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peace_n	county_n	justice_n	respective_a	2,097	5	10.8659	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70269	The alteration of the coyn, with a feasible method to do it most humbly proposed to both houses of Parliament. To which is annexed, a projection, or scheem of reasonable terms, for establishing a firm and general peace in Europe. / By Thomas Houghton, of Lyme-Street, Gent.	Houghton, Thomas, Gent.; Houghton, Thomas, Gent. Europe's glory.	1695 (1695)	Wing H2923A; ESTC R20595	29,306	52

if any offers to Pay them at more than Thirty Shillings to be forfeited to the Informer by carrying the Offender before some Justice of the Peace and proving it by Two Good and Substantial Witnesses And that all the present Species of Gold Coyn pass in their Proportion they hold to Guinneas of full Weight This is One of the Acts of Favour You are desired to Petition His Majesty for and 't is hop'd He and You will dispense therewith which will make the People more Cheerful in Paying their Taxes and be of great Advantage to all Trade in the City but especially in the Countrey when the Money is brought in to be New Coyned This will be a great help to make all Payments and Receipts easie and expeditious and will totally prevent and take away those Scruples People are now possess'd with in Paying and Receiving them Thirdly That the same Proclamation give Notice to all Sheriffs Justices of the Peace Mayors of Cities and County Towns That they and every of them observe and perform such Orders and Directions concerning Plate Clipp'd and Vnclipp'd Money in each and every of their respective Counties and the particular Parishes thereof as shall be further set out by Act of Parliament and that they meet and consult about this Affair in Twenty Days Time next after the Publishing of the said Act. Fourthly That the said Act of Parliament direct That an Office or Offices shall be set up in or near every City or County Town of England and Wales with one in Berwick upon Tweed which Office or Offices shall be set up where and in what Place or Places the Sheriffs Mayors and Justices of the Peace find most convenient and fit for this Business and the Ease of themselves and the People And that the said Office or Offices shall be set up and attended by them or their Deputies to take in and receive all Clipp'd and Vnclipp'd Money and all such Plate as shall be brought thither in order to be New Coyned To which Offices all Clipp'd and Vnclipp'd Money shall be brought which shall there be Told Weighed Numbred Marked and Sealed up by its self if it be Twenty Four Pounds Weight or upwards with the Owner's Name set on it and the County and Parish where he or she Lives which shall be done by the Sheriffs Mayors Justices of the Peace or their Deputies whilst the Owner or Person that brings it is present And the said Sheriffs Mayors and Justices of the Peace shall be answerable for it and for all Plate that shall be brought thither and shall make good the Losses if any shall happen by Fraud or Mistake whilst it is in their Office or Custody Fifthly That the Sheriff or his Deputy shall give a Note to each particular Person of the Value Weight Mark and Number of their Money at the Time it is brought into the Office as is afore-said upon such Stamp'd and Marbled Paper as shall be provided for that Purpose which Note shall be Signed first by the Sheriff and Witnessed by one or more of the other Principals and Four of their Deputies which Four Deputies shall be sufficient to attend one Office in any Market or Parish-Town All which shall be done at the Cost and Charges of each County and the particular Parishes thereof for the Allowances that shall be Paid the Sheriffs Mayors Justices of the Peace or their Deputies out of the New Coyn'd Money hereafter mentioned when it is returned from the Tower which Note so given the People shall be to this Effect following Derb. ss I T. B. Sheriff of the County of Derby do hereby Own and Acknowledge I have Received of Mr. C. D. of Middleton in the Parish of Worksworth and County aforesaid One Hundred Pounds Eighteen Shillings and Six Pence in Money Weighing Twenty Four Pounds Eleven Ounces Sixteen Penny Weights and Twenty Grains Numbred 22 and Marked A. for which I promise to be accountable to the said C. D. his Executors Administrators or Assigns for the like Weight in New Coyned Money if the said Cash proves to be equal to Standard Silver when assayed at the Tower by the Masters of the Mint but if they Return it better or worse than Standard Silver then to Pay him the said C. D. his Executors Administrators or Assigns all they return back to me whether it be a greater or lesser Weight in New Coyned Money than the Cash above-mentioned is which Payment shall be well and truly made in Twenty Days next after it is brought back from the Tower of London to the County Office only abating the Allowance Granted by Act of Parliament Witness my Hand this _____ Day of _____ 1696. Test W. S. mayor E. M. F. G. H. P. P. H. T. B. Sixthly That the said Act of Parliament do in like manner give Notice That all such as shall voluntarily bring or send any Old or New Plate to these Offices in Order to be sent to the Tower of London to be Coyned if the Plate so brought thither be finer or courser than Standard Silver is then they to receive a greater or lesser Weight in New Money for it than the Weight of the Plate was according as it shall be found finer or courser than Standard Silver by the Assay-Masters of the Mint for which Plate when delivered into the Office a Note shall be given to the Owner or to the Person that brings it for the Owners Use which shall be Signed by the Sheriff and Witnessed by one or more of the other Principals whether Mayor or Justices of the Peace and Four of their Deputies as is afore-said And if any Person or Persons shall desire it they may mix their Money and Plate and put all in one Parcel and take a Note for the whole mentioning both the Money and Plate and the Weight thereof Derb. ss I A. B. Sheriff of the County of Derby do hereby Own and Acknowledge I have Received of Mr. E. F. of Crumford in the Parish of Worksworth and County afore-said Two Hundred Twenty Five Pounds Twelve Shillings and Six Pence in Money Weighing Forty Four Pounds Eight Ounces Ten Penny Weights and fourteen Grains together with one Parcel of Plate consisting of Eight Porringers Six Tankards Ten Spoons One Candlestick and a pair of Snuffers containing and weighing Twenty Two Pounds Six Ounces and Four Penny Weights which Money and Plate being put all together and Sealed up is Numbred 23 and Marked B for which I promise to be accountable to the said E. F. his Executors Administrators or Assigns for the like Weight in New Coyn'd Money if the said Cash and Plate prove to be equal to Standard Silver when assay'd at the Tower by the Masters of the Mint but if they Return it better or worse than Standard Silver then to Pay him the said E. F. his Executors Administrators or Assigns all they Return back to me whether it be a greater or lesser Weight in New Coyn'd Money than the Cash and

Plate above-mentioned are which Payment shall be well and truly made in Twenty Days next after it is brought back from the Tower of London to the County Office only abating the allowance Granted by Act of Parliament Witness my Hand this _____ Day of _____ 1696. Test E. W. Justice of the Peace W. M. Mayor M. H. P. M. C. D. R. A. A. B.   lb. ℥ pw gr Weight of the Money above 44 08 10 14 Weight of the Plate above 22 06 04 00 Weighing in all 67 02 14 14 That for the Ease and Conveniency of the People the Sheriffs Mayors and Justices of the Peace shall cause a List of all the Parishes in the County to be drawn which shall be set upon the Cross in every Market-Town of the said County which List shall be Read by the Publick Cnyer giving Notice to the People when their Deputies shall come to the Market-Towns and also to such as are Parish-Towns where no Markets are kept to take in and receive the Account and Weights of their Money where they shall receive all Sums being Twenty Shillings or upwards but no Sum under Twenty Shillings such being fit for one Friend to intrust with another where having first told then weighed and entred them in the Register for that Parish with the Owner's Name and his or her Place of abode they may then mix all together till the several Parcels will make up One Hundred Pounds but shall not exceed Two Hundred Pounds And that no Parcel of Money or Plate shall be admitted to be sent to the Tower separate or mixt that is not Twenty Four Pounds Weight but where it falls to be the concluding Parcel in a Parish which shall be done to save the Labour of making too many Assays in the Tower which would be an endless and troublesome thing if every Five Pound or Ten Pound Parcel should be Assay'd Therefore amongst these small Sums he that hath the greatest shall have a Note of the whole from which every Man may take a Copy that pleaseth and the Deputy shall leave a Copy with the Parson of the Parish entered into a Book to be left there and send another Book to the next Justice of the Peace having first entred all things fairly down in the Register he keeps for that Parish in this Manner following to which Parson or Justice of the Peace if any shall lose or mis-lay their Accounts they may have recourse for another April the 24th 1696. AT Worksworth Town for the Parish of Worksworth taken and received these Sums of Money of the several Persons herein mentioned weighing as followeth   l. s. d. lb. ℥ pw gr Received of John Adams Senior of the Town of Worksworth 05 12 06. 01 09 12 16. Received of James Wright Sen. of Ashlyhay 10 16 04. 02 10 14 12. Received of Henry Wylde of Hopton 20 08 06. 04 00 12 04. Received of Robert Marchant of Gaursey-Banck 30 12 00. 07 02 16 18. Received of Anthony Wood of Cawlow 45 14 06. 12 04 10 12. No 24. and Marked C. Sum. Weight   113 03 10 28 04 06 14. The like to be done for any bigger or lesser Sum of Money and if there be Plate then to incert only the Weight Number and Mark of it Eighthly That as soon as the Money and Plate are brought to the County Offices the Sheriffs Mayors and Justices of the Peace shall meet of which there shall be at least Four of the Principals besides the Sheriff and Four of their Deputies present to see and examin the Value Weight Number and Mark of each Person 's Money and Plate and that their Names be annexed to it in a piece of Parchment which shall be compared with the Register there kept and taken and if they agree they shall then cause the Money and Plate of every particular Parish to be pack'd up by it self though in several Parcels so that the Money and Plate of one Parish shall not be mix'd in the same Bag or Chest loose with that of another and there shall be put into the Bag or Chest Two Pieces of Parchment upon which shall be Writ The Money and Plate belonging to the Parish of Worksworth in the County of Derby And another of these Parchment-Labels shall be fastened to the outside of the Chest or Bag. Ninthly That all the Officers or Deputies imploy'd in Receiving Money and Plate and all such that are any ways concerned in Carrying them to and from the Tower shall give Bond to the Sheriff That they nor none of them shall or will break the Seal or Seals or open the Parcel or Parcels of any Person 's Money or Plate after it is Sealed up And that they will not take out change nor suffer to be taken out or changed any of the said Money or Plate more or less upon Pain of Forfeiting for every Six-Pence Shilling Half-Crown or Crown they shall so take out change or suffer to be taken out and changed the Sum of One Hundred Pounds one half to be Pay'd to the King and the other half to the Discoverer For the true Performance of which each or every of them shall take an OATH before some Master of Chancery or Justice of the Peace deputed on purpose where such Masters of Chancery shall be wanting which shall be to this Effect following I W. S. of the Parish of Worksworth and County of Derby do Swear I will Truly and Faithfully do and execute the Charge and Trust committed to me concerning the Money and Plate of this County and that I will not wilfully break the Seal or Seals open alter or change the Money or Plate of any Person or Persons after it is Sealed up nor will suffer any Alteration or Change to be made or done by any others after or before nor will wilfully receive or suffer to be received any Brass or Iron Money that doth not appear to be four parts in five Silver to be mired amongst any Person 's Money or Plate nor will I hold any Correspondence or have any Dealing with the Buyers of Brass and Broken Money nor will I wilfully refuse the Receiving of that which shall appear to be Silver to the best of my Knowledge So help me God Tenthly That the Sheriffs Mayors and Justices of the Peace in every County shall and may consider and take those Ways which they shall think or find most convenient for the ● ase of themselves and the People and if they find it convenient to send the Money of one Parish up to be New Coyned whilst the Money in another Parish is Collecting That it shall and may be Lawful to do so till they have gone through all the Parishes in the County by which means as the Money of one Parish comes up to the Tower the Money of another Parish may go down to the Countrey whereby the Peoples Necessities may be the better fitted than if they should be without Money amongst them till all the Money in