MIDDLESEX .

WHEREAS it appears [..] us, whose Hands and Seals and hereunto set,
two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex ,
(one of whom is of the Quorum) and both dwelling within, or next the Limits,
of the Parish Church of the Parish of Saint John , at Hackney , in the said County,
as well upon the Complaint of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of
the said Parish, as also by the Examination of Martha Tay< no role >
single Woman , taken in Writing, upon Oath, before us, and other Proofs, and
Circumstances, that she the said Martha Tay
was, on or about the Eighth Day of June last past
delivered of a Female Bastard Child at the House of Robert Tay< no role > situate
in London Lane in the said Parish, which is still living, and chargeable to the said
Parish, and that one James Mugridge< no role > who lives as Keeper with
Mr. Faulkner of Hollywood House Little Chelsea in the said
County is the Father of the said
Female Bastard Child. And whereas it appeareth unto us upon Oath, that
the said James Mugridge< no role > hath been duly summoned to appear
before us this Day, to shew Cause why he should not be adjudged the reputed
Father of the said Female Bastard Child: And the said James Mugridge
hath not appeared before us, persuant to such Summons or did not
shew any such Cause as aforesaid

We do therefore, on the Oath of the said Martha Tay and
other Proofs and Circumstances, adjudge the same to be true, and that the said
James Mugridge< no role > is the reputed Father of the said Female Bastard
Child. And we do order, that the said James Mugridge< no role > do, on Sight of
this our Order, pay, or cause to be paid, unto the present Churchwardens and
Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint John, at Hackney , or to either
of them, the Sum of Seven Pounds five shillings
of lawful Money of Great Britain, so much being by them already expended
and laid out for, and towards the Charges arising by the said Female Bastard
Child, being born in the said Parish, and for other necessary Expences occasioned
thereby; and that the said James Mugridge< no role > do also weekly, and every Week,
from and after the Date hereof, so long as the said female Bastard Child shall
be chargeable to the said Parish, pay, or cause to be paid, to the Churchwardens
and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish for the Time being, or to either of them,
the Sum of Two shillings and six pence of like Money, for, and to-
wards the maintaining, keeping, and Education of the said Female Bastard Child.
And we do hereby further order, that the said Martha Tay shall
nurse, keep, and take Care of the said Female Bastard Child. Given under
our Hands and Seals, this Eighteenth Day of July
in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety nine

W. Wood

John Naces< no role > .