London

The Information of Mary Nichols< no role > of Dove Court London Widow
taken the 7th: day of June 1744 before Me Sr. Robert Westley< no role > Knt .
Lord Mayor of the City of London and one of his Majesty's Justices
of the Peace for the said City and liberties thereof

This Informant on her Oath saith that on or about the Twenty first
day of April last she being under Confinement in Bridewell London gave
Thomas Parker< no role > the Prisoner the Key of her Apartment in Houndsditch
London and desired the said Parker to fetch her from thence a
Handkerchief, Cap and Apron and four Shillings in Money, which the
said Parker accordingly did the same day and for his Trouble therein
this Informant paid the said Parker, Two Shillings, that the said
Parker refused to deliver this Informant her said Key untill
several Days after pretending that he had not fastned the Door
that on or about the Thirtieth day of April aforesaid this Informant
was Discharg'd from her said Confinement and went to her
Apartment aforesaid and found that several things had been Stolen
from thence (to Witt) Two Silk Gowns, two Table Cloths a Velvet Hood
a Cambrick Apron, a Velvet Pilgrim a Cambrick Cap laced, two peices
of New Cloth Three Ells of Silk, a Quilted Petticoat three Pair of Sheets
Ten Napkins and other things that this Informant mistrusting that the
said Parker had Stolen the said Goods she endeavoured to find him
but was not able to do it for several days by treason he the said
Parker absconded and this Informant does strongly Suspect the
said Parker hath stolen the same

Sworn the Day and Year
abovewritten before Me
Robt: Westley< no role > Mayor}

Mary Nichols< no role >