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of the Pish of
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St. Buttolph
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in the County of Middx
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Mary
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the Wife of
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William Steele
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of the same
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Parish & in the County of Middx
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taken
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upon Oath this
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Eighth day of November 1710
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These Informants say that they being informed One
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James Smith
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of Kings head Court London had been
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guilty of severall evil practices in forging and
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counterfeiting severall Wills and being also informed
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that the said Smith would for a reward forge any person's Will
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in order to detect him thereof These Informants did on the
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6th. of Novembr
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Instant apply themselves to the said Smith
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at his house in
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King's head
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Court aforesd and told him that
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this Informant Margarett Williams who they pretended
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was a particular acquaintance of and had been the Swett
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hart of one
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Isaac Hames
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lately deced & who in his life time
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& at the time of his Death was a
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belonging to
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her Maties Ship the Windsor from which Ship & others
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wherein he had served there was due to him considerable
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Sums of money for Wages And these Informants also
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pretended that the said Hames had promised the said
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Informant Margarett Williams who then pretended her
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self to be one
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Mary Taylor
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to make his Will and give her all
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or to that Effect And that if these Informants could
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but get any writeing made purporting the last Will
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& testament of the said Issac Hames they would receive
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thereby Considerable
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Sums of money due to him as aforesaid & thereupon
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the said Smith & these Informants took a Coach and went
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to Centchett Friars where they got a blank Seamans Will
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printed and then the said Smith in Consideracon of the
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Sume of one Guinea paid down and also the further
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Sumes of two Guineas for which this Informant
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Margarett Williams by the name of
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Mary Taylor
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then
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gave him a Note from under her hand payable in about
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three months He the said Smith in the presence of
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these Informants imediately wrote a Paper writeing
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purporting to be the last Will and Testamt. of the
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said pretended Isaac Hames and put his the said
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