Elizabeth Helmes of Guilford in the County of Surrey Widow, maketh Oath, That on Sunday the twentieth Day of this instant November, at about four in the Afternoon, she asked Mr. Ahlers, who dined then at her House, bearing the Sign of the White-Heart, whether he believed this Account; and that his Answer was, That he fully did believe it. To which this Deponent reply’d; Then I hope, Sir, you will convince a great many Unbelievers when you return to London, as some other Gentlemen have already done; to which he said he should, as this Deponent apprehended.
Eliz. Helmes.
Jur. vicesimo quinto die Novembris An. Reg. Regis Geo. &c. 13. Anno Domini 1726. coram
Jos. Burtt Mayor.
James Cliffton.
Olive Sands, the Wife of John Sands of Guilford in the County of Surrey Sadler, maketh Oath, That she was constantly in the room on Sunday the twentieth instant with Mr. Ahlers, from eleven in the Morning to three in the Afternoon. That Mrs. Helmes called him to Dinner, that during the whole time the Woman was in violent Labour, and that he did not leave her in all that time but to go to Dinner. That this Deponent saw Mr. Ahlers examine the Woman’s Breasts, and found Milk in one of them, and that she heard him say he was ordered by his Majesty to attend the said Woman, Mary Toft, till it was all over. And further saith, that the said Mr. Ahlers said he would endeavour to get the Woman a Pension from his Majesty, or Words to that effect, on his seeming satisfied of the Misery the Woman underwent.
Olive Sands.
Jur. Die & Anno supradict. coram