St Clement Danes Parish:
Minutes of Parish Vestries
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21st December 1703 - 20th June 1707

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in Sermon time the said Debora had sevll time [..]
Examint: The sd Examt: further that some time after [..]
She had acquainted the Said Geo: Deane< no role > that ye sd Debora was [..]
wth Child by him & of his conversacon wth her as aforesd and the [..]
if the Pish came to know of it He might Loose his place he Ans [..]
it might be Soe He the Said Geo: Deane< no role > mett this Examt: on
Fryday last on ye Staires goeing to the Church House to receive the sd
Deborahs Allowance he stopt her there by laying in his hand on her [..]
& Trimbled and desired to goe home and he wod bring her [..] money
this Examined being. thick of heareing [..] old [..] Elizabeth
Freeman
< no role > of the sd passage & that she did not Undrstand him ye sd
Geo: Deane< no role > Upon wth the said Eliz: Freeman< no role > offerred to goe to
him know & his meaneing wth She did

Eliz: Freeman< no role > being Sworne Saith That on Fryday last She discoursed
George Deane< no role > abt what he sd to Mary Hayes< no role > concerneing ye sd Deborah
He the said Geo: Deane Answrd that he now desired this Examt: to
take ye sd Deborah from Mary Hayes< no role > and carry her home to her Owne Lodgeing
wth is in Beauford Buildings Strand and to take care of her for a
Fortnight or three weeks and then gave this Examt: Two Shill
wth she Accepted of on Condicon his wife knew of it wth he said She
did But on askeing ye sd Wife found her dissatisfied and thereupon
Left ye sd Debora and the Two Shill wth ye sd Mary Hayes< no role >
the same Night

Phillipa Sampson< no role > being Sworne Saith That on Fryday last at ye
request of ye Sd Geo: Deanes< no role > Wife went to [..] Examine the sd
Deborah cavanagh< no role > who then told her this Examt: thatGeo:the sd Geo
Deane had ye Carnall Knowledge of her body Three Sevll times
on ye days and in ye place aforesd That she knows not where the sd
Deborah is but desires two or Three days time to Pduce her

Geo: Deane< no role > being acqted wth the Informcon agst him Said he knew
not any more of the matter then of ye Report and that he gave
the Said Eliz Freeman< no role > Two Shill to take care of the sd
Deborah Cavanagh< no role > for One night for feare the might not be
found Deane desired time to Pduce line ye sd Deborah but knew not [..]

Upon heareing of the Sevll Evidences It was Unanimously
Agreed that Geo: Deane< no role > the Sexton be Under [..] Suspencon [..]
acting in any of Our Pochiall Affaires for a weeke Con [..]
this day And that Mr Ch: Warden Thompson [..]




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