1.--1535, March 21. No one is to coin "freluques" in future.
2.--21st January, 1537. The carolusis to be held worth 12 deniers, and
the vache worth 3 liards.
3.--Collas Guillemotte (22nd January, 1553) is authorized to coin
_enseignes_ of latten.
4.--Michaelmas, 1581. Her Majesty's Receiver and others are to receive
the coins named below at the values attached thereto, as follows:--
The French crown = 20 silver groats.
Flemish crown = 19-1/2do.
Pistole = 19 do.
Double Ducat = 14 Sols sterling.
Double Millerays = 14 do.
Noble, Henry of France = 14 do.
Croizadelittle cross = 20-1/2 groats.
Ditto potence = 20 do.
Poll head= 15 do. Real of Spain = 6d. ob. sterling.
5.--Michaelmas, 1582. Value of various coins fixed as follows:--
French Crown at 19-1/2 Gros.
Flemish at 19 do.
Croyzade little + at 20 do.
Do., + potence, at 19-1/2 do.
Pistolet at 18-1/2 do.
6.--Jan. 16, 1586. Value of coins fixed as follows:--
French Gold Crown at 19-1/2 Gros of silver.
Flemish at 1 sol tournois less than the Escu soll.
Pistolet at 2 sols tournois less than the Escu soll.
Frank at 6 silver gros (if of full weight).
Half Frank at 3 do.
Quarter Crown at 4-1/2 gros.
Half quarter Crown at 2-1/4 do.
Teston of France at 17 deniers.
7.--30th September, 1605. French coins, not worn out--_e.g._, quarter
and half-crowns, testons and half-testons, francs and
half-francs--are to be received at the rate of 64 sols to the
crown. Reals to be held worth 5 deniers.
8.--4th October, 1619. Many unauthorized persons having coined
freluques, this is forbidden under pain of public whipping "jusqu'
a effusion de sang."
9.--6th October, 1623. The Normans having sent hither a quantity of
deniers tournois, which they are passing for doubles, the Governor
is asked to appoint a person to coin freluques.
10.--17th April, 1626. The island being flooded with foreign doubles, no
one shall be compelled to take more of them than the value of 2
sous tournois per crown of the money to be paid to him.
STATES:
11.--February 26, 1640. A quantity of light French coin being current in
the island, traders and others insist on weighing these moneys,
refusing to take them at more than their true value. It is ordered
that such money be always weighed, as is done in Normandy.
12.--On the 3rd of the said February, 1640, it had been ordered that all
such coins should pass for their nominal value without weighing.
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