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IRISH COINAGES OF HENKY VIII AND EDWARD VI. 203
st into grotes printed into money called harpes lately by us
and our counsail devised for our realme of Irland. Deducteng
of the sayd two thowsande pounds st for your costs and
chargs as is lymited unto yo u by our comission appoincted
and to yo u directed for the same And thes ov lies shalbe
unto yo u and either of yo u a sufficient warraunt and dis-
charge in this behalf. Yeven undre our signet at our palayce
of Westm. the xxv^k daye of January the tjl
xxxiij yere of our
Kegn.
To our trusty and wellbiloved sfvants S r Marten Bowes
knight and Kaf Kowlet maistres of our mynt.
(Society of Antiquaries, MSS. vol. 116.)
The minute of the Council authorizing the issue of
the warrant is dated on the previous day, 24 January.
There is at this time a reference to Martin Pirry, or
Pery, who will be much in the foreground of the picture
during the reign of Edward VI. On 26 January,
1541-2, Sir William Paget writes to Henry VIII from
Paris concerning Pery, who had fled from England on
.an accusation of either false clipping or false coining,
and was then living at Rouen. Paget was doubtful
whether the fugitive was included in the Pardon Act
of the last Parliament, and asked for the King's
directions as to Pery's further employment (Letters
and Papers). It will shortly become evident that
Pery was restored to favour.
THE THIRD COINAGE, 1544.
The proof that there was in this year a new order
to govern the making of Irish money is solely based
upon an account furnished by Sir Martin Bowes,
whose office was now that of an under-treasurer at
the Tower. The title of the document recites that
Martin Bowes, Stephen Vaughan, and others had been
directed by a commission of 14 May, 36 Henry VIII
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