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The Informace
of Worcester Naylor taken this 27th. day of Iuly Anno Dni 1698
Who saith That in March last he did see one
of Kings Swinford in the County of Stafford Baker fix a Coyning
Press in a piece of Wood at his house in Kings Swinford aforesaid
and the said
Coyn of this Kingdom by stamping severall shillings with the
Press
That in
a prisoner in Stafford Gaol did in the presence of this t.
buy a pair of shilling stamps for Counterfeit Milled money
in the als
Hereford
in the County of Salop Naylor
That in or t.
of Willey in the County of Salop did in the presence of this
Deponent with the assistance of the said
counterfeit the Current Coyn of this Kingdom by stamping severall counterfeit shillings at Wittey aforesaid
That in August 1696 one Mr. Pricket a shoemaker who lived
in Rosemary Lane did in the presence of this t.
the Current Coyn of this Kingdom by casting severall Milld
shillings at the sign of the Dover Castle in the t.
Mary Magdalens Bermondsey in the Burrough of
Southwark
That in severall months the latter end of last summer
and the beginning of last Winter one
aforesaid Miller did buy of this t.
aforesaid severall quantities of Counterfeit Money and gave
after the rate of 120s. of good money for 28s of bad
That for severall months the last Spring and the beginning of
Summer was 12 months one Ioseph Iefferies of Bridge North
in the County of Salip Clothworker did buy of this t.
and the said
and had after the rate of 28s. of Counterfeit money for 20s of
good
That severall tymes last Winter one Ioseph Hampton of e
Blacksmith and the said
Kingdom by stamping severall shillings and six pences at Wittey
That several times last summer one William
Counterfeit shillings and sixpences made of Copper and paid severall
of the same (so feagued) away for good
This t.t.
Vnderwood late of the
to this t.esd
the mark of
William Harvey