Document 1/54/537 (RRS, vi, no. 385)
- Description
- David, king of Scots, to his warden of the mint and the royal moneyer: due to the shortage of silver money in the kingdom at present, the fabrication of money was ordained by the three communities in his parliament held at Scone on the 27th September as follows, namely that a pound of silver should be reduced in weight to ten pennyweights, so that 29s 4d should now come from the pound weight, from which 7d shall be collected to the king's use. The warden of the mint should have 1d, and the master moneyer shall have 11d for himself and his workmen. And so 27s 9d by reckoning of the pound weight will remain for the merchant. He wills that money should be made henceforth according to the said ordinance.
- Firm date
- 7 October 1367
- Dating Notes
- 7 Oct., regnal year 38
- Place date (modern)
- Scone
- Place date (document)
- Sconam
- Related Place
- Scone
- Source for Data Entry
- RRS, vi, no. 385
- Trad. ID
- RRS, vi, no. 385
- Calendar number
- 1/54/537
- Charter type
- Letter (administrative)
- Language
- Latin
- Document type notes
- Records of the Parliaments of Scotland: RPS 1367/9/10
- Notes
- APS, i, 502