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THE ELIZABETHAN COINAGES FOR IRELAND. 115was to supply in part the needs of the master-workersof the new moneys, and it will be convenient now tocite some relevant extracts from the original accountdeclared by the warden of the mint and from a copy ofthe master-workers' figures dealing with the sameperiod.Account by Sir Thomas Knyvett, from 1 Oct: 41 Elizabethto 31 May 3 James I.In Michaelmas term 43-4 Elizabeth, Spanish moneystaken in ships upon the narrow seas by her Highness's navywere valued at 5200 and coined into Irish moneys of thenew standard.The total of Irish silver moneys then struck was 89,677pounds Troy 5OZ 17^9 of 2 OZ 18 dw * nne> which represented,at the prescribed rate of 62 s the pound weight, 278,000 bytale in pieces of 1 s 6 d ,and 3 d . The,intrinsic value of thisbullion was stated to be 16 8l^d the pound weight.Mere copper pence and halfpence amounted to 36,250pounds Troy, which represented, at 16 9 Irish the poundweight, 29,000 by tale. The intrinsic value of the metalwas 6| d the pound weight.Coining irons for Irish moneys, to the number of 421 dozenand one, cost 7 s 6 d the dozen.A standard trial piece for the same coinage, 8 10 s 8 d .Paid to the master-workers for making 89,444 lbs 10 OZ 15 dwtof " white Irish " at 20 d the pound weight, 7453 14 s 10 d .And for making 36,177 lbs of copper moneys at 22 d ,3316 4 6 d .(It will be noticed that the quantities for which paymentwas actually made are less respectively than those set outin the earlier part of this account ; probably the differencesrepresent waste in coining.) (Declared Accounts, PipeOffice, 2030.)The reckoning prepared by Sir Eichard Martin andhis son repeats the figures last mentioned in thewarden's account, and makes a claim for certainallowances in addition to the fixed scale of paymentsfor the Irish work :i2