Middlesex
to Wit}
The Information of
Christopher
Ibberson< no role >
James Taylor< no role >
and
Margaret Allen< no role >
taken before me One of his Majesty's
Justices of the Peace
for the said
County
Who severally being upon Oath say And first
this informant Christopher Ibberson< no role >
for himself
saith that he keeps the Old
Blue Boar Inn
in Holborn that last Night abt. 9 o'Clock
the other Informt. Margaret Allen< no role >
who is
the Servt. to this Informt. came & told him
that One pair of Sheets were taken off the
One Pair of Stains Bedand that the Three
Blankets a Bolster & Pillow belonging to the
said Bed were in the Middle of Room taken
from of the Bed upon which this Informt
went up Stairs with the other Informt James
Taylor< no role >
who is also this Informant Servant
when this Informant went into his One pair
of Stairs Room & found the Pair of Sheets & a
Cotton Counterpane which are now produced
Stolen from off the BedWhich said pair
of Sheets and Counterpane this Informant
was present when they were found Burried under
a Quantity of Smiths Ashes upon which was
Place a Smith's Anvil in the Workshop
belonging to One Joseph Darby< no role >
by Virtue of
a Search Warrant the Person now Present who
calls herself Mary Darby< no role >
& Acknowledges herself to be the Wife of the said Joseph
And this Informant Margaret Allen< no role >
for herself
saith that the is the Domestic Servant of the
or. Informt. Chrr. Ibberson. that about 9 o'
Clock last night she went up [..] into the
abovementd. One pair of Stairs Rooms [..] Lay a Night
Cap. when she found that a Pair of Shorts
& a Cotton Counterpane were stolen from office
Bed and three Blankets a Bolster Pillow
were taken off the Bed & laid upon the Floor