Middlesex
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WE, whose Hands and Seals and hereunto set, Two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace
in
and for the County of Middlesex
(one whereof being of the Quorum) inhabiting in or next
unto the Limits of the Parish Church of St. Andrew Holborn
, having met together, and heard the
Complaint of the Overseers of the Poor of that Part of the Parish of St. Andrew Holborn which lies
above the Bars
, in the County of Middlesex
, and the Parish of St. George the Martyr
in the said
County, concerning a Male Bastard Child, baptized
George < no role >
born
of the Body of
Mary Child< no role >
formerly
Mary Camper< no role >
Singlewoman
within the said Part of the said Parish
of Saint Andrew Holborn
which is become chargeable thereto, and is so likely to Continue, DO, upon the
Examination of the said
Mary Child< no role >
formerly Mary Camper taken upon Oath before us, find and adjudge the said
Complaint to be true-And we do also find, upon the Oath of the said
Mary Child< no role >
Formerly Mary Camper
that
George Bower< no role >
of Dunton in the County of Essex
Yeoman
did
beget on the Body of her said
Mary Child< no role >
Formerly Mary Camper the said Male Bastard Child AND
John Brettells< no role >
N Conant
WHEREAS we have summoned the said
George Bower< no role >
to appear before us this Day to
answer the said Complaint, and shew Cause why he should not be adjudged the putative Father of the
said Male Bastard Child; and the said
George Bower< no role >
not having appeared to
answer the said Complaint, and having shewn no Cause why he should not be adjudged the putative
Father of the said Male Bastard Child WE the said Justices, upon Examination upon Oath of
the said
Mary Child< no role >
formerly
Mary Camper< no role >
and on Proof being made Oath of the due Service of
the said Summons,and other Circumstances appearing unto us, DO adjudge him the said
George
Bower< no role >
to be the putative Father of the said Male Bastard Child, and do order and appoint
him forthwith, upon Notice of this our Order, to Pay or cause to be paid to the said Overseers of
the Poor, the Sum of Four Pound Nine Shillings and Six Pence of lawfull Money
of Great Britain, by them already expended in the Relief and Maintenance of the said Male Bastard
Child, and other Expences attending the same-AND ALSO that he the said
George Bower< no role >
shall Weekly, and every Week from henceforth, pay or cause to be paid to the said Overseers of the
Poor of the said part of the said Parish of Saint Andrew Holborn and the said Parish of St. George the
Martyr
the Sum of three Shillings and Six pence for and towards the Relief and Maintenance of the said
Bastard Child for so long Time as the same shall remain chargeable to the said Part of the
said Parish of St. Andrew
Holborn and the said Parish of St. George the Martyr
. GIVEN under
our Hands and Seals this 7th Day of May 1789