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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<P>Whereas there has been unju&s;t and malicious Reflections ca&s;t upon the undermention'd <HI>William Collet,</HI> in Relation to the late Fire that hapned in his Hou&s;e: The&s;e Depo|&s;itions (by the Advice of Friends) are made publick to undeceive tho&s;e that have li&s;ten'd to tho&s;e fal&s;e In&s;inuations, and that the whole Truth might more plainly appear.</P>
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<HEAD>THE DEPOSITIONS OF <HI>William Collet,</HI> Tallow-Chandler, <HI>Mary</HI> his Wife, <HI>Jo&s;eph Larke</HI> his Journy-man, <HI>Ann Larke</HI> Wife of the &s;aid <HI>Jo|&s;eph, Francis Read</HI> and <HI>John Si&s;um</HI> his Apprentices, <HI>Ma|ry Selby</HI> his Maid Servant, <HI>Lewis Picket</HI> and <HI>Thomas Allen,</HI> Lodgers in his Hou&s;e, and <HI>Robert Parker</HI> a Watchman, taken an Oath before me <HI>Richard Rider</HI> E&s;q; One of his Maje&s;ty's Ju&s;tices of the Peace for the County of <HI>Middle|&s;ex,</HI> and Liberty of the City of <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> <DATE>this Seven and Twentieth Day of <HI>April, Anno Dom.</HI> 1700.</DATE></HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">In Relation to the late Fire which began and hapned in the late Dwelling-Hou&s;e of the &s;aid <HI>William Collet,</HI> late &s;tanding at the end of <HI>Newport-Street,</HI> in the Pari&s;h of St. <HI>Ann, We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> in the County afore&s;aid.</HEAD>
<P>THE &s;aid <HI>William Collet, Jo&s;eph Lark, Francis Read</HI> and <HI>John Si&s;um,</HI> &s;everally each of them on their Corporal Oaths do Averr and Say, That on <HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> the Seven|teenth of <HI>April</HI> In&s;tan<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> abovewritten, being the Day next before that Night and Morning in which the &s;aid Fire happen'd, they the &s;aid Deponents did ari&s;e from their Beds at Six of the Clock in the Morning, in order to melt Tallow to make Candles, and did Work that day until Ten of the Clock at Night, and then left work, at which time they, or &s;ome of them, did put out all the Fire under the Coppers, and the Tallow then melted (&s;o far as it could be) was all u&s;ed up: And that the Tallow u&s;ed that day was on|ly melted down, and did not Boil or Run over: And that between Eleven and Twelve of the Clock at Night they, the&s;e Deponents, were all in Bed, And that none of them, or any Per&s;on el&s;e, to their knowledge, did lye in the Shop of the &s;aid Hou&s;e that Night: And that they did not Boil Tallow at any time but on <HI>Friday</HI> Nights, and Sit up on that Occa&s;ion, or in Bu&s;ine&s;s, none but tho&s;e Nights: And that to their knowledge, or belief, there was no Holes, or Cracks, in the Coppers they u&s;ed, nor was any Notice given to them by any Per&s;on what|&s;oever of any &s;uch Holes or Cracks, or Su&s;picion thereof; and that (altho' among&s;t divers other untrue Allegations) it is reported, a Fire was like to happen in the &s;aid Hou&s;e on <HI>Sun|day</HI> night then before, and at other times, the&s;e Deponents do all of them &s;ay, There was not any &s;uch Fire like to happen on <HI>Sunday</HI> afore&s;aid, or at any time before, as they know or have heard, (&s;aving that about Seven Years &s;ince, and once before that the Chimnies of the &s;aid Hou&s;e hapned to be on fire.)</P>
<P>AND the &s;aid Deponents <HI>William Collet, Jo&s;eph Larke,</HI> and <HI>Francis Read,</HI> do further &s;ay, That after an Out-cry of Fire was, they did ari&s;e from their Beds, come down Stairs, and &s;ee the Shop on Fire, but no Fire in the Cellar of the &s;aid Hou&s;e.</P>
<P>AND the &s;aid <HI>Mary,</HI> the Wife of the &s;aid <HI>William Collet,</HI> and <HI>Mary Selby</HI> the Maid Servant, do &s;everally on Oath &s;ay, That it was pa&s;t Twelve of the Clock that Night or Morning, which the &s;aid Fire hapned, before they went to their Beds, and at that time did not &s;ee or &s;mell any Fire, or Token thereof.</P>
<P>AND the &s;aid <HI>Ann, Wife</HI> of the &s;aid <HI>Thomas Larke,</HI> and <HI>Lewis Pickett,</HI> and <HI>Thomas Allen,</HI> do on their Oath &s;everally &s;ay, That they, nor any of them, did not at any time heretofore, &s;ee, hear, or know the &s;aid Hou&s;e likely to be on Fire, (&s;aving the Chimney hereof afore|&s;aid.)</P>
<P>AND the &s;aid <HI>Thomas Parker</HI> the Watchman, on his Corporal Oath &s;aith, That he cry'd the Hour of Two in the Morning, before the &s;aid Hou&s;e, and did not &s;ee no appearance of Fire therein; and that when he perceived the Fire, and was let into the Hou&s;e, the Shop thereof was on Fire, and no other part thereof as he could &s;ee.</P>
<P>AND all the Deponents above&s;aid, do &s;everal Averr, and &s;ay, on Oath, That they knew not by what ways or means the &s;aid Fire did happen; and further &s;ay not. Witne&s;s their Hands the Day and Year above Written.</P>
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<ITEM>William Collett,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Mary Collett,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Jo&s;eph Larke,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ann Larke,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Francis Read,</ITEM>
<ITEM>John Si&s;um,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Mary Selby,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Lewis Pickett,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Thomas Allen,</ITEM>
<ITEM><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">d <HI>Robert Parker.</HI></ITEM>
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<P>Jurat per Omn. coram me die &amp; Anno Supra|&s;cript.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>R<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="5 letters"> Rider.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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