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 Taylor< no role >
Single Woman , taken in Writing, upon Oath, before us, and other Proofs, and
Circumstances, that she the said Mary Taylor< no role >
was, on or about the Twenty sixth Day of June last past
delivered of a female Bastard Child at the Workhouse of and
in the said Parish, which is still living, and chargeable to the said
Parish, and that one Richard Hyde< no role > who lives as footman with
Mr. Goldsmid of Row Hampton in the County of Surry
is the Father of the said
female Bastard Child. And whereas it appeareth unto us upon Oath, that
the said Richard Hyde< no role > hath been duly summoned to appear
before us this Day, to shew Cause why he should not be ad judged the reputed
Father of the said Female Bastard Child: And the said Richard Hyde< no role >
hathappeared before us, persuant to such Summons but hath
not been able to shew any such
Cause as aforesaid

We do therefore, on the Oath of the said Mary Taylor< no role > and
other Proofs and Circumstances, adjudge the same to be true, and that the said
Richard Hyde< no role > is the reputed Father of the said female Bastard
Child. And we do order, that the said Richard Hyde< no role > do, on Sight of
this our Order, pay, or cause to be paid, unto the present Churchwardens and
Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint John, at Hackney ,or to either
of them, the Sum of Five pounds
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 Richard Hyde< no role > 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 pence 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 Taylor< no role > shall
nurse, keep, and take Care of the said female Bastard Child. Given under
our Hands and Seals, this Eighth Day of August
in the Year of Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety nine

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John Nares< no role >