▁commission er ▁on ▁mint ▁affairs , ▁along ▁with ▁Thomas ▁K ny vet , ▁ 1 st ▁Baron ▁K ny vet , ▁Sir ▁Richard ▁Martin , ▁John ▁Williams ▁the ▁king ' s ▁g olds m ith , ▁and ▁others . ▁Short ly ▁afterwards ▁he ▁engaged ▁in ▁a ▁scheme ▁for ▁supp lying ▁a ▁def ic iency ▁in ▁the ▁currency , ▁of ▁co ins ▁of ▁small ▁value , ▁by ▁the ▁issue ▁of ▁far thing ▁tokens . ▁Private ▁trad ers ▁had ▁for ▁some ▁years ▁in fr ing ed ▁the ▁royal ▁pr er og ative ▁by ▁striking ▁far thing ▁tokens ▁in ▁lead . ▁A ▁proposal ▁which ▁seems ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁inspired ▁by ▁Mal yn es , ▁was ▁put ▁forth ▁in ▁ 1 6 1 2 ▁to ▁rem edy ▁this . ▁The ▁scheme ▁was ▁adopted , ▁and ▁John ▁Har ington , ▁ 2 nd ▁Baron ▁Har ington ▁of ▁Ext on ▁obtained ▁the ▁pat ent ▁for ▁supp lying ▁the ▁new ▁co ins ▁( 1 0 ▁April ▁ 1 6 1 3 ), ▁which ▁he ▁assigned ▁to ▁Mal yn es ▁and ▁William ▁C ock ay ne , ▁in ▁accord ance ▁with ▁an ▁agreement ▁previously ▁made ▁with ▁the ▁former . ▁On ▁the ▁withdraw al ▁of ▁C ock ay ne , ▁who ▁did ▁not ▁like ▁the ▁terms ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁grant , ▁Mal yn es ▁was ▁joined ▁by ▁John ▁C ouch man . ▁But ▁from ▁the ▁first ▁the ▁contract ors ▁were ▁un fortun ate . ▁The ▁Duke ▁of ▁Len no x ▁tried ▁to ▁obtain ▁the ▁pat ent ▁from ▁Lord ▁Har ington ▁by ▁offering