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<p n="330">The Examination and Confession<lb></lb>
of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15024_n330-1">Mary Lindsey</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15024_occ145">Widow</rs>
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taken<lb></lb>
before me Sr: <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15024_n330-2">Thomas Abney</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15024_occ146">Knt: and Alderman</rs>
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and one of<lb></lb>
her Majesties <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15024_occ147">Justices of the<lb></lb>
Peace</rs>
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for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15024_geo188">City of London</rs>
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the 12th. day of November 1713.</p>
<p n="331"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">London ss.</note>
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The said Examt. upon her Examination before<lb></lb>
me doth Confess and acknowledge that <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15024_n331-1">Ann Hitch</rs>
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<lb></lb>
the wife of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15024_n331-2">Thomas Hitch</rs>
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(whom this Examt.<lb></lb>
well knows) came to this Examt. the 4th. day of this<lb></lb>
instt. Novemb at the house of this Examt. in Moor<lb></lb>
Lane if the parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15024_geo189">St: Giles Cripplegate</rs>
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in the<lb></lb>
County of Middx but not finding this Examt: at<lb></lb>
home went away at that time but soon after<lb></lb>
finding this Examt. near the Kings head Alehouse<lb></lb>
in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15024_geo190">Woodstreet</rs>
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they went in together to the said<lb></lb>
Alehouse where the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15024_n331-3">Ann Hitch</rs>
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<del>of</del>
informed this<lb></lb>
Examt. That one <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15024_n331-4">John Jones</rs>
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lately belonging<lb></lb>
to her Majti: Ship the Blenheim was dead and<lb></lb>
that there was a Tickett in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15024_geo191">Navy Office</rs>
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due<lb></lb>
for the Serive of the said Jones which amounted<lb></lb>
to Six pounds nine Shillings but she could not<lb></lb>
take the Tickett out of the Office unless she<lb></lb>
had some person to take an Administration from<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15024_geo192">Doctors Commons</rs>
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and with all told this Examt.<lb></lb>
that if she would go to <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15024_geo193">Doctors Commons</rs>
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and<lb></lb>
swear herselfe the widow of the said Jones she<lb></lb>
should have one third of the money due to the sd.<lb></lb>
Jones for his pay in the said ship Blenheim<lb></lb>
and the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15024_n331-5">Ann Hitch</rs>
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gave this Examt: a<lb></lb>
Shilling in Earnest for her personating the<lb></lb>
Widow</p>
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