Middlesex , to wit,

The Voluntary Information of John Stanhopenard
Apprentice to one Thomas Woolaston< no role > of the
Hamlet of Poplar and Blackwall in
the said County Ship wright taken on Oath before
us twoof His Majesty's Justices of the
Peace Acting in and for the said County this
15th day of March 1783

Who being upon Oath saith That about three Weeks ago
he this Informant together with one Thomas Little< no role > page
and Thomas Warwick< no role > shall now Presentsdid [..]
take and Carry away [..] from his Majesty's Ship the
Maidstone then and now in the Dook or Yard of John Perry< no role >
and Joseph Hankey< no role > Esquires at Blackwall aforesaid
in the said County [..] a large Piece of Metal belonging
to the Rudder of the said Ship called a Pintle
being part of the Navel Stores belonging to his present
Majesty King George< no role > the third, Thatthe saidone Thomas
Warwicks hall did Assist in Conveying the same away
in his Boat (being a Waterman) by the direction of his Mother I and Warwicks hall That he this Informant
and the said Thomas Littlepage< no role > and the said Thomas
Warwicks halldid carry the said Metal Instrument
to the House of the saidthe saidJane Warwickshall in Blackwall
aforesaid who did receive the same well knowing
it to have been Stolen and did pay to him this
Informant and the said Thomas Little< no role > page the sum of
Twenty three Shillings for the said Piece of Metal
This Informant further saith that on Sunday last
being the Ninth day of March Instant he together
with the said Thomas Little< no role > page did take from
the Rudder of his said Majesty's ship the Maidstone
at the Place aforesaid one other Piece of Metal