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98 HENRY SYMONDS.(1) To Sir Edmund Peckham, high treasurer, ThomasStanley, comptroller, John Bull, assay master, andJohn Monnes, provost of the moneyers. The Queenbeing minded to convert certain base moneys thencurrent within this realm (England) into harp shillingsand groats to be defrayed about her affairs within therealm of Ireland, authorizes the comptroller to receiveso much of the base moneys then current as shouldamount to twelve thousand pounds in number andquantity and to;convert and recoin so much of thesaid sum as should make in ready money for Irelandthe sum of twenty-four thousand pounds in harpshillings and harp groatsof the standard of 3 oz. finesilver out of the fire and 9 oz. alloy in the pound Troy.Forty harp shillings or one hundred and twenty harpgroats shall weigh one pound Troy. And the coinsshall be struck with the arms of Ireland, which istheharp crowned, with our scriptures about the same onthe one side, and our picture with our scriptures aboutthe same on the other side.The harp moneys shallbe current in Ireland and not elsewhere, and eachpound weight Troy shall contain forty shillings bytale. The remedy shall be 3 dwt. at the assay and atthe shear in the pound Troy. Before delivery out ofthe mint, three pieces at the least of every several coinfrom each journey of thirty pounds weight shall beplaced in the pyx, to be assayed before the high treasureror others who may be appointed. The residue ofthe 12,000 current base moneys, after making the24,000 harp moneys, shall be retained for the costof workmanship and the fees of the officers. Dated17 February, 1 Elizabeth, 1558-9 (Patent roll, 1 Eliz..part 3).