IJohn Bates being examined this 24 day of October 1698 says that Thomas Bodily Watchmaker and Goldsmith living in Stourbridge about a year and $\frac{1}{2}$ since did at Stourbridge make the Nicks of an Edging Mill for shillsshillings and made a Set of Lettrsers for edging half Crowns and likewise in this Deponents sight guilded over a broad piece counterfeit xxs and passed the same away in his sight and did at the same time guild over a counterfeit French pistoll but what he did with it this Examt.Examinant knows not also that William Trowman of Dudley ꝑparish near the Newpool Naylor about May last was 12 month did make and cast abot.about 6 or 7 shillsshillings in 6 pences Groats and 3 pences of the new Milld money and did see him in Derbyshshire abotabout 3 yeares since made old half Crownes and shillsshillings and clip much old money and melt down the Clippings and has been concernded in the Matter of clipping and counterfeiting money abot.about 14 or 15 yeares in Worcestershshire Staffordshire and Derbyshshire he keeping a considerbleerable Farm in Derbyshire to coulour the matter and has been concernded in that Trade with (as this Examt.Examinant believes) at lestleast 100 persons also that Thomas Drew living in Hales ꝑparish near Sturbridge in Cradley Naylor abotabout 10mber last brought to this Examt.Examinant at his own house a new pair of Dyes which he said IJohn Harvey made and did there coyn 5 counterfeit shillings and on last Whitson Munday brought this Examt.Examinant 5 or 6 countrerfeit pieces to be milld which he milld at this ExamtsExaminants house and afterwards coyned at IJoseph Greens shop (as he told this Examt.Examinant_ and Drew knows that IJohn Harvey and William Harvey made Edging Mills and Dyes and afterwards coyned with ym.them also that Adam Clempson of Woolverhampton used the same Trade in like manner many yeares past Also that William IJohnson late apprentice of Adam Clempson living in the house wherein he was so appticeapprentice had abotabout 3s. new money to put off for gain