To the Rt. Worshipfull her Majtys Justices
of the peace for the County of Middx

The humble peticon of Thomas Barnes< no role >

Sheweth

That whereas Robt. Bateman< no role > Esqr & Roger Smith< no role > Esqr
Two of her Majtys Justices of the peace for the said County of
Middx (Quorum) residing nearest unto the Parish Church
of Stepney by the Complaint of the Churchwardens & overseers
of the Poor for the Hamlett of Mile End that abt. five years since
Thomasine Hankinson< no role > widow was delivd in the sd. Hamlett
of Mile End of a Female bastard Child which still is a charge
to the said Hamlett and whereas the se. Thomasine Hankinson< no role >
hath sworne before the said above menconed Justices that
Yor Peticonr begott the said bastard Child and whereas the
said Justices adjudged Yor Petitonr to be the father of the said
bastard Child and have ordered your peticonr to pay to the
said Churchwardens & overseers the sume of three pounds already
expended by them and that yor. Petr doe likewise pay weekly
the sume of two shillings

Yor Peticonr humbly appeales from the
order of the above named Justices to this
Honble. Cort. agt. the aforesd. order
for that the said Thomasine was [..]
married long before the said Child was
borne to one Charles Hankinson< no role > who is
still liveing

And yor Petr shall ever pray Etc