Richard/Robert Baker: Information of Richard Baker a soldier in Colonel Watkins's Company in the First Regiment of Guards 21 October 1698

Author: Thomas Hopkins

Source: MINT 15/17/69, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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Informacon of Rich^d. Baker a soldjer in Col Watkin's Compa in con first Regim^t of Guards Octo. 21 1698

This Inform^t. abo^t. a month since went to y^e Cell^r where Iames Pritchard lived to warn him to y^e guard y^e next day where he saw 6 or 7 rowes of farthings and a pot of metal over the fire Pritchard seem^d to be surprized when y^e. Inform^t. came downe this Inform^t. likewise took up some of y^e sd farthings w^ch he found to be very hott as if newly made he gave him 4 of y^m. but bid him not put y^m. off as he went home

Rob^t. Baker

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^[2] Iurat coram me
Tho Hopkins

^[3] Memdum Hayward and Hill messeng^rs. have y^e Tooles

Professor Rob Iliffe
Director, AHRC Newton Papers Project

Scott Mandelbrote,
Fellow & Perne librarian, Peterhouse, Cambridge

Faculty of History, George Street, Oxford, OX1 2RL - newtonproject@history.ox.ac.uk

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