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Gold Coin Act 1421

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Statutes made at Westminster, Anno 9 Hen . V. Stat. 1. andAnno Dom, 1421. NoEnglish Gold shall be received in Payment but by the King's Weight.

(9 Hen. 5 St. 1) C A P. XI.

‘IT E M, to avoid the Deceits and Perils which long have continued within the Realm by Washers, Clippers, and Counterfeiters of the Money of the Realm ofEngland, to the great Loss and Damage of all the People of the same Realm;’ '(2) the King, by the Advice and Assent of all the Lords and Commons assembled in this Parliament, hath ordained and stablished, That from Christmas Even next coming, none of the King's liege People shall receive any Money of English Gold in Payment, but by the King's Weight thereupon ordained.' ‘(3) And because a great Part of the Gold now current in Payment is not of rightful Weight nor of good Allay ;’ the same shall be sent to the Coine, to the Intent that it shall be newly coined of just Weight and of good Allay;' ‘and because that shall be to the great Loss and Costs of the King's Subjects, unless it please him to relieve them in this Case ;’ '(4) our Sovereign Lotd the King, of his special Grace, hath remised and pardoned to all his liege People, which betwixt this and the said Feast of Christmas...

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