Roger Gribbell: The Information of Roger Gribbell 22 December 1702

|Middx Ss| The Information of Roger Gribbell of y^e parish of S^t Sepulcres London Taylor taken upon oath this 22^nd day of xber 1702

Who saith that he hath been acquainted with Mary Sherston & her husband for above two years past and that he used to Assist y^e S^d Marys husband in the turning of a wheel in order to make brass candelsticks and further sayth the said Mary Sherston and her husband did instruct him this Informant to cast pewter half pence in a Mould and to give them a copper colour with Roman vitrioll in imitation of good half pence, in their (then) dwelling house in shoe layn, and he further upon his oath saith, that about three weeks agoe he together with Eliz: Butcher, going towards white Chappell to sell puddings & sauciges and such other things they mett just by Aldgate with Mary Sherston afores^d together with ann the wife of Rose Iron and the said Sherston did then tell this informant, and y^e afores^d Eliz: Butcher y^t they the said Sherston and the S^d Ann Iron were glad to see them for that they wanted sadly to speak with them, this Informant told them if he knew where they lived he and y^e S^d Eliz: Butcher would come upon them that day about 4 a clock and according to their direction did call upon them a Callicoe Printers in virginia Street near Ratliff high way and y^e said Sherston did in y^e presence of Ann Iron in y^e said Irons own Lodging, give unto y^e said Eliz: Butcher one counterfeit Shilling, and att the same time told this Informant that she made y^e moulds in flasks with sand - - or metall, and dig|d| agree with the S^d Eliz: Butcher to give her six or seven counterfeit Shillings such like as that was for $\frac{1}{2}$ a Crown in good money, and according she the S^d Sherston together w^th she y^e said Ann Iron did bring some y^e next day to this Deponents Lodgings in Seacole layn and exchanged them as aforesaid, And this Deponent further saith that he together with the aforesaid Eliz: Butcher did severall times afterwards go unto y^e S^d Irons and Sherstons lodgings in virginia Street afores^d and did exchange good for bad money after the rate aforesaid, and in the presence of the said Rose Iron and Ann his wife, and the said Mary Sherston would say it is all one if they dealt with y^e S^d Rose Iron his wife or she and would often as ask this deponent if he had then dealt with y^e said Rose Iron for counterfeit money. And further saith that the S^d Rose Iron did bid this deponent not to take too much of that counterfeit money of Sherston for that in a little time he should have far better or to that effect, and would make it of much bettwe metall then hers was and did severall times propose to this deponent to be with & assist him in counterfeiting y^e curr^t: coyn of this kingdom and S^d that they would make a great quantity agSt: Christmas and yⁿ goe into yⁿ country to putt it off.     Roger Gribbell |cap^t Jurat an: et die p^erdie coramme J Stanly|