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Image 105 of 1199th November 1739


Indictmt
Intending to [..] Frankland
Reputa [..] to cause him to be [..]
[..] for long [..] 9 nov: 1739
combined & [..] to [..]
ye a Prison to be changed upon octo
wh a Tolay by him Committed in [..]
& to cause him to be detained in
Newgate for [..]
agreed ye Bygrave the sd psonate one
spurce of Aynoe in north: sate frank
& in Execution there of Nicholls & Bygrave
went 9 Nov 1739 before a Morrey
& Bygrave there Swore a Rollary
[..] Circumstances before In

and other Falsities of the money of Great Britain & other kingdoms or Dominions, And of all Murders, Felonies, Manslaughters
Killings, Burglaries Rapes of Women Unlawfull Meetings Conventicles, unlawfull Uttering of words, Assemblies, Misprisions, Consederacies,
take Allegations, Trespasses, Riots, Rents, Retentions, Escapes, Contempts Falsities Negligences, Maintenance oppressions Champarty
Dereipts, & all other Evil Doings, offences & Injurys Wtsoever And Also of the Accessaries of them within the County aforesd: Aswell within
Liberties as without by whomsoever & in what manner soever done committed or perpetrated & by whom or to whom when how & after what
manner And of all other Articles & Circumstances concerning the premes & every of them or any of them in any manner whatsoever And
the sd: Treasons & other the premes to hear & determine according to the Law & Customs of England by the Oath od Saunders Welch< no role > Gentleman
Wm Mee< no role > , Edmd. Gunter< no role > , Edwd: Knowles< no role > , Thos. Williamson< no role > , Mathias Payne< no role > , Joseph Coulston< no role > Quince Blackburn< no role > , John Thompson< no role > , Henry Browes< no role >
Herbert Homan< no role > , Thos. Moore< no role > , Wm: Snead< no role > , Peter Rawlinson< no role > , Andrew Wall< no role > , Walter Scott< no role > , John Stephen< no role > Kite, Philip Box< no role > , Wm. Gorton< no role > , Robert
Mansell
< no role > , Isaac Thomas< no role > man, & John Sharp< no role > good & lawfull Men of the sd County of Middx then & there Sworn & charged to Inquire for our sd Lord the
King for the Body of the sd County [..] presented in manner & form as followeth (that is to Say) Middlesex to witt The Jurore for our
Lord the King upon their oaths present that Elizabeth Nicholls< no role > This name instance is in set 1683. late of the Parish of Kensington in the County of Middx Wife of John Nicholls< no role >
Gentor: & Edwd. Bygrave late of the sd; Parish of Kensington in the sd County of Middx Labourer not haviing the fear of God before their Eyes but
being moved & seduced by the Instigation of the Devill & falsly unjustly & unlawfully conspiring together & intending greatly to mjure & oppress One
William Frankland< no role > of London Brewer in his good name & reputation & to cause the sd: Wm: Frankland to be imprisoned for Felony on the Ninth
day of Nove: in the Year of our Lord 1739 at the Parish of Kensington in the sd: County of Middx with force & Arms & so forth falsly
wickedly and Devilishly did combine conspire & agree together against all truth & Justices to procure the sd: Wm: Frankland (the
sd: Wm: Frankland then being a Prisoner in his said Majesty's Goal of Newgate in the County of Middx) tobe charged upon oath before
One of the Justices of the sd: Lord the King assigned to keep the Peace of our sd: Lord the King in the sd: County of Middx And Also to hear and
determine divers Felonies Trespasses & other Misdemeanors committed in the sd: County of Middx with a Felony committed by him the said
Wm: Frankland in the County of Oxford & to Cause the sd: Wm: Frankland to be detained in the sd: Goal od Newgate for the Same And that
for these Purposes he the sd; Edwd. Bygrave< no role > should Personate one John Spurce< no role > of the Parish of Aynoe on the Hill in the County of
Northampton Salesman And the sd: Elizabeth Nicholls< no role > This name instance is in set 1683. & Edwd. Bygrave to compleat & perfect their sd: wicked Combinations Intentions & Conspiracy
the sd: 9th: day of Novr. in the Year aforesd: at Kensington aforesd: in the said County of Middx did go before one Wm: Mories Esq then one of
the sd: Justices of ye sd: Lord the King in the sd: County of Middx And Also to hear & determine divers Felonies Trespasses & other Misdemeanors
committed n the County last aforesd: And the sd: Edwd Bygrave then & there in the presence & with the knowledge & Privity of the sd: Elizabeth
Nicholls
< no role > This name instance is in set 1683. & in Pursuance of the sd: Combination & Conspriaty (the sd: Edwd. Bygrave then & there Personating the sd: John Spurce) before
the sd: Wm: Morice (the sd: Wm: Morice< no role > then & long before being one of the Justices of the sd: Lord the King assigned to keep the Peace of the said




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