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<p n="73"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45023_geo55">Middlesex</rs>
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to wit</note>
The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n73-1">William<lb></lb>
Hart</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n73-2">John Fikes</rs>
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<lb></lb>
taken before Us two of his Majesty's<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45023_occ16">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the said<lb></lb>
County</p>
<p n="74">Who being severally upon Oath say and first this<lb></lb>
Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n74-1">William Hart</rs>
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for himself saith that he<lb></lb>
is in Copartner ship with the other Informant <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n74-2">John<lb></lb>
Fikes</rs>
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and about two Years ago they set up a Starch<lb></lb>
Manufactory in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45023_geo56">Old Street</rs>
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that in the begining of<lb></lb>
September last this Informant & his Partner being in<lb></lb>
want to Borrow One hundred pounds he applied to one<lb></lb>
Mr Jones who he had dealt with for Corn and some<lb></lb>
few days after he met the said Mr Jones and a person<lb></lb>
now present who calls himself <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45023_n74-3">Lyon Elean</rs>
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when Jones<lb></lb>
told this Informant that Elean was the person who would<lb></lb>
help him to the Money and the next day the said Lyon<lb></lb>
Elean came to this Informants House in <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45023_geo57">Old Street</rs>
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<lb></lb>
& told him that he knew an Old Gentleman who would<lb></lb>
advance the Money (meaning the one hundred pounds wanted<lb></lb>
by this Informants) & the said Elean then told this Informt.<lb></lb>
that he was a Broker & that he must pay him his Broker age<lb></lb>
which he say'd was a Guinea which this Informt. agreed to<lb></lb>
that in about a Week after the said Elean came again to<lb></lb>
this Informant and told him that the Old Gentleman would<lb></lb>
not part with the Money without Notes and the said Elean<lb></lb>
directed this Informant in what manner the said Notes<lb></lb>
should be drawn and accordingly three Notes were drawn<lb></lb>
under his direction two of them for Twenty pounds each &<lb></lb>
the other for One hundred and Sixty four Pounds payable<lb></lb>
to the said Lyon Eleanor Orders and the said Lyon Elean<lb></lb>
told this Informant that he must accept then Immediately<lb></lb>
which he did for himself &<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Co: the said Elean then<lb></lb>
told him that he would being him the Money the next day<lb></lb>
& the Next day the said Elean came to this Informant &<lb></lb>
told him that the Business could not bed me as the<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45023_occ17">Gentleman</rs>
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was out of Town but would be in Town in two<lb></lb>
or three Days & then he would get it done That on the fourth<lb></lb>
day of October the said Lyon Elean<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
met this</p>
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