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. by Order bearing date the 15th.
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Day of Decr. Inst. Who upon her Voluntary Oath saith yt. she is Pregnant
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she being poor & not able to maintaine the same wch Born
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And further upon her Oath saith yt. one
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Thos. Lavender
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did begett
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the sd. Child or Childn. on her Body she at such time living with her
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Father
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Wm. Thorp
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with her
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sd. Father Wm. Thorp there became acquainted with her & had Carnall
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knowledge of her Body in the lodgings of her sd. Father sevll. times at one
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of wch times he got her with the Bastard Child or Childn. with wch she is now
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Pregnt. of And yt. he the sd. Thos. Lavender & no other Person is the
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time & reall Father thereof And this Examint. further saith that
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abt. two Years ago her Father lived in & Rented a House of £12 a Year
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in
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for Nine Months
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that he hath not since yt. time Rented any other House Paid Parish
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lived with any Person as a Yearly hired Servt. for the space of one Year
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or otherwise gained a Settlemt. in any other Place to her Knowledge
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or beliefe And yt. she this Examinant never was an Apprentice or Yearly
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hired Servt. to any Person but Continued to live with her sd. Father
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Sworne the
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18th. Day
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Jas: Gronous
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The Mark
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