MIDDLESEX

WHEREAS it appears to us, whose Hands and Seals are hereunto set,
two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex ,
(one of whom is of the Quorum) and both dwelling within, or next the Limits,
of the Parish Church of the Parish of Saint John, at Hackney , in the said County,
as well upon the Complaint of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of
the said Parish, as also by the Examination of Mary Rose< no role >
single Woman, taken in Writing, upon Oath, before us, and other Proofs, and
Circumstances, that he the said Mary Rose< no role >
was, on or about the ninth Day of February last
delivered of a female Bastard Child at and in the Worhouse in
the said Parish, which is still living, and chargeable to the said
Parish, and that one Edward Tyler a Tilemaker who work at the Tile Keln
a Cambridge Heath in the said Parish
is the Father of the said
female Bastard Child. And whereas it appeareth unto us upon Oath, that
the said Edward Tyler< no role > hath been duly summoned to appear
Father of the said female Bastard Child: And the said Edward Tyler< no role >
hath not appeared before us, pursuant to such Summons

We do therefore, on the Oath of the said Mary Rose< no role > and
other Proofs and Circumstancs, adjudge the same to be true, and that the said
Edward Tyler< no role > is the reputed Father of the said female Bastard
Child, And we do order that the said Edward Tyler do on Sight of
this our Order, pay, or cause to be paid, unto the present Chuchwardens and
Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint John, at Hackney , or to either
of them, the Sum of Forty Shillings
of lawful Money of Great Britain, so much being by them already expended
and laid out for, and towards the Charges arising by the said female Bastard
Child, being born in the said Parish, and for other necessary Expences occasioned
thereby; and that the said Edward Tyler do also weekly, and every Week,
from and after the Date hereof, so long as the said female Bastard Child shall
be chargeable to the said Parish, pay, or cause to be paid, to the Churchwardens
and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish for the Time being, or to either of them,
the Sum of Two Shillings and six pences of like Money, for, and to-
wards the maintaining, keeping, and Education of the said female Bastard Child.
And we do hereby further order, that the said Mary Rose< no role > shall
nurse, keep, and take Care of the said female Bastard child, Given under
our Hands and Seals, this Thirtieth Day of May
in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety four

J: Houd

P: Colquhoun