William Trowman: The Information of Thomas Trowman alias Truman of Dudley parish in Worcestershire 15 April 1699

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The Informacon of William Trowman als Truman of Dudley ꝑish in Worcestrsh Nailor 15 aprill 1699

He saith that abot. Ianuary or Febry was 4 years he saw Ch: Holland of ashby de le zouch in Leicestershire a seller of Earthen Ware and George Holland ye father of ye sd Charles + of the same Trade + ꝑish & Elizabeth Pollard of ye same ꝑ ye wife of Pollard a Sellr. of Earthen Ware coyn five Crown pieces in imitacon of the currt. milld money of this Kingdom by casting ym. in Flasks at the house of Iohn Cantrell a Farmer in Hartshorn ꝑish in Derbysh in which house the Informt then lived having rented it of the said Iohn Cantrell but the lettrs. Decus et Tutamen they did not set on ye edges having not an Edger to do it with— and that Iohn Bale who was convicted at Stafford the last assizes for coyning and Anthony Bale Nailor of no certain Habitacon the brother of the said Iohn Bale, Mary Bale ye wife of the said Iohn Bale made abot. 13s. in shillings and sixpences after ye similitude of the Current mill'd Coyn of this Realme and edged them with an Edger wch. had a handle to turn abot. and this was done at the house of ye sd Ino Bale in amblecutt in the ꝑish of Kings Swinford in Staffordshire abot. ye time of Hay Harvest last was 2 yeares— And that Eliz. Pollard can make a large Discovery— And that Richd Natehill of the ꝑish of Dudley in the presence of this Depont. make severall counterfeit shills (old money) by stamping abot. 8 years since— That Wm. Round of ye said ꝑish of Dudley Nailor did in the presence of this Depont. abot. 7 or 8 yeares since make severall counterfeit shillings (old money) in ye said ꝑish of Dudley – and that Iohn Bromhall of Worley Banck bought counterfeit money of the said Will Round and gave him after the rate of abot. 9d a piece for Counterfeit shills.— And that Richard Wootton of the said Worley Banck in the Country of Stafford Butcher did in the like manner buy counterfeit money of the said Willm Round abot. 8 or 9 yeares ago— That Thomas Allen of the ꝑish of Old Swinford in the County of Worcest Syth Smith did abot. 9 years ago clipp the Current Coyn of the Realme in the ꝑish of Rowley in Staffordsh. and carryd the Clippings to one Iohn Willits of the said ꝑish Smith and that the sd allen and Willets did make the same into counterfeit money at Willet's shop— That one Steph Tither of Bewdley in the said County of Worcester Butcher did abot. 11 years since bring abot. 6 or 7 ounces of Clippings of the Currt Coyn of this Realme said he clipt ym himself would have this Informt to have bought them of him or to have made them into counterfeit money but this Depont. refusing so to do the said Tither did declare that he would carry yt same to one Charles Dyke of Kings Swinford ꝑish in ye County of Stafford Nailor and this Depont doth believe yt he did so

Will Troman

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