Elizabeth Bond: The Examination and Information of Elizabeth Bond of St James's parish in Westminster wife of John Bond Bricklayer 15 July 1698

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The Examinacon and Informacon of Elizabeth Bond of St Iames's ꝑish Westmr. wife of Iohn Bond Bricklayr 15. Iuly 1698

She sayth that alittle before 2 yeares ago in or abot. ye month of May she sold to Mrs. Iackson als Labree a dog and 12 of pidgeons and helped to putt them at the house of the said Mrs. Iackson at the Whitingtons Catt in Church lane in the strand and as the Depont. was asking the said Mrs. Iackson in putting them one Mr. Gibbons came into the house boltnight without knocking and asking Mrs. Iackson if her name was Iackson <20r> She answered yes and asked if he would speak with her and he replying yes she went into a litle adjoyning room where there was a {illeg}Bedd and he followed her and after they had spoke togeather the Depont. heard Mr. Gibbons say he must go up then they came out of yt room and Mrs. Iackson trembled with her hands and Iawes and lookt pale and Mr. Gibbons askt her who yt. woman was meaning the Deponent & she answered yt it was a poor woman she bought things that knows noe buisiness then Mr. Gibbons stept to the Chamber door to see if it were lockt and finding it lockt charges the Depont. to let nobody in or out nor to let any body goe up the staires meaning a pair of staires within the room up into the Garret nor to stir her self then he went up staire and Mrs. Iackson follow.d him and the Depont. heard a knocking upon the floor as it were with the end of a stick or sword and soon heard a lambering and jingling like money or Iron and after a while they came down againe and Mrs. Iackson desired Mr. Gibbons to sitt down and said to him that she hoped he would give her time to send for her friend and looking in a very great concern and consternacon she desired the Depont. to go to Bond str for Mr. Obryan who (as the Depont. thinks) was then in custody of a Messengr. and to bring Mr. Obryan with her or els she should be undone and she this Deponent not to tell Mr Obryan that any body was with her and when she this Depont. had delivered the message to Mr. Obryan he said he would follow her and as she returned another young GenTt (who had been at Mrs. Iacksons when the Depont. came to sell her the pidgeons but was gone before Mr. Gibbons came in) followed the Depont. and askt her if the pidgeon pye was ready and when they came to Mrrs. Iacksons and saw Mr. Gibbons there he bowed to him saying your servt. Mr. Gibbons and when Mr Gibbons had saluted him by his name he askt Mr. Gibbons how Mr. Porter and Mr Lendergrass did and if he would let him see them and Mr Gibons answered yt. they were very well and that he might see them and then the Gentl took his leave & went away and Mr Obryan came in and Mrs. Iackson dismist the Deponent. And a day or two after the Depont. calling againe of mrs Iackson to know if she wanted anything, Mrs Iackson replyed noe she had not yet eat the pidgeions and then the Deponent askt her what made her be so surprised the other day she answered that she might well be surprized for she must have gone to Newgate and lost her life if she had not given Mr. Gibbons 50ll. and that he stood upon a hundred or two and she had much ado to get him to take 50ll and that she was fain to borrow 20ll ofit of Mr. Bilby a Goldsmith And the Depont asking her what was the mattr. she replyd. that it was about <20v> writings which a friend had left in her custody and made a place ym in the boards and put them in wth his or her own hands and them betrayd. them to Mr. Gibbons so that he could go to the very place and the Depont. asking if the place was open she said no there was a padlock upon the Boards to lock it down and that Mr. Gibbons knockt upon ye boards with his sword to see where they were hollow but needed not have done that for he knew the very place and had told her who it was yt betrayd her she said also to the Depont. yt. she knew not wt to do for money for she had laid by a litle Gold to provide for a Child but it was gone and 20ll more which she borrowed of Mr. Bilby and that Gibbons kept in her custody for some tyme till she could get the money she desired the Depont. to ask her brother to lend her 20ll to pay Mr. Bilby but when ye Deponts brother could not lend it she sent the Depont. with a silver Tan said to borrow some money upon that

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