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aˈssay-ˌmaster [see assay n.] The master of an assay-house; an officer appointed to assay coin, gold and silver plate, etc.1647 Haward Crown Rev. 22 Assay Master: Fee, 100m. 1662 Petty Taxes & Contr. 26 Reports of the ablest Saymasters. 1692 Luttrell Brief Rel. II. 623 Sir John Brattle, essay master...
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Thomas Stanley (Royal Mint)
Career
Stanley was appointed as one of the Assay Masters of the Mint in March 1545, following a restructuring and expansion of the Royal Mint under Henry Disputes between Stanley and his fellow officers, Comptroller John Bull and assay-master William Humfrey, broke out in a series of accusations and cross-accusations
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Edinburgh Assay Office
Since 1457, the deacon, or leader of the craft, assayed and marked the members' wares, but in 1681 a separate Assay Master was appointed to oversee this The first Assay Master was John Borthwick.
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James Prinsep
to Robert Bingley, assay master at the Royal Mint in London (1818–19). He then moved back to Calcutta as deputy assay master, and when Wilson resigned in 1832, he was made assay master (overruling Wilson's nominee for that
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William Jory Henwood
In 1832 Henwood was appointed to the office of assay-master and supervisor of tin in the duchy of Cornwall, a post from which he retired in 1838.
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Hallmark
The master craftsman was responsible for the quality of the work that left his atelier or workshop, regardless of who made the item. This was originally intended to be the mark of an official known as the Assay Master, who was sworn in every May.
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William Humphrey
Humphrey (1875–1942), film director
Willie Humphrey (1900–1994), jazz clarinetist
William Humfrey (died 1579), mining promoter, Assay Master at the Royal
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William Humfrey
Humfrey was appointed Assay Master at the Royal Mint in 1561. In April 1567 the State Papers record that Humfrey was to be restored to his office of Assay Master.
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Salver
In a royal or noble household the fear of poisoning led to the custom of tasting the food or beverage before it was served to the master and his guests ; this was known as the assay of meat and drink, and in Spanish was called salva.
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Hopton Haynes
He was promoted to be assay-master in 1723. Haynes was close to Newton, who died in 1727.
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Diana Anderson (scientist)
She moved to the University of Manchester for graduate studies and completed a master's degree in 1971. She developed the "comet assay", which allows for detection of DNA damage with extraordinary sensitivity.
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1748 in Wales
Joseph Harris becomes Assay-Master at the Royal Mint.
A major eisteddfod is held at Selattyn.
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1764 in Wales
Courts for Denbigh, 78
18 June - Christmas Samuel, minister and writer, 90
22 June - Sir John Philipps, 6th Baronet, 63
26 September - Joseph Harris, Assay-master
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John York (Master of the Mint)
In 1544 he was appointed assay master to the Mint. York appears to have enjoyed at this time the office of master of the king's woods.
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Humfrey
Australian zoologist and television personality
Pelham Humfrey (1647–1674), English Restoration composer
William Humfrey (died 1579), goldsmith and Assay Master to Queen Elizabeth I of England
See also
Humphery, surname
Humphrey, given name and surname
Humphry, given name and surname
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