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WE whose Hands and Seals are hereunto set, two of His Majes-
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(One
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whereof being of the Quorum) and inhabiting in or next unto the
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Limits of the Parish Church of the Parish ofSaint Luke
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in the said County, having met together, and
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heard the Complaint of the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the
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Poor of the said Parish ofSaint Lukeconcerning
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aFemaleBastard Child born in the said Parish, on the Body of
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Mary Walkwoodon the24th.day ofAugust in the Year
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One Thousand Seven hundred & thirtywhich is Baptizedby the Name of Dennishath ever
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taken upon Oath before Us, that
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did beget on the Body of her the said
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Mary Walkwoodthe saidFemaleBastard Child.
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And we do adjudge him the said
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the Putative Father thereof; And do order and appoint him the
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forthwith, upon Notice of this Our
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Order (a true Copy being first delivered to him) to pay or cause to
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be paid to the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor, or to
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some or one of them, the sum ofForty Five Shillings
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of good and lawful Money of Great Britain, towards defraying the
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Charge of the said Parish of
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for Relief of the saidFemaleBastard Child, for the
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first four Weeks after the Birth thereof, and for the Charge of her
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Lying in. As also that the said
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shall
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Weekly, and every Week afterwards, pay unto the said Church-Wardens
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and Overseers of the Poor, and to the Church-Wardens and Over-
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seers of the Poor of the said Parish for the Time being, or to some
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or one of them, the sum oftwo shillings and Six penceof like lawful
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Money, for and towards the Relief and Maintenance of the saidFemale
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hath orBastard Child, for so long time as the saidFemaleBastard
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Child Shall remain chargeable to be said Parish. And of and from
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the Charge thereof, at all times hereafter, shall save Harmless, and
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indemnifie the said Parish ofSaint Lukeand
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forthwith give sufficient Security to the Church-Wardens and Over-
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seers of the Poor of the said Parish ofSaint Luke
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for the true Performance of this Our Order: Or to appear
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at the next General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, to be held for the
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then and there to abide such Order as the
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Ninth
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1734
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