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Regulation and agreed standards for coinage

Reference code
SAL/01/02/04/01
Title
Regulation and agreed standards for coinage
Date
c January 1804
Level of description
item
Extent and format
8 pp
Scope and content
Taylor Combe presents a copy of an indenture agreement between Edward IV and William, Lord Hastings, Master of the Mint, relating to regulations and agreed standards for coinage.

Mentioned in the minutes for 26th Jan 1804: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.030.012

And in the minutes for 2nd Feb 1804: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.030.013

Published in Archaeologia Vol 15, 1806 pp.164-178 (available online): https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/E4C9771DE7BF934849273693ECE602E9/S0261340900018336a.pdf/xvi-copy-of-an-indenture-made-in-1469-between-king-edward-iv-and-william-lord-hastings-master-of-the-mint-respecting-the-regulation-of-the-coinage-in-the-tower-of-london-communicated-by-taylor-combe-e.pdf

Included with the cover sheet for this is a list of expenditures from 1626 for an unnamed household. They have the date of 26th Jan 1804 but are not mentioned in the minutes for the meeting.
Creator
Combe, Taylor (1774-1826), numismatist and archaeologist