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left with me,^ which shall remain in the Xew Hall of the said city, to 

 compare all others his weights by : hereby requiring the said Eiehard Lord 

 to demand for each set of weights he shall expose to sale but one shilling 

 sterling and no more. And I do hereby in His ilajesty's name strictly 

 charge and require all manner of persons whatsoever within this city, the 

 franchise and liberties thereof, that have or shall have occasion to use or 

 employ weights for the aforesaid coins, that they and every one of them use 

 no weights iu paying or receiving of the said moneys but what shall be tried 

 arid examined by the standard and sealed and impressed as aforesaid, as they 

 will answer the same at their peril. 



And I do hereby also further authorize and require all and every of the 

 aldermen, deputy aldermen, grand juries, and constables of this city within 

 their wards or franchises of this city to make due iospection from time to 

 time in the said affair ; and the rather because many complaints have been 

 made of the deceit and fraud used by weighing of money otherwise than by 

 the said Act of State, and the weights (with the arms and above mottoes are 

 required) ; and that if they or any of them shall find any or other weights 

 in the hands of any person for receiving or paying of such or the like money 

 within their respective wards or liberties of this city not marked and mottoed 

 as aforesaid, to take up and secure the said weights which are to be brought 

 before me to be tried and examined by the said standard ; as also to bring 

 before me the person or persons using the same, to the end there may not 

 contrary weights be used in this city, and for so doing this shall be to them 

 and every of them a sufficient warrant. Luke Lowthee. (Calendar of 

 Ancient Eecords of Dublin. Vol V.) 



The National Museum and the Eoyal Irish Academy possess a few weights 

 bearing the name of Eiehard Lord, but most of them are dated 1670. From 

 this it is apparent that Lord was making the money weights before the Lord 

 Mayor's proclamation of 1680. 



Money weights dated 1679 made in Cork, and bearing the Cork city arms, 

 the number of pennyweights and grains and the name of Eiehard Smart of 

 Cork, goldsmith, are also in the collection of the Eoyal Irish Academy. I 

 have not been able to find any proclamation with reference to these. See 

 Plate Y, Xo. 10. 



A proclamation, June 6th, 1 683. Whereas many and great inconveniences 

 have happened to His Majesty's subjects of this kingdom by the difference of 

 weights that have been of late made use of for weighing of such foreign coin 

 as hath been current here by proclamation, as also by the bringing over into 



1 The motto on one of 1670 is sk asdis kec deuas. See Plate V, No. 3. 



