Select Tracts and Documents Illustrative of English Monetary History, 1626-1730

SELECT TRACTS AND DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF ENGLISH MONETARY HISTORY 1626-1730......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
Contents......Page 14
Section I. Sir Robert Cotton and the Debasement of 1626......Page 16
The humble Remonstrance of John Gilbert, His Majesty's Servant (April 25, 1625)......Page 20
George Margitts to the Right Honourable James Lord Ley, Lord Highe Treasurer or England (May 4, 1625)......Page 24
Warrant directing Attorney-General Heath to prepare an Indenture appointing Sir Edward Villiers and [...] Comissioners for Coining Money at the Mint for 11 years (April 1626)......Page 26
From Mr. Aison touching the Proportion of Silver to Golde (Sept. 1626)......Page 34
To the Rev. Joseph Mead (Sept. 8, 1626)......Page 36
Proclamation by the King (Sept. 4, 1626)......Page 38
A Speech Made by Sir Rob. Cotton, [...] Being thither called to deliver his Opinion touching the Alteration of Coyn, 1651......Page 41
The First Part. The Preamble......Page 50
Questions to be proposed to the Merchants, Mintmasters, and Gold-smiths, concerning the Alteration of the Silver Moneys......Page 56
Certain gerenral Rules collected concerning Money and Bullion, out of the late Consultation at Court......Page 57
Section II. Henry Robinson and Commonwealth Monetary History......Page 63
England's Safety, in Trade Encrease, 1641......Page 69
Certain proposals [...] With the Advancement of Trade and Navigation of this Commonwealth in generall, 1652......Page 88
The Gaine on Transporting Moneyes may proceed......Page 91
Proposition to have the Examination of all Gold and Silver licenced to be Transported [...]......Page 98
Proposition about raising Gold and Making foran Coynes curant......Page 102
Sir Peple Madison's Means to Bring Money to the Mint......Page 103
Arguments for the Tables of Exchange......Page 105
Propositions for the Bringinge in Monies into the Commonwealth......Page 106
A Law agents Underratinge our Monyes in Exchange accordinge to the Ancient Laws of the Realme [Nov. 18, 1651]......Page 109
A Coppye of the aw against the Abuse of the Merchant Exchange......Page 110
Considerations of the Value of Parr of the Coynes of France, the Archdukes Country and the United Provinces [...]......Page 118
On the Valuacon or Parr of the Coynes of Gold......Page 126
Section III. The Recoinage of 1696 and the Opponents of John Locke......Page 131
Some short Remarks upon Mr. Lock's Book, 1696......Page 140
Select Observations of the Incomparable Sir Walter Raleigh relating to Trade, Commerce, and Coin, 1696......Page 149
Some Additional Remarks and Observations relating to Coin and Trade......Page 150
A catalogue of the names of most foreign coins with their value here as bullion [...]......Page 156
Section IV. Sir Isaac Newton's Mint Reports......Page 163
Mr. Newton's Memorial Concerning the Proportion of Gold and Silver in Value, Sept. 28, 1701......Page 168
Report of the Officers of the Mint about the Preservation of the Coyne, Jul. 7, 1702......Page 169
The value of several foreign coyns - silver coyns unworn......Page 174
Gold monies - unworn......Page 177
The Value of Gold in Proportion to Silver in several parts of Europe, Jul. 7, 1702......Page 178
Propossals for Preserving and Encreasing the Silver Coin of this Kingdom, Jul. 7, 1702......Page 182
The Case of Mr. Allarde's Report, Feb. 16, 1709......Page 185
The Clause in the Indenture of the Mint appointing the Alowance per pound weight for Coinage......Page 187
The Clause in her Majtes Warrant directing the Officers of Her Mint at Edinburgh to observe the Rumes of Coinage set down in the said Indenture......Page 188
Mint Sr. Isaac Newton's Memoriall with Mr. Attorney Generall's Opinion concerning Plate carryd into the Mint to be coyned 1711......Page 189
Officers Mint. Ab. Value of Spanish Riall, Aug, 21, 1711......Page 192
Representation Second to the Right Honourable Earl of Oxford [...]......Page 195
Report of the Comptrollers of the Accounts of the Army upon the Memorial of Mr. Brydges's [...], Oct. 7, 1712......Page 198
Mr. Brydges's Memorial for Paying the Troops in Dunkirk in French Money, Aug. 22, 1712......Page 199
Report of the Mint upon the Petition of Tunnah & Dale, Jan. 27, 1713/14......Page 202
The Humble Memorial of Charles Tonnah, Gent, & William Dale, Citizen, Aug. 15, 1713......Page 204
Sir Isaac Newton's State of the Gold and Silver Coin, Sept. 25, 1717......Page 205
Sir Isaac Newton, April 12, 1720......Page 212
Memorial Report, Sr. Isaac Newton about Tryall of the Copper Coynage, Ireland, April 13, 1724......Page 214
The Accompt of Sir Isaac Newton Knt. master and worker [...]......Page 217
Mint Report on Portugese Coins, Nov. 10, 1725......Page 219
Section V. John Conduit 1730......Page 221
Observations upon the Present State of our Gold and Silver Coins, 1730 (1774)......Page 224
Advertising......Page 261