Mary Townsend: An Information given by Mary Townsend against Elizabeth Jones now in Newgate for filing and diminishing Guineas

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An{illeg} Informacon given upon oath by Mary Townsend Widdow before the R^t. hon^ble Secreary Vernon ag^t. Elizabeth Iones now in Newgate Committed for filing and diminishing Gineas {sic}

this Elizabeth Iones has gone by many Names a great cheat and a dangerous Enemy to the Governm^t before and after she lived with this Deponents father as a Concubine here and in Ireland and being Great Coyners and Clippers this Elizabeth Iones to carry on the work the better paid a certain penīon quarterly and yearly unto Gibbons y^e messeng^r. and others to give notice before any search was made thus that trade prosper^d and went on Eliz Iones allowing the Depon^t <96r> part of the proffit but this Elizabeth Iones being an Enemy to King William got the Male {sic} or post stopped and robbed by highwaymen who brought a box or pacquet of a foot {g}uard by estimacon might have 200 letters and this Elizabeth Iones had this Pacquet in her custody this Depon^t. then see it with her– The yⁿ Secretarys of the state finding this pacquet wanting and their matters not go right in France there was great search for this pacquet and it was removed to severall places and it had been found had it not beenf {sic} removed to one Edward Iones's his house in Westm^r. for Edward Ivie this Depon^ts father and this Eliz Iones were in great fear and concerne abo^t. this pacquet declaring if it was found it would ruin the French King's Interest here and King Iames besides endangering all their friends at last Elizabeth Iones found means to send it to France M^rs. Hickes can make out more ꝑticularly abo^t. this pacquet and mr Iohn Hickes and if m^r Bedford that lives in shear {sic}\shoe/ Lane by Temple Barr at the sign of the Robin Hood if he was examined ag^t this Eliz Iones can give some acco^t. but mr Brady can make out the whole and this Depon^t. believes she can direct what summ of money this Eliz Iones had of         Barkley and Colonell Parker and how + where it was conveyed and the names of all– This Eliz Iones together with this Depon^ts father Edw^d Ivie and his wife were brought from Irland to be Witnesses ag^t. Brady + Iennens for coyning and being under outlawry for coyning were Committ^d. to Newgate Edward Ivie and his wife dyed in Newgat{e} and this Eliz Iones at the Kings charge has had her outlary reversed and pleaded it at the King's Bench Barr– She is now upon another acco^t in Newgate she has done the King no service for reversing her outlary

And if she was kept close sometime from the company of the thousand pound prisoners and the conversacon of mrs Merryweather this Depon^t believes she would make a great Discovery corresponding in France and of all the Great Coyners abo^t Dublin for when her Cabinet was searched there was found Dyes Edgers and the like Instruments so that if she was kept separate or close and then examined much might be found out for she is a Subtil woman and this Depon^ts. father Edward Ivie and his wife left all to her managm^t— This Depon^t has found she has found out an Outlary ag^t. this Depon^t. to frighten fro coni{v}ing an evidence ag^t her The outlary is for a misdemean^r in buy {sic} clippings before the cut of {Grass} But y^e Depon^t being very poor humbly prays to be protect^d fro y^t outlary as yor {sic} hono^r in yo^r great wisdom thinks fitt