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<p n="184"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35822_geo130">Middlesex</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35822_geo131">Westminster</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35822_n184-1">Catherine Corbett</rs>
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Aged about Twenty Seven Years<lb></lb>
her Oath Says she is the Widow of <rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35822_n184-2">Caleb Corbett</rs>
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decease<lb></lb>
who had been Dead about Nine Months & with whom she Intermarried at the Parish Church of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35822_geo132">Saint Mary Magdalen Bermondsey</rs>
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in the County of Surry<lb></lb>
about four Years ago Says her said late Husband served<lb></lb>
five years Clerkship with Mr. Glass Attorney at Law<lb></lb>
in New Inn in the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35822_geo133">Saint Clement Danes</rs>
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in the<lb></lb>
Liberty of Westmr. as her said Husband has often Informed<lb></lb>
her and which Information she verily believes to be true<lb></lb>
and never after Rented House or paid taxes And further<lb></lb>
upon her Voluntary Oath says she is pregnant with Child<lb></lb>
or Children which is or are likely to be born a Bastard or<lb></lb>
Bastards and to become chargeable to the said Parish of<lb></lb>
Saint Clement Danes she being poor and unable to pay <obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
same when born Says that one <rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35822_n184-6">Thomas Bratson</rs>
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a Labou<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
who lodges at his Mothers in <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35822_geo134">New Street</rs>
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near Dock he<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
had Carnal Knowledge of her Body sometime in the<lb></lb>
Month of May last but the Particular Day she cannot rec<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
and at sevl. Different times afterwards at one of which<lb></lb>
times he got her with Child of the Child or Children with<lb></lb>
which she is now Pregnant as afsd. and that the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35822_n184-7">Thomas Batson</rs>
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and no other person did beget the same<lb></lb>
and that he is the real and true Father thereof</p>
<p n="185">Sworn this <rs type="date" id="WCCDEP35822_date38">6th. day of Novr.<lb></lb>
1769</rs>
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before me}<obscured></obscured>
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