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of officers of the king's mint at York. ^ Thomas Roderham was 

 made comptroller, exchanger, and assayer ; and Thomas Haxey, 

 warden of the mint at the city of York. ^ It seems probable that 

 soon afterwards Goldbeter took his departure from York, and 

 the working of the mint there was temporarily suspended. In 

 the second parliament of this reign which commenced its sit- 

 tings at Westminster on the 20th of October 1423, a petition 

 was presented from all the northern counties, complaining that 

 although the mint-master had been to York and established the 

 mint there, to the great profit of the king and accommodation 

 of the same counties, yet he and his workers having now left 

 the city, defective money was still current, to the great damage 

 and inconvenience of the community ; and the petitioners prayed 

 that he might be ordered to return to the city and coin there as 

 he had done before, and that he or his sufficient deputy might 

 be required to remain there : and moreover that all the gold in 

 those parts, which was not of right weight, should be required 

 by law to be brought to the York mint and coined there before 

 the ensuing Michaelmas. Parliament thought fit to listen to 

 the remonstrances of the people of the North ; and doubtless in 

 consequence of their application, Goldbeter resumed the exercise 

 of his functions as master and worker of the mint at York.^ 



In the year 1425, the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer 

 were commanded to render an account of the assay of all monies 

 of gold and silver coined by Bartholomew Goldbeter, master of 

 the mints in the tower of London, the ville of Calais, and the 

 castle of York. The account of the monies coined at York was 

 to extend from the 16th of October 1423 to the 7th of August 

 following. In October 1424, the assay, or trial of the Pix, was 

 made at Westminster, but the result as regards the York coin- 

 age is not known. Goldbeter died a few years afterwards. In 

 the quietus granted to his executor in 1431, he is described as 

 lately the king's mint-master.'* In his place, William Russe, 

 a citizen and jeweller of London, was appointed to the office of 



1 July 20th, 1423. Pat. 1st. Hen. VI., p. 5. m. 12. 2 Rxiding, Vol. II., p. 233. 

 3 Rot. Pari., Vol, IV., p. 200. Ruding, Vol. I., p. 270. 

 * Cal. Rot. Pat. 11th Hen. VI., p. 2., m. 18. 



