1692
August 27

Margaret Edwards< no role > the wife of John Edwards< no role > Lodger at the house
of Mr Peirse a Baker in Bowe streete in Covent Garden in the
County of Middlx [..] .

The examinant saith that she goeing with Mrs Ann Gunn< no role > to see Mr Harrison
executed for the murder of Dr Clenche she the said Mrs Gunn talkeing with this
deponent said if some body had their deserts they would be there aswell as he
and then laughed & said there is some body laugh in their sleeve now, but
whom the said Mrs Gunn then meant this depont doth not knowe neither
did she then aske the said Mrs Gunn whom she meant thereby And this
depont further saith that a woman passing through the Croude at the execution
of the said Mr Harreson asked whether the said Mr Harrison had crooked
Leggs and thereupon the said Mrs Gunn said to this depont doe you heare there
is noe smoake but there is some fire, & she saith that Mr Francis Milward< no role >
who was suspected to be concerned in the murder of Dr. Clenche had crooked
Leggs. And she saith that she being in Company with one Mr Harper & the said
Mrs Gunn after the death of the said Drs. Clenche & in the lifetime of the said
Mr Milward she the said Mrs Gunn talkeing of the said Mr Milward & telling
the said Mr Harper that he the said Mr Milward hard beaton & threatned to
bents againe her ye said Mrs Gunn & that this depont had said that she did
knowe some of the said Mr Milwards Secreets he the said Mr Harper then
asked this depont if she knewe any of the said Mr Milwards Secreets & this
depont sayth that she replyed that she did not & said that ye said Mr Milward
had concealed his Lodgeings from her and the said Mr Harper replyeing said
it it much Mr Milward denyes himselfe to you, for he hath said he would
trust you with the greatest secreet in his Brest. And this depont saith that
she said Mr Milward was a person she did not Care to be neere when ye
was angry & thereupon Mr Harper told this depont if you knowe any of
his Secreets I knowe ye will never doe you any harme that I dare
warrant you or used words to the same purpose. And she saith that
afterwards the said Mrs Gunn asked this depont when they were in Bed
together whether she knewe any of the said Mr Milward Secreets, & pressed
her this depont if she did whether it was not about Dr Clenche is death and
what she knewe of it. And this depont Saith that she then told the said Mrs
Gunn that she did not know any of the said Mr Milward secreets nor
anything about them under of the said Dr Clenche otherwise than what was
the genrall discourse of the Towne of it. And she saith that she was at the
Lord Cheife Justice Holts Chambers with the said Mrs Gunn about the matters
aforesaid and that the said Mrs Gunn endeavoured to persuade this depont from
goeing againe to him about it & told this depont that she was a foole to be
concerned against the said Mr Harper, & that the said Mr Harper had said
that he would appeare at ye next Sessions without further Trouble, and
that she the said Mrs Gunn said that if she this depont appeared there she
[..] would never be able to walke ye streetes or ye said Mrs Gunn
used words to the effect aforesaid And this depont further saith that
she doth not knowe that ye said Mr Milward Mr Cole and Mr Harper or any
of them were anywayes concerned in the Murder of the said Dr Clenche and
denyeth that she did ever heard the said Mr Milward, Mr Cole, & Mr Harper
or any of them confesse acknowledge Say or declare that they or any of them
murdered the said Dr Clenche or were any wayes concerned in or about the same
And she further saith that she doth not knowe where ye said Mr Harper now
lodgeth now did ever knowe the lodgeings of the said Mr Harper.

Jur 27o die
Augusti 1692.

J Holt

The mke of the above named
Margarett [mark] Edwards< no role > .