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The Informaction of Francis Pearce of Shrewsbury in yethe County of
Salop Clothworker 20th. IJuly 1699
Who saith that the day after St. Andrews day last past he sold a
Cow in Shrewsbury and one William Fosbrooke who keeps the
Mytre Inn there paid this Informt.Informant for the said Cow in GineasGuineas
and this InformtInformant questioning whether they were good ones
or not the said Fosbrooke said that they were good for ytthat
this Informant's Couzen one Thomas IJordan who lives in the
Councill house at Shrewsbury made the said GineasGuineas, and yethe sdsaid
Thomas IJordan the same day did own to this Informt.Informant that he made
the said GineasGuineas himself And one Richard Swift brother
of the said IJordan and dwells in the same house with
IJordan hath severall times ownd and declared to this
Informt.Informant ytthat he the said Swift and his brother IJordan had made
counterfeit GineasGuineas severall times togeather and ytthat his said brother
IJordan cheated him for ytthat he let him have the worst GineasGuineas
and kept the best for himself and that one Richard Downes
a Labourer who lives in Castle Foregate in Shrewsbury
used to assist the said IJordan and Swift frequently to make
counterfeit GineasGuineas as he declared to this Informt.Informant and one
Chambers who is appnpprentice to the said Swift did
oftentimes declare and own to the same to this InformtInformant
that Downes did And one Eliz Roberts who is a ServtServant to
the said Roberts IJordan hath told this Informt.Informant that her master
IJordan and the said Swift have made false GineasGuineas in her sight
And that one Samuel Hughes who lives at Shrewsbury + is a
Mill Wright told this InformtInformant ytthat he made a Mill for yethe sdsaid IJordan
but wtwhat sort of Mill it was the sdsaid Hughes did not declare
the mark of
Fran. Pearce
Iurat Iuly 20 99 cor
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