Kent (to wit)

Charles Argill< no role > of No. 9 . Narrow Street [..]
in the County of Middlesex Rope Dealer maketh oath
that on the 13. of January Instant about the how of
Ten at Night he saw his house and Warehouse in
Since house aforesaid well fastred and he went to
bed, that the next Morning about the house of Seven
[..] he arose and found that his Warehouse had
been broken open and entired by some Persons by breaking some boards of the
outside the Warehouse and getting through a
necessary there into the Warehouse and that
some Rope had been stolen therein about two Tons,
and that from the Warehouse they had entered his
Washhouse and Stolen from thence six Cakes of
Ginger bread that this Informants Dwelling house
Store house and Wash house are all under me Roof
and adjoining to the River Thames and upon
finding it so broken & robbed he got assistance and
went down the River [..] that upon coming
to Joseph Pasmore< no role > a Constable of Saint Paul Deptford
in the said County of Kent Joseph Pasmore< no role > told
horn this Informant that he believed he could find
the Thieves and according went with this Informant
to the [..] Sign of the Ship at the Red house
Deptford aforesaid and there said John Harvey< no role >
William Staggs< no role > James Mary< no role > and John Marshall< no role >
whom Pasmore said he suspected might be the
Men, and they accordingly took them into Custody
and found upon the said James May< no role > a Gimblet
this same now producedwhich upon taking to
the Warehouse aforesaid he found that it
fitted many holes that had been bored in breaking
and entering it and having heard that the Rope
was carried to Woolwich or Kent he went there to
Mr. William Bailey< no role > Dealer in Rope with a sent warrant and upon searchingand was Rece
found theshecon sameRopethe samenow produced which this
Informant