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IKISH COINAGES OF HENRY VIII AND EDWARD VI. 211
tuted, and I will now quote the material portions of
the indenture which furnished the requisite authority
to those concerned :
Thomas Agarde, imclertreasurer of the mint within the
castle of Dublin, Martyn Perry, comptroller and surveyor,
and William Williams, general assayer there, covenant with
the King to make four manner of moneys of silver, that is
to say,
The groat, "running for fourpence of lawful money of
England ", of which 144 shall weigh one pound Troy.
The half-groat, penny, and halfpenny in like proportions
of weight.
The standard to be 4 oz. fine silver and 8 oz. alloy in each
pound Troy, and each pound weight of coined silver shall
contain 48s. by tale.
A triple indented standard piece to be made, so that the
money may be tried once in every year at the least.
5s. 4d. shall be paid in coin for every ounce of sterling
silver brought in, and 26s. 8d. in each pound weight of coin
shall be taken up for charges.
The privy mark shall be declared to the High Treasurer,
and 2s. in every 100 Ibs. weight of coin shall be placed in
the pyx.
The gravers shall work only in the house within the mint
assigned to them by Agard.
Dated 10 February, 2 Edw. VI, 1547-8. (Exch. Accts.,
306/3.)
There are extant groats and half-groats bearing
Henry's portrait and titles, and reading Civitas Dublinie
on the reverse, with the mint-mark boar's head.
Also, pence and halfpence with another obverse legend
and without a mint-mark (cf. HandbooJc,p. 228, nos. 54-6).
These coins substantially agree with the denominations
ordered by the above indenture, but they do not cor-
respond with any known orders to the mint during
Henry's reign, although they have been generally
assigned to that period. Sir John Evans conjectured
that the privy mark of the boar's head might be a