Edward Smith: The Information of Edward Smith of the parish of Islington in the county of Middlesex Gardener 2 March 1698/9 Isaac Newton c. 427 words The Newton Project Oxford 2017 Newton Project, University of Oxford

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 2 Mar 1698/9, c. 427 words. MINT 15/17/156, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK UKSurreyKew, RichmondNational Archives MINT 15/17/156 Edward SmithGardenerGeorge GreenLinen DraperHenry Holder [Harrison]William ThorntonSadler 2 Mar 1698/9 England English Latin Unknown Hand MintClippers, Coiners and Embezzlers Transcribed by Will Scott Metadata amended & document catalogued by Will Scott
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The Informaction of Edward Smith of the ꝑparish of Islington in the County of MiddxMiddlesex Gardiner 2d March 16989

Who saith that he hath been acquainted with mr. George Green of the ꝑparish of St. Andrews Holborn Linnen Draper abot.about 3 years last past and that he hath heard the said Green Declare that he was acquainted with one William Thornton and Henry Holder and that the said Holder + Thornton (as Green said) used to make counterfeit money at a house near the City of Norwich and that they being suspected by their Neighborurs to make counterfeit money they removed from thence to one Mr. Sadler's at Stretham in the Isle of Ely where the said Holder and Thornton with the assistance of Sadler used to make Counterfeit money as Green told this InformtInformant and the said George Green being told this Informt.Informant that he this InformtInformant had a parcell of Blanched Copper and Silver mixed togeather the said Green this Informt.Informant to let him have it in order to send it to the said Thornton and Holder to make into counterfeit money shillsshillings as he declared to this Informt.Informant and abot.about the latter end of last Summer this InformtInformant let the said Green have the said Mixt Metall and this Informt.Informant sometime after he had deliverd the Metall to Green as aforesdsaid askt of him some recompence of paymt.ent for the same who told him that he the said Green had given the Metall to the said Holder and that Holder was not come to town therefore Green could not give this InformtInformant any satisfaction for the sdsaid Mixt Metall but this Informt.Informant being very urgt.urgent to have some satisfaconsfaction for the sdsaid Metall the sdsaid Green pulld out of his pocket a ꝑparcell of money in which there was some counterfeit shillsshillings and two Counterfeit Spanish pistolls and gave to this InformtInformant out of the same 4 countrerfeit shillshillings and told him that they were made by the sdsaid Holder + Thornton and this InformtInformant being afterwards at the sdsaid Sadlers house in the Isle of Ely the sdsaid Sadler told him that himself Thornton + Holder used to make counterfeit money and shewed then to this InformtInformant an an Edger for shillings and shewed the use of it by putting a shilling into it reconning it through the same and this InformtInformant hath been told the sdsaid Sadler is now a person in Ely Gaol for coyning false money the mark of Edwsdardd Smith Iurat die et anno preedict coram Is Newton