'Accompt due by Her Majtie to George Allardes Master of her Majties Mint for the Coinage in Scotland'
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Accompt due by Her Majestie to George Allardes of Allardes Master of Her Majesties Mint for the Coinage in Scotland
Imprest: The masters allowance for the Coinage of 64 stone 13 pound Scots weight of ten and fyve Pence pieces att 20 pound scots or 1: 13: 4 sterling money per stone weight Conform to the Acts of Parliament in relation to the Coinage being the money Coined from the month of March 1705 to May 1707 | } | |||
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108 | 00 | 5 | ||
To an Accompt of Steall and iron for that Coiange | 3 | 16 | 8 | |
To an Accompt of Small Coal for the forge and Smiths work | 3 | 06 | 8 | |
To an Accompt of mens work preparing te Mint and making the furnace heads for that Coinage | } | 3 | 16 | 1 |
To an Accompt of Depursments for our necessaries for that Coinage | 3 | 02 | 7 | |
To Refineing 8 stone 4 pound 3 ounces 15 drop silver for that Coinage att 1£ per stone weight | } | 8 | 05 | 3 |
To David Calendar for Six Precepts for the Quarterly Sallaries from Martinmas 1704 to Candlemas 1706 | } | 1 | 09 | 0 |
To a Small accompt due to the Master upon the kerneels of fineness of that Coiange as per the Mint Records | } | 1 | 09 | 9 |
To the Workmens wages putting the Mint in order for the recoinage | 2 | 05 | 10 | |
To the fraught of Goods sent from the tower of London to the mint and Cariage from Leith to Edinbr per accompt | 20 | 15 | 00 | |
Item he craves allowance of £31. 19. 2 being the Loss upon 295 Guineas which he received from the Collector of the Bullion att 23 shillings 8d per Guinea In Payment of 350£ ordered for the suppport of the Coiange in the months of march & Aprile 1707 | } | 31 | 19 | 2 |
To the Price of ten horses bought for the miln, One being shott in the ark and another dieing att the work | } | 73 | 19 | 11 |
Item He Craves allowance for the mantainance of 8 horses for miln from 15th August 1707 to 15th March 1709 being 19 months att 14d per horse a day | } | 269 | 14 | 8 |
Item He Craves allowance for two servants who waited on the horses and miln att 12d each a day | } | 57 | 16 | 0 |
To an Accompt of shoes for the horses | 10 | 07 | 4 | |
To an Accompts of skin aprons to the Moneyrs for Iusting, a Cover to the Compting room table covers to the Clerk, Dask, & Locks & bands to them | } | 05 | 10 | 8 |
To an Accompt of books and paper to the Mint | 12 | 04 | 11 | |
To an Accompt of Coals furnished for the moneyrs their blenching & nealing offices and Working room | } | 36 | 18 | 10 |
To an Accompt of Candle | 8 | 11 | 3 | |
To an accompt of Allom | 18 | 06 | 8 | |
To and Accompt for upholding the files | 22 | 00 | 11 | |
To the Smiths mens wages att the forg for Rollers, Dyes, Cutters and upholding the Coy iron work per accompt | } | 41 | 09 | 11 |
To an accompt of iron and steell fro the forge | 60 | 10 | 0 | |
To an Accompt of small Coal for the forge | 10 | 13 | 5 | |
To an Accompt of Oil Greese and soap furnished by the Smith to the miln {illeg} and Some other Litle work | } | 04 | 06 | 2 |
820 | 17. | 5 | ||
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To fraught of a second Cargo of goods from London sent by Mr Cave | 3 | 15 | 11 | |
To Cariage therof to Edinbr and Charges | 0 | 16 | 6 | |
To mr Caves accompt of said Goods and Postage of a Letter | 34 | 09 | 5 | |
To an Accompt for Dyes paid to Richard Morgan and a letter | 14 | 01 | 5 | |
To an Accompt of land Cariage of Dyes from London | 2 | 15 | 11 | |
To an accompt of weights bought for the Mint from the Equivalent ofice | 9 | 18 | 0 | |
To an Accompt of Mufflers for the Assay masters furnaces | 2 | 05 | 2 | |
To two Accompts of furniture for the miln horses | 9 | 13 | 4 | |
To an Accompt of Copper Work | 24 | 16 | 7 | |
To an Accompt of Brass work | 23 | 12 | 0 | |
To 200 weight Quick Silver from Holand att 5 shillings 6d | 55 | 00 | 0 | |
To an Accompt of Sand for the Mint | 01 | 16 | 10 | |
To an Accompt of meall for dusting the molds | 3 | 18 | 6 | |
To an Accompt of saw Dust for the moneyrs blenching | 1 | 07 | 2 | |
To the Massons accompt | 30 | 10 | 0 | |
To the Wrights accompts | 74 | 03 | 4 | |
To the Glasiers Accompt | 04 | 10 | 0 | |
To the Plaisterers Accompt | 01 | 01 | 8 | |
To William Grays accompts from the iron miln for iron ports, Lignit, and neeling pans | } | 216 | 13 | 4 |
To an accompt of Expences searching of prosecuting a false Coiner | 7 | 08 | 6 | |
To Recording in Exchequer Her majesties two warands to the officers of the Mint & Executors of Daniel Stewart Collector of the Bullion for paying up the money for the Recoinage, And charge for the said Warands att London | } | 3 | 05 | 4 |
To two Large Wee Sieves for the Moneyrs | 1 | 10 | 0 | |
To an Accompt of rubing brushes | 1 | 08 | 8 | |
To an accompts of Hogs Lard for the Presses | 5 | 12 | 1 | |
To an accompt of Lead work | 3 | 05 | 0 | |
To an accompt of locks | 1 | 08 | 8 | |
To an accompt of Sacken and harden for boots & mittans to the melters | 1 | 09 | 10 | |
To an accompt of Coy small Depursements for necessaries | 16 | 04 | 4 | |
To the General and Coy officers and Clerk their Sallaries per account from 1st feb. 1708 to 1st febry 1709 | } | 1461 | 13 | 4 |
To Refineing 12834 Pound 15 penny Weight of Silver per particular Accompt | } | 500 | 19 | 1 |
To the Coiange of 104227 Pound 10 ounces English Troy weight att per pound weight Answering to 1: 13: 4 allowed by the Scots acts for the Coinage of the Scots stone weight Consisting of 16 pound Scots Weight of 16 Scots ounces in the pound, The Scots pound reckoned att 15 ounces 111 penny weight 4 Grains English | } | 8293 | 18 | 9 |
Item Craves allowance of 1 penny per pound weight of 103346 pound weight Coined by the moneyrs sent from London He being obliged to pay them att 9 pence per pound weight which is 1 penny Extraordinary | } | 0430 | 12 | 2 |
Item Craves allowance of the Deficiency upon the Assay pieces of the money per accompt | } | 10 | 19 | 9 |
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To 18 pound weight of Allay the Pot-bills att 9 pence per pound weight | 00 | 13 | 6 | |
Item Craves allowance for a workman keepd making the Clay heads for the furnaces and repairing the severall furnaces | } | 20 | 00 | 0 |
Item Craves allowance of 100 Marks Scots paid to the maiers of Councel attending the triall was made of the Pix in Septembr 1707 as is usuall | } | 05 | 11 | 1 |
Item Craves allowance for the Clerks of Councell & Servants their dues and for the Extract of the Masters Exoneration | } | 05 | 00 | 00 |
Item Craves allowance of 2 penny per ounce of 1553 ounces Silver imported by merchants to the mint & Coined since May Last, as the Encouragement given by the Coinage act past at London the Last session | } | 16 | 03 | 6 |
11303. | 07. | 8 | ||
Total | 12124. | 05. |
Follows the Particular Accompt for the Refineing in the Recoinage stated att 12 pence per pound weight when returned 17 Better than Standart And so forth in Proportion deduceing a farthing for evry worse than the 17
<52v>George Allardes master of the Mint his Accompts of the Coinage from March 1705 to October 1709
Source
MINT 19/3/51-2, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UKNovember 1709, c. 1,346 words.