An Informaction given upon oath by Mary Townsend Widdow before the Rt.Right honblehonourable Secreary Vernon agt.against Elizabeth IJones now in Newgate Committed for filing and diminishing GineasGuineas

this Elizabeth IJones has gone by many Names a great cheat and a dangerous Enemy to the GovernmtGovernment before and after she lived with this Deponents father as a Concubine here and in Ireland and being Great Coyners and Clippers this Elizabeth IJones to carry on the work the better paid a certain penīsion quarterly and yearly unto Gibbons yethe messengr.messenger and others to give notice before any search was made thus that trade prosperdprospered and went on Eliz IJones allowing the DepontDeponent part of the proffit but this Elizabeth IJones being an Enemy to King William got the MaleMail or post stopped and robbed by highwaymen who brought a box or pacquet of a foot guard by estimaction might have 200 letters and this Elizabeth IJones had this Pacquet in her custody this Depont.Deponent then see it with her–. The ynthen Secretarys of the state finding this pacquet wanting and their matters not go right in France there was great search for this pacquet and it was removed to severall places and it had been found had it not beenf removed to one Edward IJones's his house in Westmr.Westminster for Edward Ivie this DepontsDeponents father and this Eliz IJones were in great fear and concerne abot.about this pacquet declaring if it was found it would ruin the French King's Interest here and King IJames besides endangering all their friends at last Elizabeth IJones found means to send it to France Mrs. Hickes can make out more ꝑparticularly abot.about this pacquet and mr IJohn Hickes and if mr Bedford that lives in shearshearshoe Lane by Temple Barr at the sign of the Robin Hood if he was examined agtagainst this Eliz IJones can give some accot.account but mr Brady can make out the whole and this Depont.Deponent believes she can direct what summ of money this Eliz IJones had of Barkley and Colonell Parker and how + where it was conveyed and the names of all–. This Eliz IJones together with this DepontsDeponents father Edwd Ivie and his wife were brought from Irreland to be Witnesses agt.against Brady + IJennens for coyning and being under outlawry for coyning were Committd.Committed to Newgate Edward Ivie and his wife dyed in Newgate and this Eliz IJones at the Kings charge has had her outlaryoutlawry reversed and pleaded it at the King's Bench Barr–. She is now upon another accotaccount in Newgate she has done the King no service for reversing her outlaryoutlawry

And if she was kept close sometime from the company of the thousand pound prisoners and the conversaction of mrs Merryweather this DepontDeponent believes she would make a great Discovery corresponding in France and of all the Great Coyners abotabout Dublin for when her Cabinet was searched there was found Dyes Edgers and the like Instruments so that if she was kept separate or close and then examined much might be found out for she is a Subtil woman and this Deponts.Deponents father Edward Ivie and his wife left all to her managmtmanagement—. This DepontDeponent has found she has found out an OutlaryOutlawry agt.against this Depont.Deponent to frighten frofrom coniving an evidence agtagainst her The outlaryoutlawry is for a misdemeanrmisdemeanour in buybuying clippings before the cut of Grass But yethe DepontDeponent being very poor humbly prays to be protectdprotected frofrom ytthat outlaryoutlawry as yorhonour honorhonour in yoryour great wisdom thinks fitt