Warden of the Royal Mint

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Crown office financial oversight office government position

Warden of the Royal Mint was a senior Crown appointment in England responsible for overseeing the security, integrity, and administration of the Royal Mint’s coinage operations.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Master of the Mint	6
Warden of the Royal Mint canonical	2
Master of the Royal Mint	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Crown office ⓘ financial oversight office ⓘ government position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	England ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
fieldOfWork	bullion management ⓘ coinage ⓘ monetary administration ⓘ public finance oversight ⓘ
followedByOffice	Master of the Mint (for Isaac Newton) ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	Crown appointment by royal authority ⓘ linked to national monetary policy through coinage standards ⓘ office associated with personal financial liability for losses ⓘ often held by legally or financially trained officials ⓘ senior rank within the Royal Mint ⓘ
hasDuty	administration of minting processes ⓘ enforcement of standards for weight and fineness of coins ⓘ ensuring integrity of coinage ⓘ ensuring security of the Royal Mint ⓘ financial accountability for bullion and coin stocks ⓘ oversight of coinage operations ⓘ participation in the Trial of the Pyx ⓘ protection against counterfeiting ⓘ protection against debasement of coinage ⓘ reporting to the Crown on mint operations ⓘ supervision of mint officials ⓘ verification of the quality of newly minted coins ⓘ
inception	medieval period ⓘ
locationOfWork	Royal Mint ⓘ surface form: Royal Mint, London Tower of London ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder	Isaac Newton ⓘ
officeHolderEndTime	1699 (Isaac Newton as Warden) ⓘ
officeHolderStartTime	1696 (Isaac Newton) ⓘ
partOf	English Crown administration ⓘ Royal Mint ⓘ
positionHeldBy	Charles Montagu ⓘ Isaac Newton ⓘ Thomas Neale ⓘ
replacedBy	reformed mint administrative structure in the 19th century ⓘ
seeAlso	English coinage ⓘ Warden of the Royal Mint self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Master of the Mint Royal Mint ⓘ Trial of the Pyx ⓘ
subordinateTo	Lord High Treasurer ⓘ surface form: Lord High Treasurer of England the Crown ⓘ
usedLegalFramework	acts of Parliament relating to the coinage ⓘ royal proclamations on coinage ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Isaac Newton → positionHeld → Warden of the Royal Mint ⓘ

this entity surface form: Master of the Royal Mint

Warden of the Royal Mint → seeAlso → Warden of the Royal Mint self-linksurface differs ⓘ