368 ENGLISH COINAGE. CHAP. xiv. 



In money of In money of the 



that period. present time. 



. s. d. . s . d. 



Henry VI., from 1461 



to 1 485 * . 47,843 1 76,548 1 6 



The reign of Henry VII., 



from 1485 to 1509 2 . . 49,36712 76,32010 6 



From the commencement of the reign of Ed- 

 ward I. in 1272, to the death of Henry VII. in 

 1509, a period of two hundred and thirty-seven 

 years, we thus find the amount of the silver re- 

 ceived at the exchequer for the mints, when 

 reduced to its money value of the present time, 

 did not exceed nine hundred thousand pounds. 



The gold received in that period is only to 

 be ascertained with any precision from the 18th 

 year of Edward III., 1345. 



the same rate as in the preceding, but afterwards the pound 

 of silver was coined into thirty seven shillings and six- 

 pence. 



1 During the reigns of Richard the 2d, and of Henry the 

 4th and 5th, all the silver was delivered in London. In the 

 reign of Edward the 4th, 1556 was delivered at York,, 

 903 3*. at Bristol, and the rest in London. 



2 During this reign the money continued at the rate of 

 thirty-seven and sixpence to the pound of silver 



