1693
10 July

John Wilkinson< no role > of Westmr . Goldsmith & John Palmer< no role >
of Aldersgate street London Joyner severally make oath
That they these Depts having discourse about five Months
since with Edward Kitchen< no role > touching Seventy five pounds
in money had by the said Kitchen of this Dept Wilkinson
of one Sweetapple by his Order he the said Edward
Kitchen< no role > did then & hath severall times since affirmed
that he gave Mr Recorder (meaning Sr Salatheil Lovell< no role >
Knt now Recorder of the City of London ) Twenty by Guineas
thereof for a Bribe and to his Son Tenn Guineas to
putt his said Father in mine When he this Dept Wilkinson
should come to be indicted for holding Correspondence with
Highwaymen And this Dept Palmer also maketh
Oath that he did hear the said Kitchen say that he
spent on the Grand Fury that were to finde the said Bill
Seven Guineas in a Treat to induce them not to finde
the said Indictmt or to make them the Dept Wilkinson
Friends or to that effort [..] And the sd
Dept. Wilkinson also sweaves that he hath heard the said
Sweetapple say that to his knowledge Mr Recorder & his son
had the Thirty Guineas abot menconed.

Ambo
Jurat in Cur decimo due
July Anno Din 1693

John Wilkinson< no role >
John Palmers< no role >
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