The wealthy guilds, which included the goldsmiths, the pepperers, and three bridge guilds had landholding members who had been thegns or knights and now became a class of royal officials: the King's minters, his chamberlain, his takers of wines, his collectors of taxes.
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly
4. None of them shall plead outside the walls of the City of Newcastle-on-Tyne on any plea, except pleas of tenures outside the city and except the minters and my ministers.
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly
Note the assevered source of the report- One beyond thought of minters of mock tales.
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