Town of Maidenhead
In the County of Berks }

The several Informations of Thomas Poulton< no role > of the Parish of Cookham in the said Town of [..]
Maidenhead waggoner Joseph Clack< no role > of the Parish of Bray in the said Town of Maidenhead Victualler
John Bullock< no role > Servant to William Green< no role > of the Parish of Cookham aforesaid in the said Town of
Maidenhead Postmaster and William Field< no role > of the Parish of Burnham in the County of Buckingham
Victualler taken on Oath before us two of his Majesties Justices of th peace for the said Town of
Maidenhead this Sixteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven
Hundred and Sixty one

First the said Informant Thomas Poulton< no role > on his Oath saith that between the Hours of Eight Nine O Clock
Last Night he this Informants at out from the White Swan at Holbourn Bridge in the City of London with a
Waggon and Eight Horses the property of Walter Wiltshire< no role > of the City of Bath Waggoner in order to drive the
same from thence to the Town of Maidenhead aforesaid And as he this [..] ant was [..] drivers the same
in the Kings Highway or Turnpike Road leading from Hounslow to Maidenhead aforesaid [..] Place commonly
called Butchers Grove between two of the Heaths commonly called Hounslow Heaths in the County of Middlesex
between three and four O Clock this Morning he was Attacked by Man on Horseback with a Blue Coat
on And his That Slaped down and tied round his Head with a Hankerchief over it and Pulled out a
Pistol and said to this Informant I must have your Money And this Informant Answered him I have
no Money nor no Money to Space and said Damn you make no words for I will have your Money
And if he this Informant said ever another word he would blow his Brains out And this Informant gave
him a Convas bag containing in it Fifty Shillings and Upwards in Silver Coin (Vizt) Two pieces of
Silver Coin commonly called half Crowns of the Value of Two Shillings and Six pence each Fifteen
pieces of Silver Coin of the Value of one Shillings each and five pieces of Silver Coin of the Value of Six pence
each And Many other pieces of Silver Coin as this Informant is not Certain off and some Half pence
all the property of him this Informant And he this Informant gave him a penny that he had in
his Pockett And after he had got this Informants Money Struck him a Violent blow on his forehead with
the Pistol that he had in his Hand And then Askd. him for his Watch and swore that he would have this
Informants Watch who told him that he had no Watch and Insisted upon it and swore that he would have it
And if this Informant [..] would give it him he would return it again in a fortnights time And rode away
towards Cranford Bridge without taking of from this Informant And the said Man was mounted on a Bay
Horse or Gelding with a Blaze down his forehead and a great deal of white about his Nose And the said
Horse or Gelding had a Halter and a Bridle about his Head And it being a very foggy Morning could not
Distinguish his Person so us to be Certain to him but that he had a very low Voice And that he this Informant
hath since seen the said Horse or Gelding in the said Town of Maidenhead which is the same Horse that the
said Man rode upon when he robbed this Informant as aforesaid And hath since been Informed
that the said Horse or Gelding was and is thew proper to of the said Joseph Clack< no role > And that the Pistol
with which the sd. Man Struck this Informant Appearer to be Brass Mounted and Rusty

And the said Joseph Clack< no role > on his Oath saith that Yesterday Morning one Thomas Aston< no role > a Private Soldier
in the fourth Regiment of Draggons Commanded by Field Marshall Sir Robert Rich< no role > Barronet and in the
Troop belonging to the Major of the said Regiment commanded by Lien tenant Colonel Samuel Browne< no role >
told this Informant that his Furlow was out And that he must return to his troop as this day And
this Informant told him that he would put him in his way to his troop And told him that he should side
this Informants Horse from Maidenhead to Hournslow and guard the Mail for this Informant And that
he would Speak to the Hounslow Boy to let him guard it to London Which he agreed to do. And about
Six O Clock Yesterday Evening he this Informant went from Maidenhead to Hare hatch in the said
County of Berks to guard the Mail from thence to Maidenhead aforesaid and when he returned back from