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<p n="159"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> City and Liberty<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65511_geo98">Westminster</rs>
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,<lb></lb>
To wit.}</note>
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The Order of <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65511_n159-1">John Collick</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65511_n159-2">John Hatchett</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65511_occ40">Esquires</rs>
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, tow of <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65511_n159-3">his Majesty</rs>
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's Justices<lb></lb>
of the Peace, Acting in and for the said City and Li-<lb></lb>
berty, one whereof being of the Quorum, and both<lb></lb>
residing next unto the Limits of the Parish Church<lb></lb>
within the <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65511_geo99">Parish of st. Martin in the Fields</rs>
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, within<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65511_geo100">the Liberty of Westminster</rs>
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, in the County of Mid-<lb></lb>
dlesex, made the Seventh Day of April<lb></lb>
in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hun-<lb></lb>
dred and Ninety Eight concerning a Female<lb></lb>
Bastard Child, lately born in the Work house of and<lb></lb>
in the Parish aforesaid, of the Body of Lydia<lb></lb>
Downes single Woman.</p>
<p n="160"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65511_n160-1">John Collick</rs>
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WHEREAS it hath appeared unto use the said Justices, as well upon the Complaint<lb></lb>
of the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65511_geo101">Martin in the Fields</rs>
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, as upon the Oath of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65511_n160-2">Lydia Downes</rs>
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<lb></lb>
that she the said <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65511_n160-3">Lydia Downes</rs>
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on the Twenty Third Day of <lb></lb>
February now last past, was delivered of a Female Bastard Child<lb></lb>
in the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65511_geo102">Parish of St. Martin in the Fields</rs>
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, within the said Liberty<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65511_geo103">Westminster</rs>
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; and that the said Female Bastard Child is now chargeable to the<lb></lb>
said Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65511_geo104">St. Martin in the Field</rs>
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and further, that <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65511_n160-4">John Ivers</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65511_geo105">Cow lane</rs>
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<lb></lb>
in the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65511_geo106">Saint Sepulchre</rs>
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in the said County<lb></lb>
did beget the said Bastard Child on the Body of her the said <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65511_n160-5">Lydia Downes</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and Whereas it hath been duly proved to us upon Oath, that the said John<lb></lb>
Ivers hath been duly sommoned to appear before us the said Justices,<lb></lb>
to the end we might examine into the Cause and Circumstances of the Premises: And<lb></lb>
Whereas the said <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65511_n160-6">John Ivers</rs>
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hath appeared before us but hath<lb></lb>
not shown any sufficient Cause why he should not be adjudged the<lb></lb>
reputed Father of the said Female Bastard Child<lb></lb>
We therefore upon Examination of the Cause and Circumstances of the Premises, as well<lb></lb>
upon the Oath of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65511_n160-7">Lydia Downes</rs>
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as otherwise, do hereby<lb></lb>
adjudge him the said John Ivers to be the reputed Father of the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65511_n160-8">Bastard Child</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="161"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65511_n161-1">John Hatchett</rs>
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And thereupon we do Order, as well for the better Relief of the said Parish of St.<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65511_geo107">Martin in the Fields</rs>
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, as for the Sustentation and Relief of the said Bastard Child, that the<lb></lb>
said John Ivers shall and do forthwith, upon Notice of this our Order,<lb></lb>
pay or cause to be paid to the said Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65511_geo108">Parish of St. Martin in the Fields</rs>
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, or to some or one of them the sum of Three Bunes<lb></lb>
Eighteen Shillings for and towards the Lying-in of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65511_n161-2">Lydia Downes</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and the Maintenance of the said Bastard Child, to the Time of making this our Order.</p>
<p n="162"> And we do also hereby further Order, that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65511_n162-1">John Ivers</rs>
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shall likewise<lb></lb>
pay, or cause to be paid, to the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said<lb></lb>
Parish for the Time being, or to some or one of them, the Sum of Two shilling and Six Pence<lb></lb>
Weekly and every Week from the present. Time, for and towards the Keeping, Susten-<lb></lb>
tation, and Maintenance of the said Bastard Child, for and during so long Time as the<lb></lb>
said Bastard Child shall be chargeable to the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65511_geo109">Parish of St. Martin in the Fields</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="163"> And we do further Order, that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65511_n163-1">Lydia Downes</rs>
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shall also pay.<lb></lb>
or cause to be paid, to the said Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said<lb></lb>
Parish for the Time being, or to some or one of them, the Sum of One shilling<lb></lb>
Weekly and every Week, so long as the said Bastard Child shall be chargeable to the<lb></lb>
said Parish, in case the shall not nurse and take care of the said Child herself.</p>
<p n="164"> Given under our Hands and Seals the Day and Year first above written.</p>
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