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<p n="197">To the Right Worshipful His<lb></lb>
Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50926_occ60">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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in<lb></lb>
and for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50926_geo224">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
in their General Quarter Session<lb></lb>
of the Peace assembled.</p>
<p n="198">The Humble Petition and Appeal of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50926_n198-1">Robert Pearce</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50926_n198-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
of<lb></lb>
the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50926_geo225">New Road</rs>
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in the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50926_geo226">Saint Mary le Bow</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50926_geo226" type="placeName" value="Saint Mary le Bow"></interp>
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in<lb></lb>
the said County Stone mason.</p>
<p n="199"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That by Virtue of an Order of Filiation or<lb></lb>
Maintenance under the Hands and Seals of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50926_n199-1">John Scott</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50926_n199-1" type="surname" value="Scott"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50926_n199-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
and<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50926_n199-2">Nathaniel Conant</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50926_n199-2" type="surname" value="Conant"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50926_n199-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50926_occ61">Esquires</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50926_occ61" type="occupation" value="Esquires"></interp>
two of His Majesty's Justices of the<lb></lb>
Peace for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50926_geo227">County of Middlesex</rs>
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(one whereof is of the Quorum)<lb></lb>
bearing date the 16th. day of June instant, Your Petitioner is<lb></lb>
Ordered to Pay to the Church Wardens and Overseers of the<lb></lb>
Parish of Saint Pancras or to some or one of them the sum<lb></lb>
of £2.18..- for and towards the lying in of one <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50926_n199-3">Sarah<lb></lb>
Bidder</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50926_occ62">Singlewoman</rs>
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of a Male Bastard Child with which<lb></lb>
she was delivered on the <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50926_date6">12th day of April last</rs>
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at the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50926_geo228">Workhouse</rs>
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in the said Parish and for the Maintenance of<lb></lb>
the said Bastard Child to the time of making the said Order</p>
<p n="200">That your Petitioner by the said Order of Filiation<lb></lb>
or Maintenance is also ordered to pay to the said Church=<lb></lb>
Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50926_geo229">Saint<lb></lb>
Pancras</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50926_geo229" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
for the Time being or to some or one of them the<lb></lb>
sum of Two shillings weekly and every Week from that time<lb></lb>
for and towards the keeping sustentation and Maintenance<lb></lb>
of the said Bastard Child for and during so long time<lb></lb>
as the said Bastard Child shall be Chargeable to the said<lb></lb>
Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50926_geo230">Saint Pancras</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50926_geo230" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
.</p>
<p n="201">That Your Petitioner conceives himself<lb></lb>
aggreived by the said Order of the said</p>
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