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To wit.}
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The Order of
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of the Peace, Acting in and for the said City and Li-
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residing next unto the Limits of the Parish Church
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, in the County of Mid-
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dlesex, made the Seventh Day of April
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in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hun-
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dred and Ninety Eight concerning a Female
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Bastard Child, lately born in the Work house of and
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in the Parish aforesaid, of the Body of Lydia
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Downes single Woman.
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WHEREAS it hath appeared unto use the said Justices, as well upon the Complaint
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of the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint
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Lydia Downes
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on the Twenty Third Day of
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February now last past, was delivered of a Female Bastard Child
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in the said
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, within the said Liberty
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of
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; and that the said Female Bastard Child is now chargeable to the
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said Parish of
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of
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Cow lane
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in the Parish of
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Saint Sepulchre
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in the said County
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did beget the said Bastard Child on the Body of her the said
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Lydia Downes
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and Whereas it hath been duly proved to us upon Oath, that the said John
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Ivers hath been duly sommoned to appear before us the said Justices,
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to the end we might examine into the Cause and Circumstances of the Premises: And
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Whereas the said
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John Ivers
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hath appeared before us but hath
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not shown any sufficient Cause why he should not be adjudged the
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reputed Father of the said Female Bastard Child
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We therefore upon Examination of the Cause and Circumstances of the Premises, as well
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upon the Oath of the said
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Lydia Downes
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as otherwise, do hereby
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adjudge him the said John Ivers to be the reputed Father of the said
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John Hatchett
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And thereupon we do Order, as well for the better Relief of the said Parish of St.
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, as for the Sustentation and Relief of the said Bastard Child, that the
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said John Ivers shall and do forthwith, upon Notice of this our Order,
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pay or cause to be paid to the said Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
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, or to some or one of them the sum of Three Bunes
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Eighteen Shillings for and towards the Lying-in of the said
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Lydia Downes
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and the Maintenance 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 Ivers
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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 Two shilling and Six Pence
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Weekly and every Week from the present. Time, for and towards the Keeping, Susten-
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tation, and Maintenance of the said Bastard Child, for and during so long Time as the
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said Bastard Child shall be chargeable to the said
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And we do further Order, that the said
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Lydia Downes
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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 One shilling
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Weekly and every Week, so long as the said Bastard Child shall be chargeable to the
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