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<p n="155"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> City and Liberty<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65509_geo133">Westminster</rs>
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,<lb></lb>
To wit.}</note>
<lb></lb>
The Order of Sir <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65509_n155-1">Benjamin Tebbs</rs>
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, <rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65509_occ59">Knt</rs>
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. and <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65509_n155-2">John<lb></lb>
Collick</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65509_occ60">Esquires</rs>
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, two of his Majesty's Justices<lb></lb>
of the Peace<obscured></obscured>
and for the said City and<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
residing next unto the Limits of the Parish Church<lb></lb>
within the <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65509_geo134">Parish of St. Martin in the Fields</rs>
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, within<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65509_geo135">the Liberty of Westminster</rs>
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, in the County of Mid-<lb></lb>
dlesex, made the Eighteenth Day of October<lb></lb>
in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hun-<lb></lb>
dred and Ninety Four concerning a Female<lb></lb>
Bastard Child, lately born in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65509_geo136">Workhouse</rs>
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of and<lb></lb>
in the Parish aforesaid, of the Body of <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65509_n155-4">Sarah<lb></lb>
Bearby</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMWJPS65509_occ61">Single Woman</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="156"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65509_n156-1">Benj. Tebbs</rs>
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</note>
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WHEREAS it hath appeared unto us the said Justices, as well upon the Complaint<lb></lb>
of the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65509_geo137">Martin in the Fields</rs>
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, as upon the Oath of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65509_n156-2">Sarah Bearby</rs>
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<lb></lb>
that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65509_n156-3">Sarah Bearby</rs>
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on the Second Day of <lb></lb>
August now last past, was delivered of a Female Bastard Child in the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65509_geo138">Workhouse</rs>
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of and in the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65509_geo139">Parish of St. Martin in the Fields</rs>
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, within the said Liberty<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65509_geo140">Westminster</rs>
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, and that the said Females Bastard Child is now chargeable to the<lb></lb>
said Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65509_geo141">St, Martin in the Fields</rs>
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; and further, that <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65509_n156-4">John Brookes</rs>
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<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65509_geo142">Queen Street</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65509_geo143">Seven Dials</rs>
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in the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65509_geo144">County of Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
did beget the said Bastard Child on the Body of her the said <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65509_n156-5">Sarah Bearby</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and Whereas it hath been duly proved to us upon Oath, that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65509_n156-6">John Brookes</rs>
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<lb></lb>
hath been duly summoned to appear before us the said Justices,<lb></lb>
to the end we might examine into the Cause and Circumstances of the Premises: And<lb></lb>
whereas the said <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65509_n156-7">John Brookes</rs>
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hath appeared before us, in pursuance of<lb></lb>
our Summons for that purpose but hath not shewed any sufficient Cause why he should not<lb></lb>
be Adjudged the the respected Father of the said Female Bastard Child</p>
<p n="157"> We therefore, upon Examination of the Cause and Circumstances of the Premises, as well<lb></lb>
upon the Oath of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65509_n157-1">Sarah Bearby</rs>
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as otherwise, do hereby<lb></lb>
adjudge him the said <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65509_n157-2">John Brookes</rs>
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to be the reputed Father of the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65509_n157-3">Bastard Child</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="158"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65509_n158-1">John Collick</rs>
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</note>
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And thereupon we do Order, as well for the better Relief of the said Parish of St.<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65509_geo145">Martin in the Fields</rs>
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, as for the Sustentation and Relief of the said Bastard Child, that the<lb></lb>
said <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65509_n158-2">John Brookes</rs>
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shall and do forthwith, upon Notice of this our Order,<lb></lb>
pay or cause to be paid to the said Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65509_geo146">Parish of St. Martin in the Fields</rs>
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, or to some or one of them, the Sum of Two Pounds<lb></lb>
Fourteen Shillings for and towards the Lying-in of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65509_n158-3">Sarah Bearby</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
of the said Bastard Child to the Time of making this our Order.</p>
<p n="159"> And we do also hereby further Order, that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65509_n159-1">John Brookes</rs>
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shall likewise<lb></lb>
pay, or cause to be paid, to the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said<lb></lb>
Parish for the Time being, or to some or one of them, the Sum of Two Shillings<lb></lb>
Weekly and every Week from the present Time, for and towards the Keeping, Susten-<lb></lb>
tation, and Maintenance of the said Bastard Child, for and during so long Time as the<lb></lb>
said Bastard Child shall be chargeable to the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMWJPS65509_geo147">Parish of St. Martin in the Fields</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="160"> And we do further Order, that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMWJPS65509_n160-1">Sarah Bearby</rs>
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shall also pay,<lb></lb>
or cause to be paid, to the said Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said<lb></lb>
Parish for the Time beings, or to some or one of them, the Sum of One Shilling<lb></lb>
Weekly and every Week, so long as the said Bastard Child shall be chargeable to the<lb></lb>
said Parish, in cafe she shall not nurse and take care of the said Child hereself.</p>
<p n="161"> Given under our Hands and Seals the Day and Year first above written.</p>
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