| Authorised form of name | Slingsby; Henry (c1620 - c1688); master of the mint |
| Other forms of surname | Slingisbie |
| Slingesby |
| Dates | c1620 - c1688 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | England, Europe |
| Date of birth | c.1620 |
| Place of death | England, Europe |
| Activity | Education:
Exeter College, Oxford (matriculated 1635)
Career:
Deputy Master of the Mint under Sir Ralph Freeman (1662-1667); Master of the Mint (1663), suspended from office on grounds of incompetence (1680), resigned (1686); Secretary for the Council for Trade and Plantations (1670-1672)
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| Membership category | Original Fellow |
| Date of election | 22/04/1663 |
| Date of ejection or withdrawal | 18 November 1675 (for not paying his dues) |
| Relationships | Parents: Sir William Slingsby and Elizabeth Board
Siblings: Elizabeth Slingsby
Married: Ann Cave
Children: Anthony Slingsby; Harry (Henry) Slingsby; Elizabeth Slingsby |
| OtherInfo | During Slingsby's tenure as Master of the Mint, Pierre Blondeau's machinery slowly replaced the previous hammered process of coin production. He worked with John Evelyn (FRS 1663) and Christopher Wren (FRS 1660) to examine proposals for the repairs on St Paul's Church in 1663, and also associated with Samuel Pepys. He continuously lived beyond his means and towards the end of his life was financially ruined, with a settlement with his creditors only being reached in court after Slingsby's death.
As Secretary to the Council for Trade and Plantations, within the Board of Trade government body, Slingsby worked to further the government's colonial interest. In his post, he made £500 quarterly. The Council's orders and tasks fell within a broad remit and included finding ways in which to take and enslave people to bring to the colonies, mediating between the Royal African Company and the colonies, as well as enforcing the 'reeducation' of Native Americans and enslaved people in the colonised regions. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; Foster
References:
Craig, Sir J. 1964. 'The Royal Society and the Royal Mint', in Notes and Records, vol. 19, pp. 156-167
Notes:
The election date is Slingsby's re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously mentioned as a member on 23 January 1661. |
| Code | NA4956 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| DM/5/68 | 'Transactions of the Committee for Correspondence' | 19 August 1664, 23 September 1664 |