The Informaction of William Pool of Westmr.Westminster in the county of MiddxMiddlesex Victuallr.Victualler taken upon oath this 14th day of IJuly 1698

Who saith that in May 1697 he this Informt.Informant had notice by Mrs Sarah Ilbury and Robt. Little and afterwards by one Roger Potts son in law to one IJohn Holt of peter street WestmrWestminster. That upon searching the house of the said IJohn Holt in Peter street aforesaid some Metall had been thrown out over the pates into a Ditch, and this Informt.Informant did then at the assize of the said IJohn Holt and by the assistance of the said Roger potts search the said Ditch and there found 65 ozounces of Metall and by the consent of the sd.said Holt delivered the same into the hands of the said Sarah Ilbury and Robt. Little, and Sarah Ilbury and Robt. Little at yethe same tyme desired this InformtInformant to let them have a room to put a press in to coyn which the Deponents wife refused He saith also that in Aprill 1697 the said Holt desired this Informt.Informant to go imediatly to his said Son in Law Roger potts and to order him to shew him the Bean-Mill and said that in that Mill was hid abot.about 50ll. of Counterfeit half Crownes and confessed to this Deponent and Mrs Ilbury that he had coyned the same in that Mill. The said IJohn Holt at the same tyme told this Informt.Informant also that he had been trying to make shillings of the New coyn and thad made two and hid them under the Hearth and could not find them and that he could make Moulds of AlablasterAlabaster to coyn new shillings in And the sdsaid Robt Little did abot.about the same tyme tell this Informt.Informant that he the said Little did not much concern himself in Silver but wt.what he did was in Gold and the sdsaid Little then shewd.shewed this Informt.Informant two false GineasGuineas stamped with the scepters but not yet guilt

This Informt.Informant further saith That in or abot.about IJune 1697 the said mrs Ilbury was drinking at this InformtsInformants house in Westmr.Westminster and did then and there pay to this InformtInformant upon the accotaccount of her Recconing the shilling now produced and he asking her the said Ilbury how or where she had it she told him that she clipt, filed and edged it her self with severall other shillings which she the sdsaid Ilbury then shewed to this Informt.Informant but said that the proffitt which she got thereby was so small that she must find out some other Invenction or way of living for that would not do And this Informt.Informant further saith that he hath heard the sdsaid Mrs. Ilbury severall times declare that she used to go two or 3 times a week to Kentish Towne to make false money with Timothy Charnock Henry Cope and IJohn Holt aforesaid with the Mill which was found at the said Cope's house

the mark of William Pool