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says that the said Thomas Hanfield< no role > saw them there, and bought them, [..]
[..] for about twenty pence a Board, says that a Broker near the said House
John Guest< no role > , the Land lady of the said House and a Rope makers Servant were precent
in the House when the said Hanfield bought the said Boards, says that the said Hanfield
Told this Informt. that he wanted some thinner stuff, says that he this Informt.
the said Guest and Mason Took from a Yard [..] in Old Street Square near the
Almshouses a Quantity of Wainscot Boards and carried them to a Place in
the new Road Shoreditch where the said Thomas Hanfield< no role > bought them, says
that he this Informt. and one of the said Hanfields Men carried the said
Boards to his House in Shoreditch and put them in his Yard, says that
he this Informant the said John Guest< no role > and Mason went by Night & broke open
same Summer Houses near the Shepperd and Shepherdess Tolingtons, & took
from them [..] a Table some Charis, a Grate and other things, says that some of the said
goods were carried to this Informant's House on Clerkenwell Green , & that the
said Hanfield bought them then a few days after they were Stoler from
the said Summer. Hanses; Says that about seven Weeks a saw, this Informt.
said John Guest< no role > , his Wife and one Frist Dined at a Publick Honse near a Brewhouse
and not Carr from the Church of St. Dunstans Stepney by an Invitation of the
said John Guest< no role > 's says that Mrs. Gullingham Wife to a Broker on Clerkenwell
Green was present at the said [..]
Dimer, says that they all went into the said Church Yard, says that the said
Guest flung a stone upon the Church, to [..] e if the Lead was Sound (as he said)
says that the said Guest then proposed to this Informt. to come at another
Time and Take some of the Lead but this Informt. then Rejected it, says that
[mark] being afterwards persuaded by the said guest and [..] Hanfield, that he this Informs
the said guest Mason, and a Person whom he afterwards found to be a servant to
the said Smith the Plumber, went by Night to the said Stepney Church & took off the
said Church a large Quantity of Lead, says that he this Informt. the sd. Guest & Plumbers
Servant were at the Top of the Church and that the said Mason Watched [..] that
about three in the Morning, The said Thomas Hanfield< no role > came to the said Ch [..] h &
Assisted them in carrying the said Lead to a Dunghill where it was hid till [..] about
two days afterwards, when the said Guest and this Informt. fetched the said [..]
away in a Cart hired in Old Street , and carried it to the House of Mrs. Smith the
Plumber in Bishopgate Street aforesaid, who Bought the same and gave five
Moidores for it, says that he this Informt. and the said guest went from
thence to the House of Thomas Hanfield< no role > aforesaid in Shoreditch , and Paid the
said Money to the said Thomas Hanfield< no role > , says that the same afternoon
he this Informt. the said Guest Marson and Hanfield Mon at the said Hanfield's
House and divided the Money equally after deducting expences, between
this Informt. the sd. Guest Mason Hanfield says that the said Hanfield be [..]




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