1688 31152 6 15 17 96572 19 1 ~ To Do 1689 643 5 ... ... 1994 11 10 ~ To Do 1690 1203 5 7 18 3730 13 10 ~ To Do 1691 1341 10 17 8 4159 18 3 ~ To Do 1692 2992 6 1 ... 9276 13 3 ~ To Do 1693 51 6 16 13 159 17 3 ~ To Do 1694 20 ... ... ... 62 .. ... .. To Do 1695 810275 2 12 14 2,511,853 3 6 ~ To Do 1696 707160 .. .. ... 2,192,196 ... ... ~ To Do 1697 105364 .. .. ... 326628 8 ~ ~ To Do 1698 19498 ... ... ... 60443 16 ~ ~ To Do 1699 4805 10 6 16 14898 3 4 ~ To Do 1700 9040517 7 9 – 9425604 12 6 ~ Coin'd at His Maty'sMajesty's Mint in London from Feb:yFebruary 95 when that coinage Commenc'd to 24 DecrDecember 99. Silver Monies being the product of the Old Clipt & Hammer'd Monies Viz Stand:dStandard wt: Tale lw oz d g l s d The 12 GenlGeneral Remains taken at the ExchrExchequer. 790860 1 19 8 2463110 17

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HamdHammer'd Mony from yethe ExchrExchequer. 696971 .. 16 19 2170978 7 6 Imported by private Persons 154465 11 16 11 478844 11 1 ⏞ Coin'd in yethe Species following 1642297 2 12 14 5112933 16

2 \frac{1}{4}

lwt. oz. d. g Crowns & Ha: Crowns 851430. 0. 0. 0. Shillings – 619074. 2. 12. 04 Sixpences & smaller mony 171793. 0. 0. 10 Lwt: 1642297. 2. 12. 14 Gold Monies 19,795 8 .. .. 872007 3 4 The whole Coinage at London from the 1st Feb: 95 to 24. DecrDecember 99 35,984,940 19

6 \frac{1}{4}