240 STANNARY ROLL, 34TH EDWARD I. 



character. All are in good preservation, and are perfectly clear 

 and distinct tlirougliout. Daring the period over which this Eoll 

 extends, the gross weight of tin coined was 863,234 lbs., and the 

 coinage fees £1726. 9s. 4|d. 



We find another Stannary Roll of the time of Eclw. I.* The 

 year to which it should be assigned is uncertain, but it is believed 

 to apply to the 35th and last year of the King's reign. It is with 

 the account of Thomas de la Hide, Seneschal of Cornwall. The 

 weight of all the tin was 520,330 lbs., and the receipt for coinage 

 £1040. 17s. 5d. 



The next Eoll is for the period from the feast of St. John, 

 1st Edw. II, to Michs., 2nd Edw. II (1 308).t The tin weighed was 

 343,218 lbs., and the coinage dues £686. 10s. lid. And there is 

 another from Michs. 2nd (1308), to 5th Aug., 3rd Edw. II (1309).| 

 In this period the weight of the tin coined was 468,694 lbs., and 

 the sum received for clues £937. lis. 6d. 



We do not find any other Roll until 6th Edw. II, when there is 

 a Roll shewing the tin weighed between the feast of St. Scholastica 

 the Virgin, 6th Edw. II (Feb. 10, 1312-13), to Michs., 7th Edw. II 

 (1313). II In this period the weight of the tin accounted for was 

 582,481 lbs., and the sum received for coinage £1164. 19s. 2|d. 



From the feast of the Purification of St. Mary the Virgin, 

 7th Eclw. II (Feb. 2, 1313-14), to the feast of the Decollation of 

 St. John Baptist, 8th Edw. II (29th Aug., 1314), § the tin weighed, 

 as shewn by this Roll, was 803,541 lbs., and the money received 

 was £1607. Is. 8|d. Another small Roll is attached, shewing 

 receipts for toll, amounting to £380, 17s. 4d., but the weight of 

 tin is not clearly stated. 



There is a further Roll, rendered by Thomas Lerchdekne, for 

 the period from Michs. to the feast of the Epiphany, 8th Edw. 11.^ 

 In this time the weight of tin accounted for was 43,040 lbs., and 

 the sum received £86. Is. 7Jd. From this time these detail Rolls 

 appear to cease. 



« Pipe Office, Sheriffs' Accounts, No. 385, Eoll 2. 

 t Pipe Office, Sheriffs' Accounts, No. 377, Eoll 3. 

 + Pipe Office, SheriiTs' Accounts, No. 377, Eoll 4. 

 I! Idem, No. 380, Eoll 6. 

 § Idem, Eoll 5. 

 II Idem, Eoll 7. 



