Letter concerning the petition of the widow of John Roos
To the Rt Honble the Lords Commrs of his Majts Treary.
May it please yor Lordps
In obedience to yor Lordps Order of Reference of 5t May {illeg}last We have Considered the Petition of the Widdow of Iohn Roos Es late Engra{illeg}ver of his Majts seales setting forth that his Bill for the silver & engraving work of {illeg}publick seales amounting to 78{illeg}8li 15s 8d was payd off by order of the Commers of his Majts Treary dated 7th Aug. 17127 excepting two seals for Ireland valued at 236li. 18s. 10d upon a supposition that those two were to be paid for out of the Treasury of that kingdom: and we are humbly of opinion that the said Graver be paid here out of the Exchequer here for the seals in question. For they were ordered & made here, & have formerly been paid for here as appears to us by an Order of the Treasury dated 6 Sept. 1711, & some seals made since for Ireland have already been paid for here, & Gravers may hereafter prove unwilling to make seals here for Ireland if they must be sent thither for their money.
All which is most humbly submitted to yor Lordps great
wisdome
Wm: Thompson
Is. Newton
M Bladen
<93v><text in Unknown Hand begins>Officers of the Mint Report on Roos's Peticon
Source
T 1/228.19, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK5 Jul 1720, c. 225 words.