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Edward I.— George III. (1814). 
In 1279, Edward I. sent for William de Tournmire and Ins 
brother Peter and others from Marseilles, and one Friscobald and 
others from Florence, and employed them in the working of 
money and the buying and exchanging of silver for that purpose. 
On December 8th, the King appointed William de Tournmire 
master of the mint, and he was to have as many furnaces (30) in 
London as he can employ, 8 furnaces in Canterbury besides the 3 
belonging to the archbishop, in Bristol and York 12 furnaces each. 
At Canterbury, Bristol, and York Tournmire was to have under 
him and to bear the expenses and charges of the master of the 
mint, the keeper of the bullion, the assistant in the melting house 
and all other persons employed by him, and to deliver the money 
to the King purified by fire, blanched and prepared at his own 
cost. The King was to give to him for every pound of sterlings 
7d., that is, 3jd. for wages to the moneyers for striking and work¬ 
ing the money, i^d. for the loss of silver in the fire, and i^d. for 
adjusting the coins in every pound of money. A penny in every 
pound was allowed to the master for his wages and expenses 
and for those under him for meat, drink, liveries, charcoal, and 
repairing of dies and meltings. The King was to provide houses 
convenient for working the mint. Master William was to make 
great sterlings, the value of four lesser sterlings, and also farthings. 
For every pound of small money the master was to receive iojkl. 
for making, and i2d. to remain to the King for his profit out of 
every pound. 1 
The King was at York on the following August 16th, 17th, and 
18th. On the third day the keepers of the Exchange were com¬ 
manded to supply two dies for the archiepiscopal mint of which 
R. and G. Guydoni became masters. The keepers were to pay 
^400 out of the new money in the Exchange for household 
expenses to Master Thomas Bek, keeper of the Wardrobe. On 
September 10th an order was sent from Carlisle to the keepers of 
the York Exchange to deliver to Peter de Tournmire, the King’s 
master moneyer at York, £700 by reckoning of the new money to 
be carried to Newcastle-on-Tyne and there exchanged. The 
keepers of the Exchange at York were John Sampson and John 
le Especer. 
1 Ruding. 
