The Examinaction of Elizabeth Ivie of Liccabone street in Holbourn Widdow 13 October 1698

She saith that abot.about 4 yeares ago a month before she went with her husband into Scotland. Mr Ivie into Wales and afterward into Ireland Mr. IJohn Gibbons one of the YeomYeoman Porters at Whitehall prest into her Closset and there lifting up a paper saw a parcell of Clippings and clipt moneys and taking up a handfull put it in his pocket in a laughing manner and the Examt.Examinant afterwards telling the clipt moneys mist a considerable quantity thereof and that the said Gibbons after this came often to her house in a friendly manner without threatning to discover the Examt.Examinant he being well acquainted with Mr. Ivie and concealing him for money Mr. Ivie giving at one tyme a five pound piece and at other times other summs and that Gibbons used to carry summes of counterfeit milld money in his pocket to pas off and ytthat he got 8s. in yethe pound proffit by it and was suplyed bwit such money by one Valentine Cogswell now dead—. And that a litle above 4 yeaares ago wn.when William Chaloner was sought after for coyning of GineasGuineas and pistoles she heard the sdsaid Gibbons say that Chaloner was safe enough for he haad secured him from them so yt.that they could none of ymthem find him

That she hath heard the said IJohn Gibbons complain how he wanted money and must go amongst his Penctioners and thereupon Mr. Ivie aplying it to himself hath given him money–. That the said IJohn Gibbons used to hire horses for Valentine Cogswell + Brady and bb others having in Forest robdrobbed a house at Noon day and gagued the people and taken from them a parcell of plate for which the sdsaid Cogswell and Brady were Committed by Iustice Wroth of the sdsaid IJohn Gibbons did then help them to horses and went Snacks with them in sharing the booty and yethe sdsaid Cogswell then lodging in Mr Ivies house the said Gibbons sent the horses to Mr Ivy's stable for the said Cogswell and his Companions and that the said Robbers having taken a grreat quantity of Plate from the house in the Forest above memenconedmentioned they brought yethe Plate into Mr. Ivy's stable and there it it pieces and sold it to one Mr Iacob a GoldsmGoldsmith yn.then in Sho Lane and now in Grays Inn passage

That one IJohn IJennings Footman to the late Duke of Monmouth did abot.about 4 or 5 yeares ago putt out a handfull of Counterfeit GineasGuineas in Mr. Ivies Garden and say that he had them for abot.about 12 or 14s a piece and offerdoffered the Depont.Deponent some of them to put off which the Deponent refused to do

the mark of Eliz: Ivie