John Fenton Kistell: The Information of John Fenton Kistell of the parish of St Margarets Westminster Coffeeman 5 January 1699
The Information of John Fenton Kistell of the parish of St. Margarets Westminster Coffeeman 5 January 1699
Who saith that within these 10 dayes last past he hath bought severall counterfeit half Crownes and shillings at an under rate of one Samll Tibbs who was latly tryed for counterfeiting of the current Coyn of this Realm and the said Tibbs told this Informant that the said counterfeit money were made by a man and his wife who were his particular friends and had entrusted him to put of the same and the said Tibbs hath promissed to let this Informant have more counterfeit money from time to time as he hath occasion for it to put it of and this Informant doth vehemently suspect that Thomas Higgs Cecilia Labree alias Jackson and a woman who has a flatt nose and was not long ago under sentence of death in Newgate did make the counterfeit money aforesaid
John Fenton Kistell
Source
MINT 15/17/246, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK5 Jan 1699, c. 168 words.