30 Dr. Smith on the Irish Coins of Edward the Fourth. 



That the Tower ounce was the standard used in Ireland, is evident from the 

 Act of 1467, which directs the coins to be made " according to the rightful 

 standard of the Tower of London ;" and from that of 1473, which enacts, that 

 fourteen groats should make an ounce, "according to the just standard of the 

 Tower of London ;" and again, in 1479, " according to the fineness and stan- 

 dard of the Tower of London r therefore, the groat of the year 1473 should 

 weigh a little more than thirty-two grains, and not " about thirty-four grains to 

 the groat," as stated by Mr. Lindsay.* 



THE FOURTH SECTION 



Comprises a class of coins of a very remarkable type, which were the last 

 issued during this reign, and may be denominated the Anglo-Irish type. They 

 have on the obverse a shield, bearing the arms of England and France quartered ; 

 and on the reverse, three crowns in pale, a device peculiar to the Irish coinage. 



1478. — In the eighteenth year of this reign, at a parliament held at Trim, 

 before Henry Lord Grey,f Deputy to George Duke of Ckrence, it was enacted, 

 that for the time to come, the liberty of Meath be restored and exercised, 

 with all manner of liberties, in as ample a manner as was exercised and occupied 

 in the time of Richard, late Duke of York, or his noble progenitors, lords of 

 Meath ; and that Henry Lord Grey, Lord Deputy, shall enjoy and exercise, 

 by himself or his Deputy, the said liberty by the name of Seneschal and Trea- 

 surer of the said liberty of Meath, in as ample a manner and form as any Senes- 

 chal or Treasurer heretofore occupied and enjoyed the same. And further, this 

 Act confirms a grant made by the king of the office of Seneschal and Treasurer 

 of Meath to the said Henry, dated at Westminster the third day of March, in 

 the seventeenth year of his reign. And by this Act, the said Henry, by himself 

 or his officers, may for the future strike and coin all manner of coins of silver 

 within the Castle of Trim, according to such fineness and allay as in the Statute 

 for that purpose is provided.| 



* View of the Coinage, p. 42. . 



f Sir James Ware, in his Table of the Chief Governors of Ireland, does not mention Henry 

 Lord Grey, Lord Deputy to George Duke of Clarence. 

 :j: Simon, Appendix, No. XVL 



