Opinion touching the reformation of the coin
- Creator
- William Thomas
- Date
- 1551
- Archive
- British Library
- Identifier
- Cotton MS Vespasian D XVIII
- Date added
- 31 January 2025 4.09 am
- Date modified
- 23 October 2026 12.44 am
Document excerpt
To the Kinge Ma[jes]tie 27 28 Vpon fridaie Last, Mr Throgmerton declared yo[u]r Ma[jes]t[y] please vnto me, and delivered me w[i]thall the notes of certein discourses, which according to yo[u]r Highnes com[m]aundement I shall most gladly applie; to sende you one verie weeke if it be possible for me in so litle tyme to compasse it: as in verie dede it were more then easie; if the daily seruice of myne office required not the great travaile and diligence that it doth. And because he tolde me yo[u]r Ma[jes]tie wolde first heare myne opinion touching the reformac[i]on of the coyne; albeit that I thinke myself both vnworte and vnholyed to give any iudgement in so great and D.