1693
25 Sept

Sara Arnold< no role > the wife of Benjamine Arnold< no role > a souldier in ye
Earle of Oxfords Regiment maketh Oath that on fryday night
last about five or six of the Clock She this Depont. comeing
[..] out of Southwarkethreefour Psons whose names (as
this Depont: is informed) are Thomas Cooke< no role > -Ireland and
Mathewes and Peter Wallis< no role > Stopt this Depont: upon
London Bridge andandthe said Cooke took hold of this Depont
and said this Depont: must goe wth him, and thereupon
he forced her into the Alehouse knowne by signe of the
three Neats tongues upon the Bridge , and being there
the said Cooke asked her what she had in her pockett
to wch she answered, nothing but four Guineas and
tenpence in silver and Farthings, then the said Ireland &
Mathewes held this Depont: by the Armes whilst the
said Cooke Searched her, and when they found nothing
but ye four Guineas [..] about her the said Cooke bid them
bring her along wth him but did not then take away ye Guineas then the said Ireland and
Mathewes carryed this Depont: to the Rodd Crosse nere
ye Water house by London bridge , where this Deponent found
the said Cooke and Peter Wallis< no role > wth Margaret Atkinson< no role >
this Deponts: Sister who came wth this Depont: out of South-
warke, and there the said Margarett complained that
the said Cooke and Wallis had taken away her Money wch
was twentie one pounds seven Shillings and six pence,
wch money was to pay one John Kirkham< no role > a Fisherman
for Fish and [..] Oyster wch this Depont: has taken upp, and
when this Depont: was att ye Rodd Crosse aforesaid the woman
of the house called out for a Constable because of ye distur-
bance that was in ye house thereupon the said Ireland
Swore that there should be noe Constable called, for he was
a Constable himselfe, And this Depont: further maketh Oath
that she was deteined at the redd Cross: aforesd nere three
or four houres and in the meane time the said Cooke
haveing gott the Key of ye Dore of this Deponts: Lodgings
(which is in White Fryers ) went and searched the said
Lodgings, and when he came back againe he gave her
the Key and said he could find nothing there but a
Mill to Mill halfe pence, and a Rubbing Cloth,