The Informaction of Francis Pearce of Shrewsbury in yethe County of Salop Clothworker 20th. IJuly 1699

Who saith that the day after St. Andrews day last past he sold a Cow in Shrewsbury and one William Fosbrooke who keeps the Mytre Inn there paid this Informt.Informant for the said Cow in GineasGuineas and this InformtInformant questioning whether they were good ones or not the said Fosbrooke said that they were good for ytthat this Informant's Couzen one Thomas IJordan who lives in the Councill house at Shrewsbury made the said GineasGuineas, and yethe sdsaid Thomas IJordan the same day did own to this Informt.Informant that he made the said GineasGuineas himself And one Richard Swift brother of the said IJordan and dwells in the same house with IJordan hath severall times ownd and declared to this Informt.Informant ytthat he the said Swift and his brother IJordan had made counterfeit GineasGuineas severall times togeather and ytthat his said brother IJordan cheated him for ytthat he let him have the worst GineasGuineas and kept the best for himself and that one Richard Downes a Labourer who lives in Castle Foregate in Shrewsbury used to assist the said IJordan and Swift frequently to make counterfeit GineasGuineas as he declared to this Informt.Informant and one Chambers who is appnpprentice to the said Swift did oftentimes declare and own to the same to this InformtInformant that Downes did And one Eliz Roberts who is a ServtServant to the said Roberts IJordan hath told this Informt.Informant that her master IJordan and the said Swift have made false GineasGuineas in her sight And that one Samuel Hughes who lives at Shrewsbury + is a Mill Wright told this InformtInformant ytthat he made a Mill for yethe sdsaid IJordan but wtwhat sort of Mill it was the sdsaid Hughes did not declare

the mark of Fran. Pearce