The Informaction of Richard Harrison of the ꝑparish of St Leonard Shoredith in the County of MiddxMiddlesex Tobacconist 5 Iune 1699

Who saith that one Ellenror Grainger of an uncertain Habitacontion used frequently within this $\frac{1}{2}$ year last to come to this Informts.Informants Shop in the Long Walk near the Hospitall in Smithfield to drink Brandy and after severall times comeing there she told this Informt.Informant and one Richard Baker who is now a Prisoner in Newgate for making false money that a person's life (whose name was Riccaby) was in her hands and that she could help the sdsaid Baker or this Informant to work with the said Riccaby in making false money But afterwards the said Grainger promissed to learn the said Baker and this Informant to make false money but the sdsaid Grainger being afterward put into prison for Theft she did not come to this Informant's said shop But this InformtInformant, the said Baker and one IJohn Haly (who is now a Prisoner in the Compter for Debt) took a Garret in St. Martins Le Grand in order to make counterfeit money in and in the beginning of Aprill or the latter end of March last past the said Richard Baker IJohn Haly + this Informt.Informant did blanch some Copper in the said Garret in order to make it into counterfeit money and did try there to make false Mill'd money vizt. Shillings and Sixpences and the said Baker moulded the Flasks with the Impressions of such money but they could not make the Metall run well into the Mould so as to make money which would pass for Current and that abot.about 6 weeks ago the said Baker and this Informt.Informant made counterfeit money of pewter by casting shillings and six pences in St. Martins Le Grand in the Lodging room of Thomas Dee a Sho'maker who was assistant to them in filing the said counterfeit money and that mrs Bell had some of this counterfeit money for a hood which this Informt.Informant bought of her at her Lodging room in Church Lane in the ꝑparish of St. Gyles in the fields And that abot.about a month ago the said Baker and this Informt.Informant made counterfeit money of pewter by casting shillings and sixpences at the said Lodging room of Thomas Dee aforesdsaid who was then in the room where they made the sdsaid false money but did not assist them in doing it and that upon Fryday was sennight (the day that Baker was apprehended) this Informt.Informant saw in a Clossett belonging to the said room of Thomas Dee aforesaid (where the sdsaid Baker and his sister and her husband Thomas Dee above menctioned were at that time) a Flask ready Moulded with severall Impressions of Milld shillings in order to cast counterfeit money in as this Informt.Informant doth believe and as Baker did then declare