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[No. 3 I.]
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R. B.
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(to wit)}
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The Order of
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William Brodie
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and
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John
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two of his Majesty's
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Justices of
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in and for the said County one whereof
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one
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is
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of the Quorum, and both residing next unto the Limits
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of the Parish Church within the Parish of
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Saint Lukes
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in the said County
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made the Thirty first Day of July In the
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Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred
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and ninety nine concerning a Female
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Bastard Child, lately born in the Parish of Paint Lukes
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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 Church-Wardens and Overssers of the Poor of the said Parish of
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as upon the Oath of the said
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that she the said Mary Court on the EighthDay of
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May Now last past, was delivered of a Female Bastard Child,
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in Cupid's
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Court in the said Parish of
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in the said
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chargeable
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to the said Parish of Saint Luke and further, that
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Richard Bignall
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of
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in the said County Labourer did beget the said
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Bastard Child on the Body of her the said Mary Court and Whereas
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the said
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having appeared before Us in pursuance of
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our
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Summons for that purpose and not having sheen sufficient Cause
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to
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why he
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the said
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Richard Bignall
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should not be adjudged the putative father of the said Child
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John Nares
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.
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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 Mary Court as otherwise, do hereby
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adjudge him the said
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Richard Bignall
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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 Parish of
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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 to be paid to the said Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
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said Parish of Saint Luke or to some or one of them, the Sum of Two Shillings
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for and towards the
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the Main-
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tenance of the said Bastard Child, to the time of making this our Order.
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Wm. Brodie
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And we do also hereby further order, that the said
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Richard Bignall
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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 of
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for the Time being, or to some or one of them, the Sum of
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Two 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 of Saint Luke
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And we do further order, that the said
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Mary Court
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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 of Saint Luke 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 of
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Saint Luke
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in case the shall 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 CO
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NIGHT, Station ers, No. 2 I, Flee
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