MIDDLESEX .

WHERE AS it appears to us, whose Hands and Seals are 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 Rebecca Horford< no role >
Single Woman , taken in Writing, upon Oath, before us, and other Proofs, and
Circumstances, that she the said Rebecca Horford< no role >
was, on or about the Eleventh Day of August last past
delivered of a Male Bastard Child at the Workhouse of and in
the said Parish, which is Still living, and chargeable to the said
Parish, and that one John Manners< no role > of Lambeth in the County
of Surry Waiter is the Father of the Said
Male Bastard Child. And whereas it appeareth unto us upon Oath, that
the said John Manners< no role > had been duly Summoned to appear
before us this Day, to Shew Cause why he should not be adjudged the reputed
Father of the said Male Bastard Child: And the said John Manners< no role >
hathappeared before us, pursuant to such Summons but hath not
been able to shew any such Cause as aforesaid

We do therefore, on the Oath of the said Rebecca Horford< no role > and
other Proofs and Circumstances, adjudge the same to be true, and that the said
John Manners< no role > is the reputed Father of the said Male Bastard
Child. And we do order, that the said John Manners< no role > do, on Sight of
this our Order, pay, or cause to be paid, unto the present Church wardens and
Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint John, at Hackney , or to either
of them, the Sum of Five Pounds Fifty 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 Male Bastard
Child, being born in the said Parish, and for other necessary Expences occasioned
thereby; and that the said John Manners< no role > do also weekly, and every Week,
from and after the Date hereof, so long as the said Male 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 of like Money, for, and to
wards the maintaining, keeping, and Education of the said Male Bastard Child.
And we do hereby further order, that the said Rebecca Horford< no role > Shall
nurse, keep, and take Care of the said Male Bastard Child. Given under
our Hands and Seals, this Sixteenth Day of September
in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Nine

John Shore< no role > [..]
Jas Stratten< no role >