Samuel Bond: The Deposition of Samuel Bond of Ashbourn in the Peake in the County of Derby Chyrurgeon 16 September 1698 Isaac Newton c. 291 words The Newton Project Oxford 2017 Newton Project, University of Oxford

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 16 Sep 1698, c. 291 words. MINT 15/17/27, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK UKSurreyKew, RichmondNational Archives MINT 15/17/27 Samuel BondSurgeonFrancis BallIsaac NewtonJohn WhitfieldJohn Holt (Lord Chief Justice)StorysTailorGlasshouse yard in BlackfriarsBall 16 Sep 1698 England English Latin Unknown Hand (1) MintClippers, Coiners and Embezzlers Will Scott began tagged transcription Will Scott finished transcription Metadata amended & document catalogued by Will Scott
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The Deposiction of Samuel Bond of Ashbourn in the peake in the County of Derby Chyrurgeon 16 7ber 1698

Hee sayth that abot.about a month ago being in Newgate for Debt he there heard Francis Ball of Ashbourn aforesaid complain of yethe Warden of the mint for his severity agt.against Coyners and say Damne my blood I had been out before now but for him (meaning out of Newgate) and Whitfield who was also then in prison made answer ytthat the Warden of the mint was a Rogue and if ever King IJames came againe he would shoot him and the sdsaid Ball made answer God dam my blood so will I and tho I dont know him yet I'le find him out And the said Whitfield said further that the Warden had troubled his wife for a litle bitt of Clippings found upon her coat and spend 5 hundred Gineas to get her off – and that abot.about 3 or 4 days after this the sdsaid Ball and Whitfield having procured an habeas Corpus in order to be bailed before my Lord CheifeChiefe Iustice Holt he this Depont.Deponent heard the said Ball say that his father was to be one of their bayle and went by a wrong name and that their bayle was sham bayle and that the sdsaid Ball and Whitfield in talking to one another sayd that the guilding of pistoles cost the 6d. apiece or 7d. a piece and that it was not yethe buisines of the Warden of the mint but of the Spanish Embassadr.Embassador to prosecute men for counterfeiting them

Sam Bond

Iurat die et anno prædict coram Is Newton

Mr. Bond lodges at Mr Storys a Taylor in Glasshouse yard in BlackFryers