Elizabeth Holloway: The Examination of Elizabeth Holloway wife of Thomas Holloway who lodges in Kings Street in St Gyles parish 25 October 1698 Isaac Newton c. 507 words The Newton Project Oxford 2019 Newton Project, University of Oxford

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 25 Oct 1698, c. 507 words. MINT 15/17/107, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK UKSurreyKew, RichmondNational Archives MINT 15/17/107 Elizabeth HollowayThomas HollowayMichael GillinghamAle keeperWilliam ChalonerSkipper James LawesShipmasterJohn Arnold 25 Oct 1698 England English Latin Unknown Hand MintClippers, Coiners and Embezzlers Transcribed by Will Scott Metadata amended & document catalogued by Will Scott Metadata updated by Yvonne Martin-Portugues.
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The Examinaction of Elizabeth Holloway wife of Thomas Holloway who lodges in Kings strstreet in St Gyles ꝑparish october 25 1698

She saith that abot.about 13 months ago Michael Gillingham who keeps an alehouse at the Corner house in coming out of Buckingham Court by Charing Cross did agree with her husband Thomas Holloway that if he the said Holloway who was then an evidence for the King agt.against William Chandler for combining to counterfeit the Current Coyn of this Realme would withdraw and go into Scotland the said William Chaloner should give him the said Thomas Holloway 20ll. and that that the sdsaid Gillingham accordingly paid 9ll. thereof to the said Thomas Holloway and 3li to the master of the ship who was to carry the said Thomas Holloway into Scotland and his FamulyFamily and whose name was IJames Lawes and l.l.one pound to a Maid Servant of this Examt.Examinant who went with her children into Scotland In all 13ll but that the said Thomas HollowayWilliam Chaloner wrote to her said husband in Scotland that he and this Depont.Deponent should there make affidavits and send them hither to mr. arnold to be communicated to yethe CommeeCommittee of parliamtparliament of which he was Chairman in which affidavits Tho. Holloway should dissown that he he had made any affidavit agt.against the sdsaid Willm Willm Chaloner or knew anything ill of him or had long known him and this Depont.Deponent was to confirm her husband's testimony but her said husband sent the sdsaid Chaloner word that he would do no such thing

and that abot.about a year and 4 or 5 months ago she saw Willm Chaloner above menītioned alter the sum in an Exchecquer bill from 5 to 50l40 which hill have been given to the Examts.Examinants said husband Tho: Holloway by the Sheriffe in part of Conviction money and the Examt.Examinant bringing it to Mr. Gillingham to change the said Chaloner tok it washt it out the summ with a spunge and dryed it and wrote in it the sum of 50li.40 and Mr. Chaloner returning the bill to the Examt.Examinant to put the Examt.Examinant refusing to put it off lest she should bring herself into trouble Mr. Gillingham called her fool and took the bill to put it off and afterwards told her that he had put it off to his Brewer

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The Examinant further saith yt.that she and her husband had severall parcells of False GineasGuineas of Willm Chaloner to put off till abot.about 2 years and a 12 ago and that the silver of one of those GineasGuineas being worn off the said Chaloner abot.about a year and 6 or 8 months ago guilt the said GineaGuinea anew at his Lodgings being an oyler shop in St IJames's street and acknowledged that it was one of his GineasGuineas and returned it back to Tho: Holloway the ExamtsExaminants husband

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