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Image 46 of 1853rd May 1692


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 wifetheydenighed ever to have seen or knowne
but imediatly ye Constable seized the said
Davis and carryed him away some little
while after Davis wifesafewent 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




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