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<p n="329"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middxss</note>
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<note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50303_n329-1">Richard Newton</rs>
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<note type="authorial" place="margin">R: Midford</note>
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<p n="330">WHEREAS due Proof hath been made before Us<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50303_n330-1">Richard<lb></lb>
Newton</rs>
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& <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50303_n330-2">Robert Midford</rs>
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Esqr.Two of<lb></lb>
His Majesties <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50303_occ103">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the saidCounty<lb></lb>
(Quorum unus) inhabiting in or near the Parish of<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50303_geo267">St. Clements<lb></lb>
Danes</rs>
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in the said Countyupon the Oath ofAnne Shee<obscured></obscured>
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single womanthe Mother offemaleBastard-Child<lb></lb>
born the6thDay ofthis instant <obscured></obscured>
in the said Parish of<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50303_geo268">St.<lb></lb>
Clements Danes</rs>
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That one<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50303_n330-3">Nathaniel Deacon</rs>
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did beget<lb></lb>
on the Body of the SaidAnne Sheenthe said<lb></lb>
femaleBastard-Child, which said Child isnow become<lb></lb>
Chargeable to the said Parish, or which the Church-Wardens<lb></lb>
and Overseers of the Poor thereof have Complained,</p>
<p n="331">We the Said Justices, upon the Examination of the said<lb></lb>
Anne Sheenthe Mother, upon her Oath, touching the<lb></lb>
Father of the said Bastard Child, and the Cause and Circumstances<lb></lb>
thereof; Do hereby Adjudge and declare the said<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50303_n331-1">Nathaniell<lb></lb>
Dencon</rs>
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to be the reputed Father of the saidfemale<lb></lb>
Bastard-Child, born of the Body of the said<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50303_n331-2">Anne Sheen</rs>
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in the Parish aforesaid, and thereupon we do Order, as<lb></lb>
well for the Relief, and to save Harmless, and keep Indemnified<lb></lb>
the said Parish, as for the Maintaining and Keeping the said<lb></lb>
femaleBastard-Child, that the said<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50303_n331-3">Natheneel Deacon</rs>
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shall<lb></lb>
forthwith, upon sight of this our Order, (a true Copy hereof being<lb></lb>
first deliver'd unto him) pay, or cause to be paid unto the Church-<lb></lb>
Wardens, or Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish, or to<lb></lb>
some or one of them, for and towards the Month's Lying-in,<lb></lb>
and Laying of the saidAnne Sheen<lb></lb>
the Sum oftenn shillings<lb></lb>
by the Week for the first Four Weeks from the Birth of the<lb></lb>
Said Child, and after the Expiration of the said first Four Weeks,<lb></lb>
the said<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50303_n331-4">Natheniel Deacon</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Shall likewise pay, or cause to be paid Weekly, and every<lb></lb>
Week the Sum oftwo shillings & six penceof lawful Money<lb></lb>
of Great Britain, for and towards the Relief and Maintenance<lb></lb>
of the saidfemaleBastard-Child, for so long Time as<lb></lb>
the said Child shall be Chargeable to the said Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50303_geo269">St.<lb></lb>
Clements Danes.</rs>
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<p n="332">And lastly, We do Order that the said<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50303_n332-1">Nathaniel<lb></lb>
Deacon</rs>
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shall forthwith give Security to the<lb></lb>
Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Said Parish,<lb></lb>
for the true Performance of this our Order, otherwise to find<lb></lb>
Sureties for his personal Appearance at the next GeneralQuarter<lb></lb>
Sessions of the Peace to be holden for the saidCounty<lb></lb>
there to abide such further Order as the Justices then<lb></lb>
and there Present shall think fit to make in that behalf. Then<lb></lb>
under our Hands and Seals this<rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50303_date79">26th:Day ofAugust</rs>
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1734.</p>
<p n="333">Sold by J COLES, Stationer, in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50303_geo270">Fleet-Street</rs>
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