Middx.

Mary Briggs< no role > Wido . upon her Oath saith that her late
Husband Henry Briggs< no role > hath been Dead upwards of four
Years and further upon her Voluntary Oath saith that she is
Pregnant with Child or Children which is likely to be born a
Bastard or Bastards & to become Chargeable to the Parish of St.
Clement Danes she being Poor and not able to maintain [..]
the same when born and that one Wm. Mussell Dealer in Coales
did begett the said Child or Children on her Body she this
Examinant at such Time being the said Wm Mussells< no role > Servant
the sd. Willm. Mussell< no role > had Carnall knowledge of her Body
sevell. Times in the Month of March last and at several other
Times since at one of which Time he gott her with the sd. Child
or Childn. with which she is now Pregnant and that he the sd. Wm.
Mussell< no role > and no other Person is the true & real Father thereof

Sworne the 5th.
Octr. 1742 before} W. Hayton

Mary Briggs< no role >