One legend tells how John Hull, the Master of the Mint in Boston and a wealthy man, determined the dowry for his daughter Hannah's marriage to Samuel Sewall.
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The emperor appointed the master of the Pforzheim mint, Jakob Br�glin, and Bois von der Winterbach for five years as Royal Mint Masters of the mints of Frankfurt and N�rdlingen.
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On the death of Sir John Foulis, Master of the Mint in Scotland, Briot was appointed to the office in 1635, and superintended the Scottish coinage for several years.
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In 1830 Abercromby was made Lord Melbourne's cabinet as Master of the Mint, but only held the post until November of the same year, when the Whigs lost power.
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He was a Commissioner of the Mint from 1684 to 1686 and Master of the Mint from 1686 to the date of his death, when he was succeeded by Sir Isaac Newton.
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He then went on to London, England in 1815, becoming very successful and wealthy as a cameo designer and maker, and was eventually presented to the Master of the Mint, Wellesley Pole.
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This Master of the Mint, appointed by James V, was responsible for the introduction of a silver coin valued at six, later three, pennies Scots, which was named after his estate.
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After learning about the invention via the French ambassador, King Henry II dispatched the Comptroller of Finance Guillaume de Marillac and Fran�ois Guilhem, Master of the Mint in Lyon, to observe the machinery.
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His son and successor was Sir Adam Hepburn of Humbie, one of the Senators of the College of Justice, who married in 1629 Agnes, daughter to George Foulis of Ravelston, Master of the Mint.
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Port studied law at the Middle Temple, where he was earldom of Chester, and in that year he appeared as one of the commissioners selected to inquire into the extortions of the masters of the mint.
