Whereas due Proof hath been made before UsDaniell
Combes< no role > and William Gore< no role > Esqs. Two ofhis
Majesties Justices of the Peace for the saidCounty Citty Liberty
( Quorum unus) inhabiting in or near the Parish ofSt. Martin
in the fields upon the Oath ofMartha Seal< no role >
Single Woman Mother ofa femaleBastard-Child
born the20Day ofthis Instant aprill in the said ParishChristined
Eliz< no role > That oneThomas Cooper< no role > did beget
on the Body of the SaidMartha Sealthe Said
femaleBastard-Child, which said Child isbecome
Chargeable to the Said Parish, of which the Church-Wardens
and Overseers of the Poor thereof have Complained,

Wm Gore< no role >
Dan Combe< no role >

We the said Justices, upon the Examination of the said
Martha Seal< no role > the Mother upon her Oath touching the
Father of the said Bastard Child, and the Cause and Circumstances
thereof, do hereby adjudge and declare the saidThomas Cooper< no role >
to be the reputed Father of the saidfemale
Bastard-Child, born of the Body of the saidMartha Seal< no role >
in the Parish aforesaid, and thereupon we do Order, as
well for the Relief, and to save Harmless, and keep indemnsied
the said Parish, as for the Maintaining and keeping the saidfemale
Bastard-Child, that the saidThomas Cooper< no role > shall forth-
with upon sight of this our Order (a true Copy hereof being
first deliver'd unto him) pay, or cause to be paid unto the Church
Wardens, or Overseers of the Poor of the Said Parish, or to
some or one of them, for and towards the Month's Lying-in
and Laying of the saidMartha seal< no role >
the Sum ofEleven Shillings & Six pence
by the Week for the first Four Weeks from the Birth of the
said Child, and after the Expiration of the said first Four Weeks,
the saidThomas Cooper< no role >
shall likewise pay, or cause to be paid Weekly, and every
Week the Sum ofTwo Shillings & Six penceof lawful Money
of Great Britain, for and towards the Relief and Maintenance
of the saidfemaleBastard-Child, for so long Time as
the said Child shall be Chargeable to the said pairsh

And lastly, We do Order that the saidThomas Cooper< no role >
shall forthwith give Security to the
Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish,
for the true Performance of this our Order, otherwise to find
Sureties for his personal Appearance at the next GeneralQuarter
Sessions of the Peace to be holden for the saidCounty Citty
or Libertythere to abide such further Order as the Justices then
and there Present shall think fit to make in that behalf. Given
under our Hands and Seals this25thDay ofAprill
Anno Dom.1722.