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WHEREAS due Proof hath been made before (Us whose
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Names are Subscribed) two of his Majesty's
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Mary Ball
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Seventh
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January 1717/8
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in the House ofMr Cumming in
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Leonard Broust
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Goaldid beget the said Bastard Child on
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so born as afore-
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said, which is become chargeable to the said Parish of
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St. James Westminster
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as the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor there of have compla
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ned. We the said Justices upon the Examination of the said
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Now
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.Mother of the saidMale Bastard
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Child, and other convincing Circumstances, Us hereunto moving, Do
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hereby Adjudge and Declare the said
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Leonard Broust
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to be the reputed Father of the saidMale Bastard Child born of the
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Body of the saidLate
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Mary Thorn
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as aforesaid;
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And there upon, We do Order as well for the Relief, as to save harmless
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and keep Indemnified the said Parish of St. James, as for maintaining
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and keeping the saidMale Bastard Child, That he the said
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Leonard
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shall forth with pay or cause to be paid into the Church War-
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dens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of St. James, or to
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or one of them,
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Eleven Shillings and Six pence of
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pay of Great Britain by the Week, for the first four Weeks from
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into saidand as
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the Expire
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of the said first four Weeks, The said
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be paid unto
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Church War-
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dens and Overseers
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Poor of the
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Weekly and every Week the Sum of Two Shillings and
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Six pence of
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lawful Money, for and towards the Relief and Maintain-
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ance of the saidMale Bastard Child, for and during so long a Time
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as the saidMale Bastard Child shall remain chargeable to the said
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Parish of
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. And lastly, We do Order that the said
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Leonard Broust
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do forth with on Notice of this our Order (a
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true Copy being deliver'd unto him) Give sufficient Security to the Church
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Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of St. James for the
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Performance of this our Order. Otherwise to find sufficient Sureties for
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his personal Appearance at the next general Quarter Sessions of the Peace to
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be held for the County of Middlesex, there to answer his Contempt and to
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abide such farther Orders as the Justices there shall think fit to make there in.
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Given under our Hands and Seals the
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22 day of February
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Annoq; Dom. 1724/5
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