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[No. 31.]
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The Order of
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two of his Majesty's
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of the Quorum, and both residing next unto the Limits
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made the First Day of November in the
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Ninety Nine
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Matthew Bethnal Green aforesaid, of the Body of
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WHEREAS it hath appeared unto us the said Justices, as well upon the Complaint
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of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint Matthew
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that the said
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on the sixth day of Sep
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in the Year of our Lord one thousand
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seven
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hundred and ninety seven
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last past,
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is delivered
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Bastard Child, at a House in
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in the said
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County and that the said Male Bastard Child is
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likely to be
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chargeable
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to the said Parish and further, that
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, of
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in the
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Parish of Saint
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of
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Leonard Shoredith
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did beget the said
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Bastard Child on the Body of her the said
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Ann Santon
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and Whereas
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the said
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hath been duly Summoned Personally to be and appear before us to shew Cause
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why he should not be adjourned the reputed Father of the said Male Bastard Child but the said
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John
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hath not Shewn any sufficient Cause, why he shall not be the reputed Father of the said Male Bastard
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We therefore, upon Examination of the Cause and Circumstance of the Premises, as
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well upon the Oath of the said
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as otherwise, do hereof
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adjudge him the said
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to be the reputed Father of the
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said Bastard Child.
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And thereupon we do Order, as well for the better Relief of the said
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Parish of Saint Matthew
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as for the Sustentation and Relief of the said Bastard Child, that
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the said,
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Shall and do forthwith, upon Notice of this our Order,
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pay or cause it to be paid to the said Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
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said Parish of Saint Matthew Bethnal Green or to some or one of them, the Sum of Thirty Shillings
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for and towards the Lying-in of the said
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Ann Santon
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and the Main
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tenance of the said Bastard Child, to the Time of making this our Order.
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And we do also hereby further order, that the said
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John Shaw
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shall likewise
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pay, or cause to be paid, to the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
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Parish for the Time being, or to some or one of them, the Sum of
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Shillings and Six Pence Weekly and every Week from the Present Time, for and towards the
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Keeping, Sustentation, and Maintenance of the said Bastard Child, for and during so long
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Time as the said Bastard Child shall be chargeable to the said Parish
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And we do further order, that the said
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Ann Stanton
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shall also pay
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or cause to be paid to the said Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
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Parish for the Time being, or to some or one of them, the Sum of
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Six Pence Weekly and every Week, so long as the said Bastard Child
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shall be chargeable to the said Parish in case she ahall not nurse
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and take care of the said Child herself.
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Given under our Hands and Seals the Day and Year first above written.
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Sold by COLES, K. NIGHT, and DUNN, No. 21, Stationers,
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Fleet Street
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