John Bates: Untitled, 8 November 1698

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John Bates of Amblecott in the County of Stafford Baker on his oath sayes that he hath for severall yeares past known Thomas Boddily now of latly living at Stourbridge in Worcestershire Watchmaker and did at Stourbridge see the said Boddely about a year and half since make the Nicks of an Edging Mill for edging of Counterfeit shillings and also make a sett of Letters for edging of half Crownes and that sometime before S^t. James's Tyde last was 12 months at a Boddelys the house in Stourbridge which he rented of M^r. Blick and over against m^r Foley's house there he produced this Informant a White Counterfeit Twenty Shilling broad piece and a white Counterfeit French Pistoll which he in this Informants sight gilded over and on weighing the broad piece he paid away for good and gave this Informant eight shillings <70r> out of it but what he did with the Pistoll this Informant knows not

John Bate

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