the indented standart plate they wswallie work ing upon the remedies of finnes and ther being two hundred stons of bullione y't was coynied yearly the profeit arrysing to the officers of the Mint by the differance of the coyn from the finnes of the indented standart plate with the benefite of the remedies being twelve shilling upon the pound of silver will extend to the soume of ane thousand nyn hundreth and twentie pounds yearly which from Candlsmis 1m. vi c. siventy years to Lambas 1m. vi c. eightie two year being twelve years and ane halfe will extend to the soume of twentie four thousand pound for which the generalls master and other officers of the Mint ought to be lyable to his ma'tie singuli in solidum with the a'rent yearly after the first termes that the same became due.

imploy it for buying of bullione but applyed it to ther own privat use And therfor they ought to be lyable to his ma'tie for the said twelve shilling payed in by the marchants in place of bullione extending to the said soume of three hundreth eightie four thousand pounds the yeirs above mentionat with the a'rent of the said thretie thousand siven hundreth and twentie pound they received yearly from the first terme the samen became due to his out ma'tie. As also his ma'tie of his princly care for the good of his subjects incressing of money within this kingdom and for advanceing his revenewes arrysing by the Mint did allow the generalls and master and officers of Mint the yearly a'rent of the soume of three thousand three hundreth thretie three pound six shilling eight pennies yearly as a stock for buying in of bullione frome tyme to tyme which might have bought twentie stons of bullione at every tyme which might have been coyned and exchanged in gold and mony twentie tymes in a yeare the profeit therof arrysing to his ma'tie being eight thousand and six hundreth pounds in the year which for twentie ane years by past since his ma'ties happy resturatione would have amounted to the soume of ane hundreth and eightie thousand and six hundred pounds notwith-stons of bullione coyned yearly and ane half standing the generalls master and oy' officers of the Mint hes not imployed the stock of money soe that the cuntrey hes been extremly prejudged and his ma'tie defrauded of the benefite that would have arisen therby if the stock of mony hade bein imployed and the bulyone imported coynied and exchanged so many tymes in the year as it ought to have been according to his ma'ties appointment and y'r for the generall master and other officers of the Mint ought to be lyable to his ma'tie for the same with the a'rent of the said yearly profeite from the first terme that the same becam due to his majestie.

As also albeit by severall lawes and acts of parliament the mony of this kingdome is appointed to be of equall weight and finnes with the nony of England And y't his ma'tie haveing after the example of his royall predecessors for the advancement of the mony tred and commerce between the two kingdomes that the money coynied in both should be of a like weight and finnes and for that effect in the year 1m. vic. sixtie two haveing caused frame ane indented silver standert plate of sterling finnes and secured by his ma'ties sealls a part wherof was sent hither to Scotland as the rule wherby to make essyses of the fineness of silver in all tyme hereafter yet notwithstanding the mony of this kingdome since that tyme hes been minted farr below the finnes of the standart plat and albeit the officers of the mint ware only allowed to work upon the remedies in caice casualitie that the same all over wnder and noe oy'wayes yet notwithstanding they did not work upon but even below the remedies soe that the Scots coyne being two grains less then

• So in the Original.

As also albeit it be contrary to the nature of all mints that any silver thats coyned should pass the kings yrous without ane essey thereof first taken y't it may be found of finnes deliverable yet notwithstanding the half of the coyn of this kingdome wnder the pretence of silver called clusleheads sneips and scropes bes bein melted and printed without any essey therof taken soe that ther being two hundred

y'rof coynied without ane essey will extend to the soume of siventie six thousand and eight hundreth pounds yearly which from Candismis 1m. vi c. siventie to Lambas 1m. vi c. eightie two years being twelve years and ane halfe extends to the soume of ane hundred and sixtie thousand pounds which being coynied without ane essey as said is confiscat to his ma'ties use and the officers of the Mint are lyable to his ma'tie for the samine singuli in solidum with the a'rent therof yearly after the same becam due to his ma'tie.

And in lyke maner albeit by the comon law and laws and acts of parliament of this kingdom It is expresly provydit that noe man should have different weights and that the wsers of false weights should be severly punished and for the securety of the weight of mony coynied in this kingdom his ma'tie haveing alwayes a pyll of weights in the cunzie house with which the officers of the Mint ought to have receaved in the bullion with the dean of Guilds weights of Edinburgh which is four of the hundreth heavier then the kings weights soe that ther being ane thousand and five hundred ston of bullione receaved by the generall and master of the Mint from the marchands to be coynied for his ma'ties wse these twentie ane years bypast since his ma'ties happy resturatione will extend to the soume of fourtie thousand pounds for which they are lyable to his ma'tie singuli in solidum with the a'rent yearly frae the tyme the samen becam due.

And sicklyke the coyne of this kingdome being cryed up the profit of the exaltatione being three shilling two pennies upon the unce which is fourtie pound ten shilling upon the stone will be upon four hundreth stons which is

ma'tie for the causes rex'ivie above mentioned the fourth day of August and twentie sixt day and of the a'rents therof of all bygaines since of October 1m vi c. thretie siven years Wherby the rex'ive termes above sett doun that the they are bound as cautioners and sovertie for same became due to his ma'tie as afors'd and Nicolas Bryat and John Falconer that the s'd yearly and termly in tyme comeing dureing Nicolas Bryat and John Falconer shall ffaiththe not payment therof But also they haveing fullie and trewly exerce the office of masters comitted such manifest gross acts and malver- of his ma'ties conzie house and shall loyallie sationes in relatione to the Mint and ther performe the duety incumbent to ther charge rex'ivie officers they ought to be remitted to the alse will in what may concerne his ma'ties lords of privy counsell or lords of justiciarie to interest at the good of the leidges And in be punished according to law in ther persones speciall that they shall make faithfull payment and goods to the terror of others to comitt and and deliverance to the marchants inbringers doe the lyke in ty me comeing As is alleadged of the bullione and forraigne coyne be exand anent the charge given to the said Charles change of the stocks given in to them by the earle of Lauderdale Richard lord Maitland his s'ds marchants in his ma'ties coyne in maner son generall of the Mint sir John Falconer and conforme to the tyme accustomed and sett Alexander Maitland and Mr. James Falconer doun by the orders of the cunzie house as the son and aire to the said wnq'll John Falconer s'd extract wnder the hand and subscriptione of bis father at least behaveing himselfe as aire to sir Peter Waderburne clarke of the s'd privy him or oy'wayes representing him upon ane or counsell bearing the samen to be reg'rat in oy' of the passive titles above sett down and the books of privie counsill upon the tenth day Archbald Falconer defenders to have compeired of Jully 1m. vi c. sixty two years more fully befor the saids lords at ane certain day now bears Togither with ane act of parliament daited bygaine to have heard and seen decreit and the twelvth day of June 1m. vi c. sixtie ane sentence given and pronunced ag't them years ordering and commanding Charles Mait in mainer wnder written and therin mentioned land of Hatton generall of his majesties Mint as in the printt sumonds raised in the said in Scotland and sir John Falconer maister of maitter at more lenth is contained The s'd sir the cunzie house joyntly and equally to coyne George M'kenzie his ma'ties advocat compeir- or cause be conzied in turners three thousand and personally with sir Patrick Home advocat ston weight of good peuther copper which was for his ma'ties interest and the said Charles to be provyded and furnisht by the saids offiearle of Lauderdale and the s'd Richard lord cers equally betwixt them without any mixtur Maitland generalls of the mint two of the s'ds of brass and the samen turners to be of the defenders abovenamed compeirand be sir same extrinsick value the last jurney of turners George Lockhart sir John Dalrymple sir John was viz. ane turner weighting ane drop ane Lauder Mr. Walter Pringle and Mr. Thomas halfe (four grains less) of troyes weight as Skeen advocats ther pro'rs who produced in the said act of parliament wnder the hand of sir presence of the saids lords ane gift and comis- Archibald Primrose clerk regester bears togisione granted by his ma'tie wnder his highnes ther also with ane act of his. ma'ties privy great seall to and in flavours of the s'd Charles counsill daitted the twentie day of October Maitland of Hatton (now earle of Lauderdale) 1m. vi c. sixtie three years ordaining the two daitit the fourth day of December 1m. vic. mark peices the one mark peices and the halfe sixtie years maiking constituting and ordaining mark peices to be coyned-in maner therin spethe said Charles Maitland dureing all the dayes cified viz. to pass in lightness through a milne of his liftyme generall of his ma'ties Mint and to be cutted by cutters to be troned weighted office of coyning with all the honours digneties and justed peice by peice and to be printed by priviledgies pensions and casualeties therto be- peices that goes by swey and scrued and that longing as the said comissione more fully bears the impressione of the said two mark peices one with ane other gift and comissione granted be mark and halfe mark peices beare on the one his ma'tie wnder his highnes great seall daited syde his ma'ties face and effiges exprest in the the twentie third day of September 1m. vic. poynshes therin ment' And the superscripsixtie eight years ratifieing the former gift and tione therin exprest and one the other syde the comissione and of new maiking constituting coat of armes of Scotland with ane escutchion and ordaining the s'd Charles Maitland of by itselfe in maner y'in specified and ordainHatton now earle of Lauderdale and Richarding the two mark peices to be ten deneirs therMaitland his eldest lawfull son now lord Maitland and longest liver of them two during all the dayes of ther lifetyme generalls of his ma'ties Mint and office of coyning and to all the honours dignetics and priviledges pensiones and casualeties thereto belonging togither with ane extract furth of the books of privy counsell of ane band granted be David earle of Southesk James lord Carnegie George lord Forrester sir Alexander Carnegie of Balnamoon sir Alexander Falconer elder of Haikertoun And sir Alexander Falconer ffiarr therof daitit

teen grains nynteen prouns and the weight of the mark peice of fyve denires six graines twentie ane prouns twelve seconds and the weight of the half markepeice to be twodenires fyfteen grains ten prounes eighteen seconds togither with three graines of remedie upon each two malk peice alse weill light as heavy with two graines of remedie upon each one mark peice and halfe mark peice als light as heavie the saids species of mony being alwayes troned weighted and justed peace by peace as afors'd And ordaining the saids species of

mony to be of ane exact finnes and according to | ver and trying the finness of the same have the true standert of the kingdome which is eliven proceedit orderly and circumspectly with good denires fynne out of the fire and two grains of deliberatione And allowing and approveing the remedie alse weill above as wnder as the said act report made by them theranent and interponing of the dait forsaid wnder the hand and sub-ther authoretic ther to and declairing that the scriptione of Mr. Alexander Gibsone one of generall master coyner wairden counter wairden the clarks of secret counsell bears togither also sinker asseyser and all other officers and werkwith ane extract furth of the books of secret men of his ma'ties coynzie house had dewly counsell of ane band granted by John Falconer faithfully and uprightly wsed and exerced son to sir John Falconer ane of the masters of ther offices ilk ane of them for ther own pairts his ma'ties Mint as principall and James earle conforme to the acts and ordinances made therof Southesk Robert lord Carnegie Alexander anent in all points and exonered them and lord Falconer of Hackerton sir Alexander every one of them for ever as the said act of the Falconer of Chalilk Mr. David Falconer of daite forsaid wnder the hand and subscripone of Glenquharq'r as cautio'urs and soverties for Patrick Menzies clark of counsill more fully the said John Falconer daited the twentie two bears Togither with ane other act made by the day of February 1m. vic. sixtie four yeares lord's of his ma'ties privy counsell upon the wherby they are bound and obleidged con'llie twentie fift day of February 1m. vi c. sivintie and se rallie that the s'd John Falconer shall fyve years commanding the said generall master faithfullie and trewly exerce the office of worker the wairden essey maister compter master of his ma'ties conzie house and shall wairden the graiver and other members of totallie performe the duety incumbent to his his ma'ties Mint each of them in ther severall charge alse weill in what may concerne his stationes and charges to proceed to the working ma'ties-interest as the good of the leidges As and eoyning of the four mark two mark one the s'd extract wnder the hand and subscription mark halfe marke and fourtie pennie peaces of Mr. Patrick Menzies ane of the clerks of according to the tennor of the warrand mensecret counsell bearing the said band to be tioned in the said act And that the sinker or reg'rat in the books of privy couusill upon the graiver of the Mint doe maik graive and sink twentie third day of February 1m.vic. sixtie yrones agreeable to the circumscriptiones and four years bears And alse produced ane Report impressiones of the severall species therin of the officers of his ma'ties Mint in the Tour mentioned withall dilligence wheranent the said of London to his ma'tie anent the silver act should be to the officers and all others monyes of Scotland daited the twentie day of whom it concerned ane suffitient warrand as February 1m. vic. siventie three yeares Item the said act of the daite forsaid wnder the hand ane extract furth of the books and records and subscriptione of Patrick Menzies ane of of privy counsill of ane order and warrand the clarks of counsell more fully bears Togither from his ma'tie daited at Whythall the fyfteenth also with ane proclamatione containing his maday of May 1m. vic. sixtie eight years pro-jesties gracious pardone of indemnitie daited at rogating the coynes of the copper money till the first day of August 1m. vic. sixtie eight years terminat And conclouded probation and for the said earle of Lauderdale therin designed Charles Maitland generall sir John Falconer master John Falconer his son and John Falconer wairden there further incurradgement in his ma'ties service ratifieing and approveing all and whatsoever quantities of copper then already coyned by the said generall and maisters or that should be coynied till the said first day of August sixtie eight years And by the said ordor authorising the same and declaring the said ordor to be a valid and suffitient exoneratione to them of ther wholl actings in ther rex'ive offices anent the premisses and commanding the said warrand or order to be recorded in the books of privy counsill as the said extract wnder the hand and subscripone of Patrick Menzies ane of the clerks of his ma'ties privy counsell daited the sixteenth day of Jully 1m. vic. sixtie eight years more fully bears with ane act made by the lord comissioner his grace and lords of his ma'ties privy counsill upon the thretie day of March im. vic. siventie four years finding that the commissioners appointed by them for compairing the haill esseyes of silver within the cunzie house and for melting all the said essey peaces of sil

Windsor Castle the twentie siventh day of Jully 1m. vic. siventie nyn years togither Lyke wayes with an exhoneratione superscryved be his ma'tie and subscryved be the duke of Lauderdale secretarie declairing commanding and appointing the coynings of all copper money in six pennie and two pennie peaces within the kingdome of Scotland to be at and upon the tenth day of February 1m. vic. eightie years terminat and concluded pro hac vice and for the said earle of Lauderdale therin designed Charles Maitland generall sir John Falconer master John Falconer and Alexander Maitland wairdens of the said mint and ther substituts ther farder incurradgement in his ma'ties service His ma'tie by the said writt ratified and approved all and whatsoever quantities of copper then already coyned be the said generall and maister since the first day of May 1m. vi c. siventie siven or that should be coyned till the tenth day of February nixt therefter im. vi c. eightie years authorising the same and declairing the said writt to be ane valid and suffitient exoneratione to them of ther wholl acting in ther rex'ive offices anent the premisses and farder commanding the said writt to be recorded in the books of privy counsill as the samen exoneratione daited at Whythall the fourteenth day of January 1m. vic. eightie

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thesaurer John Drummond of Lundie his ma'ties thesaurer deput and Hugh Wallace bis ma'ties cash keeper for his highnesswse and behove of the soume of twentie shilling Scots of free profeit upon ilk pound of fourteen thousand ston of copper Whilk the saids lords finds to be coyned be the said generall and of: ficers of his ma'ties mint in the first copper jurnay more nor was allowed be the warrands extending to the soume of two hundreth twentie four thousand pounds Scots mony and alse the saids lords decerns and ordaines the saids Charles earle of Lauderdale Richard lord Maitland generalls sir John Falconer master Mr. James Falconer as representing the said deceist John Falconer his father laite wairden upon ane or oy' of the passive titles above mentioned and Archbald Falconer laite counter wairden defenders (whom the saids lords finds lyable singulos in soiidum') to make payment to the saids lords high thesaurer thesaurer deput and cash keeper above named for his ma'ties wse and behoff of the soume of twentie shilling Scots of free mony upon ilk pound of fyve thousand four hundreth fourtie four stone of copper Whilk the saids lords ffinds more nor was allowed be the warrands the second copper jurnay befor the act of indemnitie extending to the soume of eightie siven thousand nyn hundreth and four pound Scots mony with thretie two shilling Scots for ilk pound of three thousand nyn hundreth nyntie nyn ston of copper Whilk the saids lords finds to be coyned after the act of indemnitie extending to the soume of ane hundred and two thousand three hundreth nyntie eight pound eight shilling mony fors'd And lykewayes to make payment to the said lord high thesaurer lord thesaurer deput and cash keeper above named of the soume of nyn thousand fyve hundreth thretie two pound four shilling Scots As the difference found be the saids lords of the finnes of the mony coyned be them from the finnes of the indented standart plate appointed be his ma'tie from February 1m. vi c. sis ventie four to Au

years recorded in the books of privy counsill by a deliverance upon the back yr'of upon the siventeenth day of February 1m. vi c. eightie years and ane act extracted therupon wnder the hand and subscriptione of Mr. Alexander Gibone clerk to the privy counsill for the tyme bears Togither also with ane proclamatione concerning the coyn daited the fifth day of March im. vi c. eightie one years ordaining and appointing that in tyme y'rafter the unce of money should be in value three pound four shilling Scots mony and for that effect ordaining that the four mark peices which then ware current at fiftie three shilling four pennies should be current therafter at fiftie six shilling and the inferior species of that-coyne proportioniable as the s'd proclamatione of the daite fors'd more fully bears And the said sir John Falconer compeirand be Mr. George Bannerman and Mr. William Fletcher advocats his pro'rs who produced in presence of the saids lords ane gift granted be his ma'tie wnder the the privy seall to and in favours of the s'd sir John Falconer daited the last day of December 1m. vi c. and sixtie years ratifieing and confirming two former gifts granted by his royall father to the said sir John of the office of master of the conie house of Scotland in swa far as concernes him in the haill tennor and contents and of new giveing and granting to the s'd sir John Falconer and after to his deceise to John Falconer his son the s'd office of master of his ma'ties coynie house In the kingdome of Scotland to be exerced by them respectively ane after ane other dureing all the dayes of ther lifetyme and to the longest liver of them two as the s'd gift more fully bears And the said Mr. James Falconer compeirand personallie who declaired he alse compeired for Archbald Falconer and Alexander Maitland the other defenders The rights reasones and alJegaons of all the saids parties compeirand as said is writts above mentioned produced by them alleadgances and representationes rex'ive made and proponed for them in maner wnder written replyes duplyes triplyes quadruplyes qunto-gust 1m. vi c. eightie two years and of the plyes rex'ive wnder written made therto with the forsaid summonds compt compt books missive letters contracts bands tickets and wy' writts after mentioned produced and depositiones of the persones afteruamed adduced be his ma'ties advocat for proveing the se'rall articles found relevant in maner under written Togither with the circumductione of the terme against the saids defenders for not deponing upon the several points after mentioned admitted to ther probatione in maner after specified being all atlenth read heard seen and considired be the saids lords and they being therwith weill and ryply advysed the saids lords of counsell and sessione decernes and ordaines the said Charles earle of Lauderdale laite generall and Mr. James Falconer as representing the said deceist John Falconer laite wairden bis father upon ané or oy' of the passive titles above written singulos in solidum' to make payment to Wm. marquis of Queensberry lord high VOL. XI.

soume of ane hundreth fourtie three thousand siven hundreth twentie six pound mony fors'd as the value of ane hundreth and eightie two ston two unces two drops of Clussells heads sweeps and scraps Which the saids lords ffinds to be coyned be them without any assey since the act of indemnitie and of the soume of fyve thousand three hundreth eightie six pound mony fors'd as the profeit arysing by the difference of the dean of Guilds weights made wse of by them from the Scots pyll sent doun by his ma'tie and of the soume of six thousand and six hundreth pounds for the remedies of weight of the silver coyned from the first day of September 1m. vic. seventie three years to the first day of September 1m. vic. eightie two years and in lyke mainer the saids lords decerns and ordains the said Charles earle of Lauderdale Richard lord Maitland generalls and sir John Falconer lait master of his ma'ties Mint singulos in solidum