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WE, whose Hands and Seals are hereunto set, Two of His Majesty's
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, having me together, and heard the
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Complaint of the Overseers of the Poor of that Part of the
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in the said
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of the Body of
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Alice Jackson
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above the Bars which is become chargeable thereto, and is so likely to continue, Do, upon the
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taken upon Oath before us, find and adjuge the said
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beget on the Body of her the said Alice Jackson the said Male Bastard Child. AND
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the did King George
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having appeared
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answer the said Complaint, and
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hewn no Cause why he should not be adjudged the putative
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and other C
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to be the putative P
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of the said Male Bastard Child, and do order and appoint
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him forthwith, upon Notice of this our Order, to pay or cause to be paid to the said Overseers of
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the Poor, the Sum of Two
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Pounds and Eight Shillings of lawful Money
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of Great Britain, by them already ended in the Relief and Maintenance of the said Male Bastard
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Child, and other Expences attending he same-AND ALSO that he the said King George
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shall Weekly, and every Week from henceforth, pay or cause to be paid to the said Overseers of the
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Poor of the said Part of the said Par
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the Sum of Two Shillings & Six Pence for and towards the Relief and Maintenance of the said
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Holborn the said
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the Martys. GIVEN under
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our Hands and Seals this 25th Day of October 1784
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