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<p n="252"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50894_geo217">Middlesex</rs>
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To wit.}</note>
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<p n="253">To Order of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50894_n253-1">George Story</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50894_n253-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50894_n253-2">John Staples</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50894_n253-2" type="surname" value="Staples"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50894_n253-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50894_occ55">Esquires</rs>
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<lb></lb>
two of His Majesty's of the Peace in and for the<lb></lb>
said County, one whereof is of the Quorum, <del>and both</del>
<lb></lb>
residing near unto the Limits of the Parish Church,<lb></lb>
within the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50894_geo218">Parish of Saint George</rs>
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<lb></lb>
in the said County, made the 2nd Day of October<lb></lb>
in the Year of our Lord 1793 concerning a male<lb></lb>
Bastard Child lately born in the Parish aforesaid, of the<lb></lb>
Body of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50894_n253-3">Hannah Guest</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50894_n253-3" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
<del>Single Woman</del>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50894_occ56">Widow</rs>
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</p>
<p n="254"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50894_n254-1">Geo Story</rs>
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<lb></lb>
WHEREAS it hath been duly made appear unto us, the said Justices,<lb></lb>
as well upon the Complaint of the Churchwardens and Overseers of<lb></lb>
the Poor of the said Parish of Saint George as upon the<lb></lb>
Oath of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50894_n254-2">Hannah Guest</rs>
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that she was delivered<lb></lb>
of a male Bastard Child, at Mr. Lambs in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50894_geo219">Bounning Street</rs>
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in the said Parish,<lb></lb>
on the Twenty Sixth Day of December 1791 and that the said Bastard Child<lb></lb>
is now chargeable to the same, and likely so to continue; and further<lb></lb>
that <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50894_n254-3">Borrodaile Dickinson</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50894_n254-3" type="surname" value="Dickinson"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50894_n254-3" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50894_geo220">George Street</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50894_geo221">Parish<lb></lb>
of Christ Church</rs>
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in the<del>said</del>
County, of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50894_geo222">Surry</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50894_occ57">Victualler</rs>
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did beget the said Bastard<lb></lb>
Child on the Body of her, the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50894_n254-4">Hannah Guest</rs>
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</p>
<p n="255"> And whereas the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50894_n255-1">Borradaile Dickinson</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50894_n255-1" type="given" value="Borradaile"></interp>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50894_n255-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
hath not shewn<lb></lb>
any sufficient Cause why he shall not be the reputed Father of the said<lb></lb>
Bastard Child,<lb></lb>
<lb></lb>
We therefore, upon Examination of the Cause and Circumstance<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
Premisses, as well upon the Oath of the said Hannah Gulat<lb></lb>
as otherwise, do hereby adjudge him, the said Borradaile Dickinson<lb></lb>
to be the reputed Father of the said Bastard Child.</p>
<p n="256"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50894_n256-1">John Staples</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50894_n256-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
</note>
<lb></lb>
And thereupon we do Order, as well for the better Relief of the said<lb></lb>
Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50894_geo223">Saint George</rs>
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as for the Sustentation and Relief of<lb></lb>
the said Bastard Child, that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50894_n256-2">Borradale Dickinson</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50894_n256-2" type="given" value="Borradale"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50894_n256-2" type="surname" value="Dickinson"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50894_n256-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
shall and do forthwith, upon Notice of this our Order, pay, or cause to<lb></lb>
be paid, to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish,<lb></lb>
or to some one of them,<del>the sum offor and towards the<lb></lb>
Lying in of the saidand the Mainte<lb></lb>
nance of the said Bastard Child, to the Time of making this our Order</del>
</p>
<p n="257"> <del>And we do also hereby further order, that the said<lb></lb>
shall likewise pay, or cause to be paid, to the<lb></lb>
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of</del>
<lb></lb>
for the Time being,<del>or to some or one of them.</del>
the Sum<lb></lb>
of Two Shillings and six pence Weekly, and every Week from this present Time, for<lb></lb>
and towards the Keeping, Sustentation and Maintenance of the said Bastard<lb></lb>
Child, for and during so long Time as the said Bastard Child shall be<lb></lb>
chargeable to the said Parish. And we do further order, that the said <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50894_n257-1">Borradaile Dickinson</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50894_n257-1" type="surname" value="Dickinson"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50894_n257-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
shall also pay, or cause to be paid<lb></lb>
to the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of <lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50894_geo224">Saint George</rs>
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for the Time being, or to some or one of<lb></lb>
them, the Sum of 2s/6dWeekley, and every Week, so long as the<lb></lb>
said Bastard Child shall be chargeable to the same, in case she shall not<lb></lb>
nurse and take Care of the said Child herself.</p>
<p n="258">Given under our Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first above<lb></lb>
written.</p>
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