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The Informac
County of Worcester Smith 30 Iuly 1698
Who saith tt.r. Macon
who lives near Lemster in the County of Hereford counterfeit
the Current Coyn of this Kingdom by stamping t.
Counterfeit shillings at one Mr. Edward Iones's shop in
That severall times in Aprill and May last the said Edwd Iones
did in the presence of this t.e
Coyn of this Kingdom by stamping of Counterfeit ill
six pences in his own shop at
That severall times in April and May last one William
make in e
of this t.t.
stamping of counterfeit shillings and six pences at the shop of
his brother Edward Iones afore
That in December last one Thomas Drew of Cradley in the
County of Salop Naylor did in the presence of this t.
the d.
money for good and did then declare to this t.t
made it himself and would have had this t.
gone with him into Wales to have made false money
with him
That in April and May last one Ioseph Pearce of Ludlow
in Shropshire Ironmonger bought severall summs of
Counterfeit money of this t.d. Iones
and had after the rate of 30s. of Counterfeit money for
20s of good money
the mark of
Ioseph Hampton