Ann Raymond: The Information of Ann Raymond 23 June 1702

|Middx Westm^r } Ss| The Information of Ann Raymond of the Parish of S^t Giles^s in the fields in the County afores^d taken upon oath this 23 day of June anno Dom: 1702

Who upon her oath saith that Martha Tanner doth make it her com̄on practice to buy Counterfeit Mill'd money of one John Gall in S^t Thomas's street next door to y^e sugar loafe and of one Thomas <1v> {Smith} of broad S.^t Giles next to a Farriers shop and of one Sackery alias S{ac}rill at y^e King and Queens heads in Shorts Gardens and of one Bentley in the Cole yard and further saith that the S^d Tanner doth buy quantitys of the money afores^d of y^e persons afores^d allowing them half value of what it represents if it was lawfull and currant coyn of this Kingdome viz sixpence good money for one counterfeit Shilling or fifteen pence good for half a Crown of y^e S^d counterfeit coyn, and so in proporion for greater quantitys, and this Inform^t further saith that the sister of y^e S^d Martha Tanner (com̄only call'd bleere-eyed Bess) is privy to her sisters so buying and selling as afores^d and that she the {S^d} Bess doth also buy Counterfeit money on the acc:^t aforesaid on the persons above named and further saith y^t the said Tanner, Gall, Smith and his wife with severall others whose names this informant doth not well remember, do frequently meet in an evening at M^rs Manleys att the sun and Broom in broad S^t Giles's to buy and sell counterfeit money as aforesaid. capt et jurat an: et die sup:dict: corā me J: Stanley                     Ann ^her R _Mark Raymond