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which plate they melted, and Brown and Fossett
sold the same, and the money was divided amongst
them

Saith That about Nine or Ten Weeks ago he
in Company with the said Brown, Fossett, Burdott
and Taylor broke into a house in Lincolns Inn fields
and stole and carried away there from, a large quantity
of Silver Handled Knives and forks, some silk
Stockings, Shirts and other things and about
Eighteen Guineas in Money which they dividedin
[..] amongst them

Saith That on Thursday Sevenight last about
Six o Clock in the Evening one Armstrong
who is now in Custody was at the house of Thomas
Burdett
< no role > This name instance is in set 1535. This set is in the group(s): GarrowsClients . near Old Street Road in the Parish of Saint
Luke as he was informed by Burdett And further Saith That about Three o' Clock
in the same day, Burdett came to this Informants
in Woolpack Alley Houndsditch , and told this
Informant that the man had been with him
again, and that his Master was going out at Six
o' Clock, and that he Armstrong was to have
the Care of the house in his Masters absence
And that [..] they this Informant, BrownandBurdett
and Thomas Taylor< no role > went to the house of Mr. Chancellor at
Holywell Mount in the Parish of Saint Leonard
Shoreditch , About seven O'Clock, and Burdett
knocked at the Door and it was opened by
Armstrong, and they all four Went in, they
having been told by the said Armstrong that his
Master had received Two Hundred Pounds from
the Bank, [..] when they went into the house
[..] and tyed the said Armstrongs legs
[..] which was done by Taylor Thomas Burdett< no role > This name instance is in set 1535. This set is in the group(s): GarrowsClients .
and William Brown< no role > , tyed the Servant maid
and threw an Ironing Cloth over her head




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