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in their General Quarter Session
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of the Peace assembled.
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The Humble Petition and Appeal of
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Robert Pearce
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in the Parish of
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Saint Mary le Bow
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in
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the said County Stone mason.
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Sheweth
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That by Virtue of an Order of Filiation or
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Maintenance under the Hands and Seals of
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John Scott
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Nathaniel Conant
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Esquires
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two of His Majesty's Justices of the
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Peace for the
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(one whereof is of the Quorum)
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bearing date the 16th. day of June instant, Your Petitioner is
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Ordered to Pay to the Church Wardens and Overseers of the
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Parish of Saint Pancras or to some or one of them the sum
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of £2.18..- for and towards the lying in of one
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Sarah
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Bidder
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Singlewoman
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of a Male Bastard Child with which
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she was delivered on the
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12th day of April last
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at the
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in the said Parish and for the Maintenance of
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the said Bastard Child to the time of making the said Order
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That your Petitioner by the said Order of Filiation
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or Maintenance is also ordered to pay to the said Church=
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Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of
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Saint
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Pancras
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for the Time being or to some or one of them the
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sum of Two shillings weekly and every Week from that time
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for and towards the keeping sustentation and Maintenance
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of the said Bastard Child for and during so long time
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as the said Bastard Child shall be Chargeable to the said
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That Your Petitioner conceives himself
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aggreived by the said Order of the said
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