The Examinaction of Edward Ivy alsalias also IJones late of in London Gent taken before me the 17th day of May 1698

Who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists and examdexamined sayth that he has been acquainted wth.with IJohn IJennings Gent in England upwards of five years which said IJennings was once Footman to the Late DDuke of Monmouth ytthat the said IJennings often came to the Deponents house in London, and abotabout 4 years since came to his said house and walked with the Deponent in the Garden and took out a handfull of GineasGuineas which this Depont.Deponent took to be CurrtCurrent. That the said IJennings desired this Examt.Examinent to utter as many of the said GineasGuineas (being abot.about 100) as the Examt.examinent could and ꝑparticularly desired to take one hundred of the said GineasGuineas the Depont.Deponent looking on the s.dsaid GineasGuineas shewn to him told the sdsaid IJennings that he believed they were good and so they seemed to this Deponent untill that the said IJennings offered to sell ym.them to the Depont.Deponent for 12 or 14s. a piece and desired the Examt.Examinent then to take one hundred of them and utter them That this Examt.Examinent seingseeing the said IIennings GineasGuineas told the said IJennings that the sdsaid GineasGuineas exceeded any that chaloner made whereupon the sdsaid cchaloner IJennings replyed that Chaloner was a fool to him that made the said GineasGuineas who was a person that lived near Hampton Court and was near neighbor.neighbour to the said IJennings and named his name being the son of a Widdow woman but the Examt.Examinent forgetts the name, and said ytthat he and the other person joyned stocks togeather and had a Convent.Convenient house for coyning and desired the Depont.Deponent to put in a hundred pounds into the stock and to come sharer with them, he likewise told the ExamtExaminent that he used to utter ym.them in the countrey in exchange for a pint of Wine and likewise desired the Depont.Deponent to go into the countrey with him to utter the said GineasGuineas Sayth that the said IJennings when this Examt.Examinent knew him was a marryd man and lived with his wife near Hampton Court which said wife the Examt.Examinent believes is still living that when the said IJennings offered the said Counterfeit GineasGuineas to this ExamtExaminent to pass Elizabeth IJones widdow was present the ExamtExaminent further deposeth that he has known Edward Brady late of St. Anne ꝑparish in London upwards of 4 years past that the said Brady made it his constant business to utter counterfeit GineasGuineas and counterfeit English money that the Deponent has severall tymes seen him utter such false Coyn and the said Brady told the Depont.Deponent that he had the said Counterfeit money from one Cogswell and from a Dr. that lived at the Glass house in Lambeth and as the Depont.Deponent believes from one Chaloner that this Depont.Deponent believes that the said Brady has uttered to the Value of severall thousand pounds in Counterfeit Gold and Silver he having practised it for severall years past that this DepontDeponent is very well assured that IJohn Gibbons now porter at Whitehall Gate very well knows the truth of what the Depont.Deponent now deposeth (as to the said Brady) to be true That one IJacob a Goldsmith that lived in Sho Lane used to buy the filings of Clipt money and Clippings from severall clippers that one Price a Watchmaker that lived near Charing Cross used to make the Tooles for edging Counterfeit GineasGuineas Says that the said Gibbons corresponds with a great many Clippers and Coyners and used to receive severall summs of money from them as contribuition for coniving at ym.them and was wont to solicit for any of ym.them when they were in restraint That this Depont.Deponent very well knew one Samuel IJackson in England who was a clipper & Coyner the cause of the Deponents knowledge is that the sdsaid IJackson lodged in the Deponts.Deponents house in London but he hears that the said IJackson is latly come into this Kingdom togeather with George Emerson IJoseph Houston and other EmintEminent Coyners + Clippers from England who the Depont.Deponent believes go by other names in this KingdKingdom. Saith that IJohn Hicks late of Litle Chelsea in England and his wife Mary Hicks and his daughter Mary Huelt were eminteminent Clippers in London having seen them often clip English shillings half Crowns and Crowns all Milld money. Saith that he very well knows one Chaloner who lived near Charing Cross and used to coyn Gold pistoles and Guineas and this Depont.Deponent likewise knoweth one William Deane ytthat belongs to the Royall Oak Lottery in London to have been a clipper and coyner, he likewise knoweth Thomas Deane of London to be a Clipper. And further deposeth that he the said Brady is a Highwayman and that Gibbons used to furnish him wthwith horses to go abroad to robb

Edward Ivie