Middx: ss
London session
1692
May 3
Elizabeth Wright< no role >
of the Psh of St Leonard
Shoreditch
Widdow
made Oath before me
one of their Majtes Justices of the Peace
for
the said County ye 22d day of May Anno Dom 1692
that on Tuesday last betwixt ye houres of
ten & Eleven of ye clock that might she and
her Sister were comeing to their lodging in
shoreditch
aforesd. they Entering into ye lodging
[..] Saw the Constable and this Assistanced
come to Mr. Davis house
[..]
where they Askt for one
John White< no role >
whome
Davis & his wife
theydenighed ever to have seen or knowne
but imediatly ye Constable seized the said
Davis and carryed him away some little
while after Davis wife
safewent into her house from
whence she brought a parcell of the money in
a handkerchief desireing the Depont to
Carry the money for her wth hall requireing
hee iff any Pson should Aske hee if she had
ever see
John White< no role >
come to see house the
should denigh itt
[..]
who upon wth motion
[..] imediatly
delivered her ye money Againe
The cora Me
George Bokun< no role >
Eliz [mark] Wright< no role >
her marke
Rowland Reignolds< no role >
of the Psh of St Martin
in the Field
made Oath before me Etc
That as he was searching the house of
Phillip Davis< no role >
of St Leonard Shoreditch
who
is now a Prist. in Newgate
for Robbing the
house of John Reignolds of London [..] merchant yr
[..] for one white concerned in the sd. Robbery
Davis wife told ye depont after dilligent
search made yt. she had one hole in two
house where in was a bood a hundred & outside saying
find it out if he could & farther she would
her hangd if he did whereupon he suspected
her take in the robbery or prior to the same
George Bokun< no role >
die dad P in Row: Reynolds< no role >
Richard Sweet< no role >
of ye Parish of Shoreditch
Cord
wayner
maketh Oath Etc.
That The heard Davis Wife say yt when her
house was seacrche she declared yt she had one
hole in her house wherein was a hundred
pounds or upwards & farther yt she would be
hange if they could finde itt out
George Bokun< no role >
Rch: Sweet< no role >
his [mark] marke