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<p n="739"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Westmr ss</note>
<rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35807_n739-1">Martha Thornton</rs>
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Aged about 30 Years on her Oath<lb></lb>
Says she never was Married, Rented House, or paid Taxes, says she <lb></lb>
lived a hired Yearly <rs type="occupation" id="WCCDEP35807_occ430">Servant</rs>
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with one Mrs. Barnes at <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35807_geo1181"> <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35807_geo1182"> <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35807_geo1183"> <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35807_geo1184"> <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35807_geo1185"> <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35807_geo1186">the sign of the <lb></lb>
Kings Arms</rs>
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the Corner of Sidneys Alley</rs>
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near Princes Street</rs>
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Leicester<lb></lb>
fields</rs>
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in the Parish of St Anns Soho</rs>
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in the Liberty of Westminster</rs>
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<lb></lb>
for fourteen Months or thereabouts at the Yearly Wages of five<lb></lb>
pounds hath Quitted her said Service upwards of four Years ago<lb></lb>
& hath not since she Quitted the same ever rented house paid Taxes<lb></lb>
or done any other act whereby to gain a Subsequent Settlement, And<lb></lb>
further on her Voluntary Oath says that on the <rs type="date" id="WCCDEP35807_date268">10th day of June<lb></lb>
1774</rs>
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she was delivered of a Male Bastard Child in <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35807_geo1187"> <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35807_geo1188">Wych Alley </rs>
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<lb></lb>
Wych Street</rs>
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which has since been baptized by the Name of <rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35807_n739-18">James</rs>
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. And <lb></lb>
further says that one <rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35807_n739-2">James Lacey</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="WCCDEP35807_occ431">Shoemaker</rs>
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who lately lived<lb></lb>
with this Examinant in <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35807_geo1189">Wych Alley</rs>
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aforesaid had Carnal Knowledge<lb></lb>
of her Body on the <rs type="date" id="WCCDEP35807_date269">21st day of August 1773</rs>
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and has ever since Cohabited<lb></lb>
with him, and that the said <rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35807_n739-3">James Lacey</rs>
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and no other Person did<lb></lb>
beget the same & that he is the real and true father thereof.</p>
<p n="740"> <hi rend="brace"> <lb></lb>
Sworn this <rs type="date" id="WCCDEP35807_date270">1st day<lb></lb>
of May 1775</rs>
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before <hi rend="braceResult"> R Butler M Addington</hi>
</hi>
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<p n="741">The Mark of <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35807_n741-1">Martha Thornton</rs>
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