Middx
&
Westmr}
Prudence Meredith< no role >
aged about 24 years Lodging
in Mr. Poole's Tenements in the Strand
in the Parish of St.
Clement Danes
and County of Middx upon Oath saith she
never was Married
or bound an Apprentice, That she lived a
hired yearly Servant
with Mr. Hawkes a Brazier
the
Corner of Surry Street
in the Strand
in the said Parish of
St. Clement Danes
for one year & upwards at the yearly
Wages of £4 quitted the same about Four years and hath
not since rented any House or been a hired Servant for one
year And further upon her Voluntary Oath says
she is now pregnant
with Child or Children which is likely to
be Born a Bastard or Bastards and to become Chargeable
be the said Parish of St. Clement Danes
she being Poor and
unable to maintain the same when Born and that one
Robert Rosser< no role >
(who lives Clerk
with Mr. Fleming an
attorney
at No. 9 in Castle yard Holborn
) did beget such
Child
or Children he having had Carnal Knowledge of
her Body in the Month of September 1761 and at several
other times since at one of which times he did beget
her with Child of the Child or Children with which she is now Pregnant
Sworn the 27th day of
April 1762
Before} Fran: Bedwell< no role >
The Mark of
[mark]
Prud: Meredith< no role >