James Summers: The Examination of James Summers 14 November 1701 Isaac Newton c. 119 words The Newton Project Oxford 2019 Newton Project, University of Oxford

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 14 Nov 1701, c. 119 words. MINT 15/17/419, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK UKSurreyKew, RichmondNational Archives MINT 15/17/419 James Summers 14 Nov 1701 England English Unknown Hand MintClippers, Coiners and Embezzlers Transcribed by Kees-Jan Schilt

Middx. et Westmr. } Ss The ExaminaionExamination of James Sum̄er (now in Custory) taken this 14.th day of November 1701.

Who being duely Examined Saith, that the Counterfeit Money with yethe Flasks ready moulded with the Impressions or Flatts of a Shilling and two Sixpences now produced & Shewn unto him might be hid or layd in his Cellar by some other person than himselfe, for ytthat he knows not how they came there, and that one day Sweeping behind his Counter, he found some of the SdSaid Counterfeit Money, and that the rest (for anything he knows to the Contrary) he might take of Customers for boyld meat which he selleth James Sum̄ers Capt coram me J. Stanley