Middlesex ss

William Scroop< no role > maketh oath that he
was heretofore duly bound Apprentice by Indenture by the Governors
& Guardians of the Hospital for the Maintenance & Education
of exposed & deserted Young Children to Paul Bawrie< no role > of
Half Nichol Street in the Parish of St Matthew
Bethnal Green in the Sd County Weaver and Served
the whole of his Said Apprenticeship there That he
never rented a house of the Yearly rent or Value of
Ten Pounds nor ever served any Parish office nor
ever Paid Any Poors Rates or Kings Taxes nor ever
did any Act to gain a settlement Since his Said
Apprenticeship That he hath a wife named Elizabeth< no role >
and a Child named William< no role > aged about Seventeen
Months the lawful issue of this Deponent by his Sd
Wife to whom he was lawfully married

Sworn this. 29. day
of Novemr 1786 before}

The Mark of
William [mark] Scroop< no role >