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The Several Informations of Ann Grayes< no role > John Giblet< no role >
and Thos. Fayrew< no role > and John Ford< no role > taken before me one of
His Majestys Justices of the Peace for the Said County

Who being Severaly upon Oath say, and first the said
one for herself says that the Said John Giblet< no role > put into the Care
of the Informant two Sheep And this Informant says that
She Saw the said Sheep safe in the Pens when a person now
present who calls himself Edward Stubberfield< no role > came to fetch
away Some other Sheep in this Informants keeping And this Informant
directed the said Stubberfield to let her know when he drove away
the last mentioned sheep that she might tell them to see that
the number was right but the said Stubberfield drove the last
mentioned Sheep by very quick &nordid not stay to let this
Informant tell the number he took away And in about half
an hour after the Sd. Stubberfield was gone this Informant
Missed one of the sd. Giblet's Sheep and this Informant says that no
other Person but the Said Stubberfield was in the Field when
the Sd. Giblet's Sheep were from the time of her Seeing the Sd:
two Sheep to the time of her missing one of them And the Sd:
John Giblet for himself says that a Sheep stopped by the
John Ford< no role > Constable is the Property of this Informant and
was put by this Informant into the Care and keeping of the said
Ann Grayes And the said Thos: Fayren for himself says that
a thursday last this Informant saw the Sd: Edward Stubberfield< no role >
driving some Sheep down Queen Street Bloomsbury and she
Sd: Stubberfield drew one of the said Sheep from the rest and
tyed the legs of it andofput the Said Sheep into a passage and
left it there and drove the rest of the Sheep away and the
Sd. Stubberfield returned in about half an hour to fetch away
the Sheep tied as aforesaid but this Informant suspecting that
the Sd. Sheep was Stolen this Informant acquainted the Sd John
Ford< no role > with his Suspicion and the Sd: John Ford< no role > Stopped the Sd: Sheep
upon Suspicion of its being Stolen and upon the said Stubberfield
being questioned how he came by the Sd Sheep he said that it
was the property of a Butcher in St James Market and that
the said Sheep followed the others that he drove out of a Brick Field
And the sd John Ford< no role > for himself says that he stopped the Sheep