To the Right Worshipfull his Majesty< no role > 's Justices of the Peace at their
General Quarter Sessions at Westminster Assembled

We the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Saint Martin in the
Fields within the Liberty of Westminster in the County of Middlesex Do hereby Certify
That John Rishton< no role > an Apprentice to his Brother George Rishton< no role > a Linnen Draper in Duke's
Court in the said Parish of St. Martin in the Fields hath given sufficient Security to
Indempnify our said Parish on Account of the Laying and Lying in of Emma Dattin< no role >
Singlewoman and the Maintenance of the Bastard Child or Children which she the
said Emma Battin< no role > on the Eighteenth Day of September last past went with and was
pregnant of And do Consent and Desire that he may be discharged from the Recognizance
in which he stands bound to Answer the Complaint of he Churchwardens and Overseers
of the Poor of our said Parish for begetting the abovesaid Emma Battin< no role > with Child
as she made Oath.

St Martin in the Fields
9th. December 1746

Jos: Cartony}
Churchwardens

A Cowper
John Bamfield< no role >
Thos: Pomfret}
Overseers of the Poor