Middx ss

The Examinacon of Rachael Peters< no role > Singlewoman
Taken on oath before us Two of his Majesties Justices of the
peace for the County of Middx (whereof one is of the quorum)
and both residing in or near to the limits of the parish Church
of St. Botolph without Aldgate in the said County this
Day of July in the year of our Lord 1749.

This Examinant upon her oath Saith that about
Two years and 9 months ago one Samuel Stanley< no role > of the
said parish of St. Botolph witht Aldgate Cooper who then
lived in the house of this Deponts Mother in nightingale Lane
in the Said parish did prevail with this Examinant to Suffer
him to lye with her at her Sd Mothers house & had carnal
knowledge of this Examinants body Several times whereby
she conceived with Child of a Female Bastard Child of
which she was delivered at the house of her sd. Mother on the
Third Day of September 1747 which said Female Bastard
Child hath been baptised by the name of Sarah Stanley< no role > and
hath been now is & Still is likely to be chargeable to the Said
parish of St. Botolph without aldgate this Examinant being
Poor & not able to provide for the same And this Examinant
further saith that the said Samuel Stanley< no role > is the true and
only father of the Said Female bastard Child And that
this Examinacon is Voluntary and that She hath not been forced
or compelled to be examined by any person or persons whomsoever

Rachel Peters< no role >