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The first letter, entitled "William Chaloner's Letter to the Warden of the Mint", printed in NC, 4: 305-6.
The first letter, entitled "William Chaloner's Letter to the Warden of the Mint", printed in NC, 4: 305-6.
William Chaloner's Letter to the Warden of the Mint
I have been close Prisoner 11 weeks and no friend d
me but my litle child I am not guilty of any Crime and why am I so strictly
confined I do not know. I doubt r.t.t
would not be angery with me for it was brought in by some t.
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Holloway are who wrongfully brought me into a great deal of
trouble to excuse their villainy Therefore I begg you will not
continue your displeasure t.d
so I wholy throw my self upon your great Goodnes I am
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W Chaloner
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In obedience to your Worppt.not remember
I never was concerned with any but Gravener Coffee + Hitchcock
they desired me to get Taylor to make some stamps which I gave to
and for that service I was allowed a share they made e
Pistols some hundreds of them one Blackford put most
of them away r
Coyning and kept many at work for him as abbot
Peck t
I think Chester he used to clip and coyn a 1000l
he was prentice to Mr Tylor at the ship in Grace Church
street a Goldsmith and most part of his apprent
used to clip Spanish pieces of Eight for him and other money
Sherriff Sweetaple is brother in Law to Tylor as I
remember and r
Lumbard street he used to work for also these men kept
him in work at clipping and taking off what false money he
could make himself and get from other they gave him
money to set up with and took for him a Great Jewe's
house in mark Lane had it made all with Iron barrs
and very strong Door on the staires strengthened
with Iron and another to the Garrett so that no men
could not get in under an hour he having allways a
Furnace hot to melt down all and now n.
going to work it was for these men he also worked
for Blower r
of all these thinks he being my brother but I did not
act but he allowed me 40s a week not to desire to go
share with him he used to deal with one
and one Cooms and one Thomas Wooll ts.
in the countrey I hear that these
a great Coyning Trade now Abbot swore false t
to send me out of the world that he might go on th
the Goldsmiths as he used to do that is when silver is
under 5s 2d
for the Great Goldsmiths and n.
Price of 5s. + 2
money when silver was at 6s or 6s. & 6d he melted
down 50000 li of Mill'd money and this Trade he would
follow as he has said many a times but that I should
discover him. There is one Mr. Packer that was a great
Dealer with r. and one Timothy
Tellor in the Bank of England There was a great many t
but I should be glad to do any service to the tt
is in my power
I have sent the Plate as I cut it and if I intended to have
any thing to do in counterfeiting of Malt Tickets then I
desire God Allmighty may never receive my soul
But I understand by Carter that Davis gave Carter a
Ticket to do it by and then goes to the t
discovers that such a thing was going and got money to
make a further discovery now Carter in a fright
Plott of it so that it may plane appear to any Impartiall man that
Davis made this Plott to get money out of the t.
gave Carter the bill to grave it by as Carter told me when I was in
Newgate with him I askt him why he said I graved why said he
you knew I had stood in the Pillory and my evidence not be
taken so you need not brought this Outlawry t.
shall be too hard for said he and so he has for I am d.
by this d
very often and bids him stand to t
can hang Chaloner I shall get 500 li of the t
Davis he stood in the Pillory in the countrey for laying
clippings in a man's house and then came to search and got
money of the men Carter a litle while ago hyred a man swear
false t.Reed
acquit him I have been guilty of no Crime these 6 years as I
desire to see God so that if I die I am murthered or I desire God
Allmighty to shew me no mercy so that I beg for God allmighty's
sake you will not let me be murthered
I can planely make that these Ticket buissines is a piece of
roguery and forgery of Davis himself to get money out
of the t.
W Chaloner
This r
A Coppy of Chaloners r.
Newton Esqr.
I remember I have said to you that I understand graving but
what ever I have said no man in the world can say I can or could
grave flatt stitch I can chase a litle but what I may have t
Sence you may take it in I do not know but I never graved
a letter of flatt stitch no otherwise but to play the fool with a Graver
as any man may do since if I could some body would know it This is
true a I desire to see God Allmighty I remember I said to you once t
allthough I can grave and coyn I do not but it was but in
speaking because I know the wayes of graving stamps from
Taylor but pray examin Taylor if I can do any thing in
for God Allmighty's sake do not take notions and suggestions for
reall Truths. If I dye I am murtherd this is t.
knowes as I desire to have mercy from him r.
that I used to signify that I could grave and I hope I shall
have mercy of your
murtherd O r.rorpp
indeed it was not my fault in so much offending you O for
God's sake do not for suspitions and sugestions seem reall
truth and so let me go murtherd out of the world
o let r.
mercifull to me
W. Chaloner
A Coppy of a Letter directed from Will Chaloner to
you were pleased to order me when latly with me to
write my case but I am so very ill I cannot hold my pens
but I have set my hand to it as you directed
The Bank of England being cheated of severeall thousands
of poundes they went to the Lords t.
Chaloner d
Bank they would grant the sdill Chaloner a ll
The sd
persons who were apprehended sett in the Pillory and fined
then the sdsdt
to it That the sd
the
by the Worpp
Coppy all this is recorded in the
now my pardon being signed upon this service and lay in the
office my Lord Chief said r
for the said Chaloner and told him till he dt
he knew relating to some ill practises in the Mint that they
were satisfyed he were acquainted with he should not
have his Pardon of the office
t.t
of the Mint vizt. that they coyned false money and gave out Stamps
and likewise gave an t.
Imediatly after the t.d
and promised to Indemnify him in t.t.
himself so they adressed the King by my Lord Coningsby accordingly
while the sdsd
Lord
you Worppd
That I d
matters t.t. the authors Printers, Publishers of the
late King
Presses and 4 Cart Load of Lybells the persons sentenced to dye
stand in the pillory and outlawed as more fully appears
two persons lyeth now in Newgate condemned for the same
so that I humbly conceave this pardon so merritted cannot th
because my Lord d
further service before I could take it out
Now r.d and convicted sought out all
means and endeavours to be revenged laying their mallicious snares
and Traps for me but I think God I allways rejected them
and all overtures of that nature since my pardon yet their
mallice is so great that they r.
to the t.t.
with Carter and t.t.
cause of Carter's being put in the pillory before I d
Carter and his wife were coyning the officers taking m.e
this made him and his wife so revengefull t.
strove all wayes immaginable to do me a mischiefe to effect ch.
I understand she has sworn t.
allthough now she keeps a Baudy house by the name of Carter
and has so done severall yeares she is an Irishwoman and goes
by the name of Mackman and diverse other names she hath had ll.
dwelt with and is a common evidence
Now after I had dr
them is for the Tickets Davis, Carter + his wife
ch
graving nor no man in England can ever say I did allthough they
would make the t
for Tickets but it is alltogeather false for I cannot grave Flatt
stitch for Printing
Pray r.
are those formerly convicted for Crimes and hope r.rp
nor the Court will believe the suggestions of such evill persons t.
W Chaloner