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Midsex
to Wit


St Mary lebone June 21st: 1781

Touching the death of a new born female Child
Mary Hunter< no role > Midwife of the aforesd parish saith
that on Tuesday 19th inst: She was sent for to the
rotation office in Litchfield Street to Examined Ann
Fosten the supposd Mother of the above infant
who on her charging her with having a Child. She
totaly denyd: Ever having being with Child that She Examined her
& found she had been with Child and delivered within
the Course of Six days that She said it was still born
She then attended at No. 16 Henrietta Street
Cavendish sqr &foundSaw the infant with some
rags in her Month that she has now Examined the
infant & saw the rags in its month and believes it
to be the same and in the same stale she before saw it

Mary Hunter< no role >

Ann Prince< no role > Servt : Godfrey to Wentworth Esqr: saith
that she took from out of a Vault or necessary the
Above infant on Tuesday 19th instant in the forenoon
that on Wednesday the 13th Ann Foster< no role > This name instance is in set 723. This set is in the group(s): MothersOBP . was taken ill
in the afternoon & went to bed, that shefrequentlyoften called to see her
&found the bed room Exceedingly disagreeable into
the [..]
and that she changed the Linen of the
Bed on the Sunday following, that the next day when she found the room Exceeding disagreeable Monday she
left her bed and came down Stairs to her Work




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