"Officers of the Mint account of plate brought in"

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May it please your Lordps

In obedience to your Lordps Order signified to us by Mr Lowndes that ywe should prepare an account of what Quantity of Plate has been brought in upon the Re{illeg}solutions of the house of Commons & the value thereof & lay the same before your Lordps this morning: We humbly represent that {illeg}on friday when we began to receive & on saturday there was brought in 71584oz 10dwt of old Plate & 35767oz of new. The first at 5s 5d per ounce comes to 19387li. 9s. 4d$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$ The second at 5s 08d per ounce comes to 10133li. 19s. 8d. And both together come to {illeg}twenty 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

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My Lords

Yor Lordps most humble

& most obedient Servants

C. Peyton

Is. Newton

In Ellis

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To the Rt Honble the Lords Commrs of her Maties Treasury.

<text in Unknown Hand begins>14 May 1711

Officers of ye Mint accot of plate brought in
Rept.