Mary Miller: The Further Information of Mary Miller now a prisoner in Newgate 22 August 1698 Isaac Newton c. 397 words The Newton Project Oxford 2017 Newton Project, University of Oxford

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 22 Aug 1698, c. 397 words. MINT 15/17/24, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK UKSurreyKew, RichmondNational Archives MINT 15/17/24 Mary MillerJohn WhitfieldThomas AtkinsonUrsula WhitfieldGeorge JohnstonMargery Johnson 22 Aug 1698 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 further Informaction of Mary Miller now a prisoner in Newgate 22d August 1698

Who sayth that abot.about the beginning of Iuly last past this InformtInformant was at the house of one Mr. Whitfield at the Crown and Sceptre near the monumtent Dyall in the New buildings by Longacre in company with one Tho Atkinson tall black man Mr. Whitfield and his wife Vrsula, George IJohnston and Margery his wife, and this InformtInformant did then and there see in the custody of the said Thomas Atkinson one hundred and odd false pistolls and the said Atkinson did propose to this Informt.Informant to go into the countrey with Whitfield in order to put off some of the sdsaid false Gold and said that this Informt.Informant need not fear any trouble for that Whitfield should carry all the false Gold, only this Informt.Informant should have one Good GineaGuinea and a bad one and as she put off the false GineaGuinea she should receive another false one from Whitfield and so receive a false GineaGuinea at a time from Whitfield till she had put off the full quantity they intended to take into the countrey and the said Atkinson Whitfield and Geo IJohnson did further propose to this Informt.Informant that after they had paid away the false GineaGuinea and pistoles as aforesaid they would all with this Informt.Informant go into Ireland on purpose to colour their Dessign of putting off false Gold and Silver and that this Informt.Informant should be equall sharer in the proffitt which would arise by their putting away counterfeit Gold and money and this Informt.Informant was latlylately told that the said Thomas Atkinson is latlylately come out of the countrey Viz within 3 miles of the City of Bristoll where the false GineasGuineas and silver is coyned as this Informt.Informant hath been told and the sdsaid Atkinson hath brought with him abot.about 300℔. of counterfeit money and intends to put it away at Bartholomew Fair ensueing Atkinson's horse stands at the Naggs head at the upper end of St. Martin's Lane he hath also a house in Rosemary Lane by Tower hill And this Informt.Informant further saith That a short set Elderly man told her of Thomas Atkinson's comeing out of the countrey wth.with false money and offerd.ed to let this InformtInformant have false money

Mary Miller

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