The Case stated specially between Mr. Redhead + Mr. Blofield.

By yethe Day bookes of the late Mint at Norwich + the Cashbookes of Mr. Redhead + his Clerk + by another book composed + sign'd by the warden of yt.that Mint we find that Mr. Redhead upon yethe breaking up of that Mint was indebted 2497l: 16s: 03d to Mr. Blofield for hammer'd mony at 5s. ꝑper Ounce.

In Discharge of this Debt Mr. Redhead produces three Rects.Receipts for 2500l: paid to Mr. Blofields ordr.order out of that Mint, the one dated augt. 26th. 1697 for 500l the other two dated augt. yethe 30th. + Sepr. 1st. 1697 for 1000l each to wch.which Mr. Blofield + his friends answr.answered that whatsoever sum̄mms were payd to him or his ordr.order out of that mint upon such private Rects.Receipts were paid in Course for silver Imported + intended upon yethe next accounting to be brought to acct.account + set off upon yethe printed Mint Ticquetts then payable in Course + accordingly were all of them faithfully brought to acct.account as he is ready to make oath but yethe Rects.Receipts were not alwais taken up + Cancell'd as they should have been The endorsmt.endorsment on yethe printed Mint ticquetts implying (as they ConcievedConceived) according to yethe ordr.order + Course of the Mint that all summs paid untill yethe day of the Endorsmt.Endorsment were then accounted for + sett off upon yethe printed Ticketts + thereby all private Rects.Receipts of such sum̄mmes untill that day discharg'd + made voyd, wchwhich made him + his agents less carefull to take them up. They say also that abt.about three weeks after the date of the sd.said three Rects.Receipts vizt. on 22th. sepr. 1697 Mr. Blofield accounted wth.with Mr. Redhead and endorsed 14922l. on two Mint ticketts including all sum̄mms paid to him untill that time + that in so short a time as three weeks so great a sum̄mm as 2500l could not be forgott + that in Decr. following he accounted again + endorsed 6443l: 13s: 09d on two other Mint ticketts including all further sum̄mms untill that day, By wch.which accountings + Endorsemts.Endorsements the sd.said three Rects.Receipts (if they be true ones) being looked upon as Discharg'd, they were not menītioned any further by Mr. Redhead while that Mint stood nor for a long time after but lay neglected till he thought fitt to produce them, as he did also some other Rects.Receipts of the same kind wch.which yethe Importrs.Importers neglected to take up + cancell + wch.which are now allow'd to be voyd.

In examining this mattr.matter we find therefore that Mr. Redhead did pay severll.severall sum̄mms of mony to Mr. Blofield + some other Importers upon private Rects.Receipts without endorseing yethe sum̄mms upon yethe printed Mint ticketts untill they came to a Generall Reckoning upon the tickett or ticketts next payable in course, + that the Importers did sometimes upon such a Reckoning neglect to take up their Rects.Receipts That Mr. Blofield did endorse 14922l: on two ticketts 22th. sepr. 1697 + 6443: 13: 09 more on two others in Decr. following as he alledged + we humbly ConcieveConceive these Endorsemts.Endorsements by yethe Course of the Mint to be in full of all monys paid upon those ticketts so as to be voyd the sd.said three Rects.Receipts unless Mr. Redhead can postitively prove yethe paymt.payment of more mony by 2500l upon yethe two first of those tickets then waswere 36 Endorsed upon them wch.which proof is wanting + would infer yethe Crime of undue Pr.reference, the Officers of that Mint for preventing Misreckonings took an accot.account every two or three dayes + sometimes dayly of all yethe mony's new Coyned + pd.paid away + of wt.what remained in yethe trearytreasury whereby a Misreckoning of 2500l might soon have been discovered, whereas those three Rects.Receipts lay neglected till about MichaeMichaelmas 1699 wch.which was two yeares after the Endorsmt.Endorsment Mr. Redhead representing that he then found also & produced a Rect.Receipt of 1858l. left in yt.that Mint by Mr. Dashwood anor.another Importer of publick Hammere'd mony, but by an affidavitt of Mr. Allen Clerk to the Warden of that Mint made before my Ld.Lord Chief Baron Ward yethe 3d. of Iuly 1701 + by other Circumstances it appeares to us, That mr. Dashwood did acct.account for that mony + neglected to take up + Cancell the Rect.Receipt + this is now acknowledged also by Mr. Redhead and abt.about the same time the sd.said Mr. Redhead produced also two other Rects.Receipts of the aforesd.aforesaid Mr. Blofield besides the three above menītioned both dated in yethe sd.said Month of augt. 1697 the one for 500l the other for 1000l but by yethe aforesd.aforesaid affidavit of Mr. Allen these sum̄mms were accounted for upon yethe same 22th. sepr. 1697 + Mr. Redhead insists no further upon ym.them seeing therefore that Mr. Blofield upon accounting on yethe sd.said 22th. Sepr. 1697 did neglect to take up + Cancell his Rects.Receipts then accounted for or some of ym.them it may be suspected that the three now produced were of that Number, For the sd.said Mr. allen in yethe affidavitt above menītioned affirmes further that he hath heard + believes that Mr. Redhead hath anor.another Note of Mr. Blofield for 1000l + believes that Mr. Blofield forgott to take up that Note when he accounted for the mony + sign'd the printed Rect.Receipt or Tickett which Note wee take to be one of the three Rects.Receipts now produced by Mr. Redhead, and Mr. Redhead affirmes nothing further of the sd.said three Rects.Receipts then ytthat he found ym.them amongst his papers sometime after that Mint broke up + believes ym.them truely to be sign'd by Mr. Crowne who now imploy'd by Mr Demee yethe agent of Mr. Blofield.