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