THE STATUTE OF MONEY, YORK, 133 5. 21 
the name of the place of mintage was retained, but that of the 
moneyer was omitted. Titles were added to the name of the King 
thus:—“EDW. R. ANGL. DNS. HYB.” On some of the York 
coins of 1300 there is a star on the King’s breast. On two of 
Edward II.’s pennies struck at York, which are in the National 
Collection, his name reads ED WAR or EDWARD. 
In July 1320, the sum of 2050 marks was transmitted from 
London to York. Eight horsemen were employed to guard it on 
its way to Huntingdon. The journey was of two days, and the 
sum they received for the service was 16s. They were ten days in 
going from Huntingdon to York, during which time there was a 
guard of eleven horsemen, who received 5^s. for the service. But 
beside these there were twelve archers, who were in attendance all 
the way from London to York. At Huntingdon six score men 
were engaged to attend for five miles, on account of the thieves in 
those parts ; and at Stamford nine score men were engaged to 
attend for twelve miles, on account of the same kind of danger. 
In the next reign, namely, in 1339 ^200 was sent from York to 
Newcastle. The journey was performed on the 6th, 7th, and 8th 
of December. The money was carried in panniers on a horse’s 
back, and there were two men at arms and four archers to guard 
it. 
In 1335 the Statute of Money was passed at York. From hence¬ 
forth “ no religious or any other man should carry any sterling, 
nor silver in plate nor vessel of gold or silver, out of the Kingdom, 
without a license. No sterling, halfpenny or farthing shall be 
molten to make vessels, etc. No false money nor counterfeit 
sterling shall be brought into the realm. All manner of black 
money which had been commonly current in the King’s realm 
shall be utterly excluded.” In this Parliament it was determined 
that halfpennies and farthings should be coined. 
In 1344 an Act was passed ordering money of gold and silver to 
be made in the City of York by the coiners and moneyers of the 
King in the same manner as in the Tower of London. 
The following year Anthony-By-the-sea was appointed warden 
and supervisor of the mints of London, York, and Canterbury; 
and Conrad Roger and his associates, Eastland merchants, were 
authorised to hold exchanges in the same three cities, the King 
engaging that they should not be compelled to exchange more 
than 1000 marks per week in London, and 500 marks per week in 
each of the cities of York and Canterbury. About this time, two 
