Westminster to wit

The Information of Thomas Parker< no role >
of Fleet Street Pawn broker taken
before me this 27th. day of February 1787 .

Who being upon Oath saith That in or about [..]
February 1786 a Person now Present who calls himself
Benjamin Gregson< no role > came to this Informant
Shop in Fleet Street and Published to him the
Bill of Exchange now produced purporting to be
the Bill of Exchange of John Creswell< no role > on Messrs.
Samuel Clark< no role > Son & Compy. Morley near Leeds
Yorkshire for the Payment of Fifteen Pounds
Ten Shillings to the order of Joseph Webster< no role >
Two Months after date dated Manchester
December 15th. 1785 and Purporting to be Indorsed
by John Buckley< no role > Esqr . Bermondsey Street
Southwark That From Inquiry since made
he is very sure that the Indorsement of John
Buckley on said Bill of Exchange is a Forgery
That at the same time this Informant requested
said Gregson to write his Name on said Bill of
Exchange when he wrote the Name of James
Mills which now appears thereon giving this
Informant at the same time his address vizt.
No.151 Bermondsey Street Borough And
Further Days he believes that said Gregson
Forged and published the said Indorsement
of John Buckley< no role > and the Name of James Mills< no role >
as his own Name with an intention to defraud
this Informant.

Sworn before me the
day and Year aforesaid}
N Bond

Thos. Parker< no role >