Katherine Carter: The Deposition of Katherine Carter 24 February 1698/9

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The Deposicon of Katherine Carter 24 December {sic}\Feb./ 169$\frac{8}{9}$

She saith y^t. abo^t. Iune or Iuly last she saw Willm Chaloner cast \a piece of/ Dutch money and finish that and four others which which {sic} he had cast before she sait{h} also y^t on the same day she saw the said Will Chaloner cast 15^{s} of pewter or a Metall like pewter in imitacon of the Current Coyn of this Realm and that he cast them in a mould of whole earth harden^d like Potters ware and cast but one at time and cast y^m. all successively in y^e same Mould and y^t she afterwards saw the said Chaloner clip off the rough edges of the said shillings and after he had finisht them he gave some of them to the Depon^t. to put off —     the Depon^t. saith also that there came this morning a woman to the Deponent in the name of one M^rs. Scot {sic} who is supposed to be one of Chaloners mistresses and beg^d of the Deponent not to concern herself ag^t. Chaloner lest she should do her husband a diskindness and she added that if she this Depon^t did not concern herself ag^t. Chaloner the Governm^t. could not hurt her husband

the mark of
Kath Carter

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