The Information of Samuel Lodge< no role > of the Parish of
Kensington in the County of Middlesex Gentleman . John
Fannen< no role > of the Same place Gentleman and James Hobson< no role >
of the same Place Gentleman taken upon oath the twenty
third day of October one thousand Seven hundred and fifty Nine
before Me John Cartwright< no role > Esquire one of the Aldermen of the
City of London and one of his Majesty's Justices of the peace
in and for the Same City as follows And first the said
Samuel Lodge< no role > Saith that Some time in the beginning of May
last. One Charles Pottle< no role > then a domestis Servant to John Ayliffe< no role >
Esquire now a Prisoner in his Majestys Goal of Newgate in the
City of London brought and delivered to this Informant at Uffcott
in the Parish of Broad hinton in the County of Wilts a Parcell
sealed up and directed to this Informant containing a Deed
or Parchment writing bearing date the Twenty Seventh day of
November one thousand Seven hundred and fifty Eight and
purporting to be an Indenture of Lease from the Right Honourable
Henry Fox< no role > to the said John Ayliffe< no role > of a Farm and Lands in the said
County of Witts called Russley Parke with the appurtenances
for ninety nine years determinable on three Lives at and under the yearly rent of Five pounds
And the said Charles Pottle< no role > at the Same time delivered to this
Informant a Letter Dated Saturday Night directed to Mr Lodge
and Subscribed I. Ayliffe And this Informant saith that he hath
often seen the said John Ayliffe< no role > write and is well acquainted with
the Character and manner of his hand writing And that the said
Deed or Parchment Writing and the said Letter are as this
Informant verily beleives of the proper hand writing of the said