Annals of the Coinage of Britain and Its Dependencies: From the Earliest Period of Authentick History to the End of the Fiftieth Year of the Reign of His Present Majesty King George III, Volume 2Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, and Jones, 1819 - Coinage |
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Page 132
... Petitions are extant from Sheriffs who had received such Money before its value was re- duced , but who had not paid it into the Exchequer when its currency was absolutely forbidden . In consequence of these Petitions a general Writ was ...
... Petitions are extant from Sheriffs who had received such Money before its value was re- duced , but who had not paid it into the Exchequer when its currency was absolutely forbidden . In consequence of these Petitions a general Writ was ...
Page 134
... petition produced only another order of prohibition to the Master of the Mint at Bourdeaux . A second remonstrance was probably more effectual , for after that no further complaints appear to have been made " . 1314 or 1315. It was now ...
... petition produced only another order of prohibition to the Master of the Mint at Bourdeaux . A second remonstrance was probably more effectual , for after that no further complaints appear to have been made " . 1314 or 1315. It was now ...
Page 140
... Petition of the Commons , that no Money should be carried out of the Realm . The preamble to this Statute recited , that divers persons , beyond the sea , endeavoured to counter- feit the Sterling Money of England , and to send into the ...
... Petition of the Commons , that no Money should be carried out of the Realm . The preamble to this Statute recited , that divers persons , beyond the sea , endeavoured to counter- feit the Sterling Money of England , and to send into the ...
Page 145
... Petition which the Workmen had presented for an increase of wages , on account of the additional expense which was incurred in making those small Monies , occa- sioned chiefly by the increase of the alloy , and to report accordingly to ...
... Petition which the Workmen had presented for an increase of wages , on account of the additional expense which was incurred in making those small Monies , occa- sioned chiefly by the increase of the alloy , and to report accordingly to ...
Page 176
... Petitions of the Commons in the Parliament holden at Westminster , in this year , pointed out several mal - practices which were supposed to be the causes of the scarcity of good Money at that time . They began with stating , that many ...
... Petitions of the Commons in the Parliament holden at Westminster , in this year , pointed out several mal - practices which were supposed to be the causes of the scarcity of good Money at that time . They began with stating , that many ...
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