262 



the castle of York suitable for the purposes of the mint, and 

 also quandam domum fortem in eodem castro in qua dicte 

 monete secure custodiri poterunt.^ 



After the death of Edward III. I find no further notices 

 respecting the mint in York castle until the great coinage was 

 undertaken in the year 1423, when Bartholomew Goldbeter was 

 appointed to take charge of the royal mint at York, and it was 

 discovered that the buildings appropriated to the purposes of 

 the mint had become much dilapidated. Soon after Goldbeter 

 came to the city he reported to the lords of the council that the 

 houses and buildings pro factura monete Regis infra castrum 

 Ebor^ were so ruinous and wanted so much repair that they 

 were not fit for the purpose ; and on the 8th of April 1423, a 

 writ was issued to the sheriff of the county commanding him to 

 cause them to be sufficiently repaired and amended, or if neces- 

 sary new buildings to be erected, at the discretion of the mint- 

 master. The sheriff was authorised to defray out of the issues 

 of the county the expences to be incurred, which were to be 

 allowed to him in the account he should render to the Exchequer. 

 The writ was executed and an account duly rendered by Sir 

 William Haryngton who was then sheriff of Yorkshire.^ The 

 original compotus,^ which is preserved among the public re- 

 cords, contains so much information illustrative of this part 

 of my subject, that I am induced to print it at length : — 



PaRTICULE COMPOTI WlLLIELMI HaRYNGTON CHEVALIER NTJPER 



viCECOMiTis Eborum de custubus et expensis per IPSUM 



FACTIS CIRCA REPARATIONEM ET EMENDACIONEM DIVERSO- 



i ra3dera, new ed. Vol. III. part 1, p. 261. Writ tested at "Westminster 18th. 

 July, 27 Edv. III. 1353. This is prohably the mandate referred to by Drake. 

 Eborac. Appendix, p. cviii. 



2 Sir "William Haryngton, -whose Yorkshire seat was at Brierly in the "West 

 Riding, was sheriff of the county three times in the reigns of Henry IV. and 

 Henry V., and twice under Henry VI. He was one of the English commanders at 

 the siege of Harfleur and the battle of Agincourt, and was made K.G. by King 

 Henry V. 



3 I am indebted to the wonted kindness of the Eev. Joseph Hunter for haying 

 referred me to this curious document. 



