Cotton MS Otho E X

Codex chartaceus, in folio, ignis strage semideletus, ex foliis constans 347.

• 1. A repertory of privileges and immunities granted to miners in various parts of England; with references to the patents, and other records. 1.
• 2. A fragment, concerning a gold mine in Scotland. 12.
• 3. A tract, entitled, "One measure of wine and one measure of corn shall be throughout the whole realm according to king's standard." 14.
• 4. A repertory and notes, concerning regulations about weights, coins, bad money, bullion, proportions and alloy in coins, exchange, &c. relating to currency. 19.
• 5. Two papers touching the necessity of exchange among merchants; by Gresham. 43.
• 6. A paper of Ld. Chanc. Audley, on the exchange in Henry VIIIth's time. (Orig.) 47.
• 7. Five papers concerning an increase of wealth by means of the exchange; and other matters relating thereto. 48.
• 8. Two patents, one of them called Ld. Burleigh's, amd the other of James I. concerning exchange. 54.
• 9. Mr. Stanley's opinion concerning the exchange of money. 1563. 60.
• 10. A treatise on the disease of the body politic of the English commonwealth, in the proportion between money and landed property. 64.
• 11. A treatise of tripartite exchange, according to the essential parts of traffick. 79.
• 12. A treatise on foreign trade. 101.
• 13. An ample discourse of the practice of the exchange of all countries, with the differences between natural exchange and merchants exchange. 107.
• 14. A note of articles ready, or to be provided, for exportation by the Virginia company. 120.
• 15. A rough draught of a paper relating to sir John E. appointment to a consulage in Italy? and the terms on which he took it. 121.
• 16. A note on the ecclesiastical and secular jurisdiction. 123.
• 17. Ten questions relating to exchange; and answers thereto. 124.
• 18. A dissertation on matters of exchange; addressed to some peer. 129.
• 19. A treatise on customs and subsidies; and herein also on merchandise, money, and exchange. 138.
• 20. Considerations for the restraint of transporting gold out of the realm; and also for the minters and coiners thereof. 144.
• 21. A systematical discussion on the improvement of the finances in England. 146. b.
• 22. Arguments against certain alterations proposed in the standard of coins. 148.
• 23. A proposal for bringing silver into the kingdom, by means of changing its proportion to gold. 151.
• 24. A petition for a change in the standard, towards bringing in bullion, and preventing its exportation; also a statement on that subject. 152.
• 25. A discourse for staying moneys in the realm. (Fr.) 155.
• 26. Extracts out of Domesday book, P. Gregorius, Tho. Thomasius, &c. concerning coins; with a systematical table of reference at the beginning. 161.
• 27. Notes on Saxon and English coins. 171.
• 28. Notes relating to the mint, and the officers thereof; with references to records. 174.
• 29. Abstract of an indenture made between Henry VIII. and Martin Bowes, concerning coinage. 184.
• 30. An indenture between Edward VI. and Martin Pirri, for a coinage. 186.
• 31. Articles concerning the abuses and deceits committed by the master workers of the queen's mint. 191.
• 32. Proper and notable instructions for those who will be master or warden, or any other minister within the king's mint. 198.
• 33. A way to increase the king's revenue by advancing of the coin. 1610. 234. b.
• 34. A discussion on the differences between the coins in England and Scotland. 241.
• 35. Two papers, [For second see 41613, f. 158] both entitled, "A project for Ireland;" relating to a mint in that kingdom. 248.
• 36. Hayes's discourse for the standard of Ireland. [cf 41613, f. 161.] 260.
• 37. The opinion of sir Richard Martyn touching the base Irish moneys; another hand wrote under this title, "A false and foolish account." 271.
• 38. "Draught of a patent for coynage," for the Low Countries, by the E. of Leicester; with a few notes at the end relating thereto, in French. (Lat.) 277.
• 39. Patent of William the rich, D. of Juliers, Cleves, &c. to his mint master. (Lat.) Oct. 1572. 284.
• 40. An abstract of the ordinances of France, relating to the mint, and the government thereof. (Fr.) 287.
• 41. Tables of proportions between the coins of England, and those of France and Germany. 297.
• 42. A table of the several coins of gold to be made after the several standards; with some French and Latin notes on the subject of standards. 299.
• 43. Mr. Palmer's note, on the valuation of coins current. 301. b.
• 44. Concordances of the value of French crowns with English pounds. 302.
• 45. Sir Rich. Martyn, master of the mint, to Ld. Burleigh; touching small coins to be made of copper. (Orig.) [1 Oct. 1576] 303.
• 46. Another paper concerning small coins; addresssed to Mr. Wickliff and Mr. Humfrey. 304.
• 47. Another discussion on the same subject. 306.
• 48. A note of the several copper coins used in different countries. 312. b.
• 49. Humphrey Covert, to the E. of Dorset; shewing the necessity of a copper coinage. (Orig.) 313.
• 50. Edw. Hays, on the necessity of small money. 314.
• 51. A treatise on copper coin. 318.
• 52. Gerard Malynes, to the Lds. of Council; desiring to be allowed to proceed in his contract with Ld. Harrington for the coining of farthing tokens. [1613] 325.
• 53. A paper shewing the convenience of small moneys. 327.
• 54. The duke of Lenox's (Stuart) offer and exceptions touching the farthing tokens. 328. b.
• 55. An order for the coining of black money. 329.
• 56. Objections to the issuing of small money in copper; and answers thereto. 331.
• 57. Hen. Rodenburgo, to Q. Elizabeth; a proposal for raising money. (Orig. Ital.) [1583] 333.
• 58. Heads of a project, by Tho. Harrison; and also a book or treatise concerning the mint: two papers. 343.
• 59. An account of moneys paid to the treasurer of the mint. 346.