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Among these, that Princess in the year
1565, impowered William Humfreys and
Christopher Schutz a German, to search
for all mines, minerals, and subterraneous
treasure, except allum and copperas, in the
several royalties throughout England, ex-
clusive of the following eight counties,
York, Cumberland, Westmoreland, Corn-
wall, Lancashire, Devon, Gloucester, and
the principality of Wales, for their sole
use and profit; her Majesty only reserving
to herself a tenth part of all gold, silver,
and quicksilver ores, and the pre-emption
of refined gold and silver, the former at
8d. and the latter at 1d. per ounce lower
than the current price of those metals;
and 6d. for every hundred weight of
copper.
Afterwards her Majesty, in the year
1568, incorporated this society by the
name of, The Governors, Assistants, and
Society of the Mineral and Battery Works.
The number of shares belonging to this
company at first amounted to thirty-six;
which being divided into half and quarter
parts, they are at present increased to an
hundred and forty four.
MINES ROYAL COMPANY. This society
owed its origin to the same cause as the
former, and was founded a year before it:
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for in 1564 Queen Elizabeth, by her
letters patent granted to Thomas Thur-
land and Daniel Houghsetter, and their
heirs for ever, impowered them to search
for mines of gold, silver, copper, and
quicksilver, in the several royalties in the
counties of York, Lancashire, Cumber-
land, Westmoreland, Cornwall, Devon,
Gloucester, Worcester, and the principality
of Wales, to be held of the crown upon
the same terms as those abovementioned,
with respect to the Mine and Battery
Works company.
At length Thurland and Houghsetter
having in virtue of the powers granted
them, sold several parts or shares of their
said privileges, they, with the purchasers,
were, by letters patent, dated the 22d of
May 1568, incorporated by the stile of,
The Governors, Assistants, and Commonalty
of the Mines Royal. The shares of this
company at first consisted of twenty-four;
but they have since been increased to
ninety-six. Sir John Pettus's Fodinæ
Regale.
MINORIES. This street extends from Aldgate
street to Tower hill. The middle part of the
east side is called the Little Minories; this
part is railed in, and is out of the liberties
of the city. Here anciently stood an abbey
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