Money. 



[GENERAL 



t^-j They now fail to tliem from Pnnama ii, 70 



Msnaftic cjlabli/hments — See Mortmain 

 The life and nbufe of them i, 247, 407, 433, 434 n 

 1536 St. James's made a royal palace - ii, 80 



All tlie lelfer niunadcries in England fupprenfed 81 



1^38-39 The whole fuppreffed - - 83 



Mcnaftic fuptrJlition,3. cliief canfe of the conquefts 



of the Danes, &c. in England - i, 247 



Money — 'ie.t Gold and filvtr , Revenut, Paper money. 

 Prices, and the Appendix, No I! zrtd No III. 

 rf^g'Money of filver, current with the merchant, 



of an eftablifhed ftandard, and paid by weight 1,5 



r28o*S.iid to be now coined - \ . - 16 



ii79*Coinage faid to be invented by the Lydians 20 



«6S*Alfo by Phidon, and by the iEginetse 28, 29 



570*11 Diminution of money afcribed to Solon 40 ?e 



^'' Leather fiibftituted for money in Carthage 51 



508* Value of money in Rome - - ton 



47i*The portion of tlie daughters of Ariftides 66 n 



445*Sum given as a public reward to Herodotus 67 



303*Coinage of gold begun in Rome . 102 



. Diminution of money in Rome . 102 



jjo'Inftances of the value of money in Rome 110 



54*Money made of brafs and iron in Britain 117 



14 Made of gold, filver, and brafs, in Britain 136 

 538 Money of gold coined by the Franks, and faid 



to be by permiflion of the Greek emperor 228 

 630 Money coined at York - - 239 



851 No other metal than copper coined in China 256 

 500 Quantity of inoney poirelfed by King Alfred 265 

 93011,975 Uniformity of money ordered - 268,274 

 Before 1066 Money coined in many towns 



266,271, 2S3, 293.297 



•■ Money ofthe Anglo-Saxons - - 292 



. .. Coiners paid dues to the kings . 293-297 



Bifhops and abbatshad right to coin 266, 306, 334 

 1082 Standard money called flerling - 308 



I108 Halfpennies, hitherto broken halfs of pennies, 



now coined round - - 316 

 JI56, 1180 Money reformed, or recoined - 334,344 

 r207 Money coined in many towns - 374 

 1222 Pennies, halfpennies, and farthings, ail round 385 

 J24S Money of England recoined and improved S96 

 1250 Money CifScothand ditto ditto 397 

 1.257 Gold coined in EngLind . - 408 

 1279 Money coined all round, pieces of 41^ . 432 

 Pieces of 2:;^ in Scotland, and probably in Eng- 

 land - - - - 432 



Mint ni.tnaged by foieigners - 432 



1292 Much bad money imported — law againft it 451 



1294 Superintendants of payments appointed 454 



1299 Laws made more rigorous againft bad money 



nnd exportation of money, &c 

 1301 Diminution of money begun in England 



And foon after in Scotland 

 1307 No money to be carried out of England 

 130S French merchants may c;irry away m.oney 

 1335 Money not to be exported nor melted — black 



money prohibited ... 



1339 Black money tolerated in Ireland 

 J343 Exportation of money again prohibited 



Exportation of money allowed at Barcelona 



J344 Gold money coined in England, and allowed 



to be exported—Coo light, rcfufed by the 



people - . - - 530 



1347 Exportation of money heavily taxed in Scotl. 537 

 1351 MoneydiniinlihedbyKingEdwardI.il 541 



. And ftiM more by a coinage of groats 543 



j:j(;3 FaU'e money forfeited to the kino- . . 548 

 ■■■3^5 Money of Scotland deteriorated - 5^';4 



1367 Money diminiihed and export taxed in Scotland 574 

 1374 It is rated at three fourths of the Englilh 580 



1390 And now at only a half - - 602 



»394 M, not to be mehed— foreign m. to be minted C06 



463, 464 

 466 

 466 

 474 

 474 



5" 

 5^4 

 529 

 5^9 



1401 

 1407 



1415 

 1416 

 1421 

 1423 

 1460 

 146S 

 '473 

 J 504 

 '505 

 1512 



152 = 



1552 

 1560 



1576 



•587I 



1600 



1601 



1604- 



1609 



1613 

 1619 

 1622 

 1625 

 1626 

 1627 



1631 

 1632 

 163s 



1636 



•637 

 1638 



1649 



"657 

 1659 

 1661 

 1663 



1666 

 1670 



1672 

 1673 



'675 

 1676 

 16S5 

 1696 



1710 

 1716 



1717 

 1719 

 1724 

 1733 

 >7 3 + 

 1760 

 1761 



1769 



All foreign money prohibited in England i, 6ii 

 Englifii nobles apparently the moft acceptable 



money on the continent . 619 



Galley halfpennies, &c prohibited . 629 



Clipping, &c made treafon - - 630 



Gold goes by weight — light m. to be recoined 635 

 Money maybe exported for military expenfes 637 

 Copper money coined in Ireland . 674 



And alfo it)- Scotland - - 681 



Halfpennies coined by the Bifhop of Durham 68$ 

 Money recoined for profit to the king . ii,26 

 Shillings now coined . . j^ 



A new law againft exporting money . 43 



A great variety of coins made - 6i 



Expenfe ot the king's houfehold - m 



The purity of tlie llandard lefiored - 126 



Diminution of money made high treafon 157 



I The value of money finking . 183 



Not aboveyiar mi/lions in England - ' 215 



Money of inferior ftandard coined for Ireland 223 

 -o; New kinds of money coined - 242, 243 



Copper farthings coined, in order to fuperfede 



the leaden tokens ilTued by tradefinen 254 



Money coined of different ftandards . 273 



Amount of money coined in 20 years - 296 



A proclamation againd exporting money 312 



The coinage of copper patented - 335 



Money again of different ftandards - 340 



Diminution of money propofed— prevented by 



Sir R. Cotton's arguments againft it 343 



Money not to be exported or melted. Sec 345 



Milling introduced in coinage - 36S 



Netherland merchants allowed to export money 374 

 Money not to be melted - - 3S8 



Circulation of leaden tokens prohibited 390 



Copper not to be forced upon the poor — filver 



fcarce — gold redundant . - 392 



Farthings, and alfo halfpence, of copper were 



afterwards made by private perfons . 437 

 A mint fet up at Aberyft" ith . . 398 



Amount of money coined in 19 years - 404 



Ordinance for various kinds of money • 437 



Amount of money coined 163S-1657 - 471 



Tot.il of money coined 1558-1659 - 478 



Anaiff againft melting filver money - 498 



Milled money coined ... 491 



Foreign coins now allowed to be exported 510 



Coinage made free of expenfe - 524 



Money of various klixls coined - 554 



Copper coined — private coi as entirely fuppreffed 569 

 Guineas coined of gold imported from Guinea 569 

 Total of money coined in 76 years - 576 



Money in England eftimated atjf.v millions 580 



Money of various kinds coined - 622 



Sums coined in reigns of Eliz. JamesI, Ciiarles 1,678- 

 The filver inoney verydeficient — guineas fell for 



30/^ — general recoinaae of filver ordered 677 



Performed in London, Exeter, Brilfol, Sec. 681 

 Money hi England elfimated at /f.victw mitlions 6S1 

 Amount of money coined 1659-1710 - ii', 13 

 Sum coined in twelve months . 51 



Guineas fixed by parliament at 21/" . 56 



Money in each naiion of Europe, by Anderfon 69 ?< 



129 



'93 



203 



340 

 34^ 

 35» 

 35» 



Amount of money coined 1701-1724 



Broad pieces called in and recoined 



Amount of money coined fince 1727 



Amount of coined from 25ih Oil. to 31ft Dec. 



Expenfe of coinage born by the public 



Quarter guineas coined 



Amount of money coined this year 



And thencefortli the coinage of the year is 



given regularly at the conclulion of every 



year 

 Aft for encouraging coinage mode perpetual 



487. 



