Middlesex
}
The Information of
Mary Rowbottom< no role >
widow
taken on Oath before me one of his Majesty's
Justices of the Peace in and for the said County
the 17th day of January 1774
Who saith that she has for some time past been
a servant
and House keeper
to one Charles Milner< no role >
at his House near Bow Common
: That for some times
past she has heard a Noise of work being carried on in a
Shed adjoining to the dwelling House of her said
Master at Bow Common aforesaidthat she how
often times seen a person now present who calls
himself John Rosamond< no role >
go in and out of the said
shed during the time the noise or work was carrying
on and that she looked upon and considered the said
John Rosamond as one of the parties concerned
in the said work and Businesssaith that she
suspected the said Men were doing something in
said shed which was not Right and therefore
desired her Master to get rid of them and
this Informant further saith that one day she asked
of the said Men what are you making there
meaning in the shed that she received for answer
they were cutting out Buttons and Buckles
Taken and Sworn the day
and year above written before me}
Jno Sherwood< no role >
Mary
The Mary Marke of
Row
Rowbotham