Katherine Carter: The Deposition of Katherine Carter 24 February 1698/9 Isaac Newton c. 219 words The Newton Project Oxford 2019 Newton Project, University of Oxford

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 24 Feb 1698/9, c. 219 words. MINT 15/17/122, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK UKSurreyKew, RichmondNational Archives MINT 15/17/122 Katherine Carter [Jordan, Matthews]William ChalonerMrs ScottThomas Trott [Brown, Carter, Williams] 24 Feb 1698/9 England English Latin Unknown Hand MintClippers, Coiners and Embezzlers Transcribed by Will Scott Metadata amended & document catalogued by Will Scott Metadata updated by Yvonne Martin-Portugues.
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She saith yt.that abot.about Iune or Iuly last she saw Willm Chaloner cast a piece of Dutch money and finish that and four others which which he had cast before she saith also ytthat on the same day she saw the said Will Chaloner cast 15s of pewter or a Metall like pewter in imitaction of the Current Coyn of this Realm and that he cast them in a mould of whole earth hardendhardened like Potters ware and cast but one at time and cast ym.them all successively in yethe same Mould and ytthat she afterwards saw the said Chaloner clip off the rough edges of the said shillings and after he had finisht them he gave some of them to the Depont.Deponent to put off — the Depont.Deponent saith also that there came this morning a woman to the Deponent in the name of one Mrs. ScotScott who is supposed to be one of Chaloners mistresses and begdged of the Deponent not to concern herself agt.against Chaloner lest she should do her husband a diskindness and she added that if she this DepontDeponent did not concern herself agt.against Chaloner the Governmt.Government could not hurt her husband the mark of Kath Carter Iurat die et anno preedict coram Is Newton