Westmr.

to wit Martha Gates< no role > Aged about Twenty four Years
on her Oath Says she never was married Rented House
or Paid Taxes Says she lived a hired Yearly Servant
with Mr. Disharne a Merchant in Stanhope Street in
the Parish of Saint Clement Danes in the Liberty of
Westminster upwards of Six Years at the Yearly Wages
of Seven Pounds hath quitted her said Service about
Seven Months ago and hath not since she quitted the
same ever Rented House Paid Taxes or lived a hired
Yearly Servant for one Year And further upon her
Voluntary Oath Says she is pregnant with Child or
Children which is or are likely to be born a Bastard
or Bastards and to become Chargeable to the said Parish
of Saint Clement Danes she being poor and unable to
Maintain the same when born Says that one Peter
Gardener< no role > an Hostler who lives with Mr. Hathaway
at the Peacock Inn in Clare Markett had Carnal Knowledge
of her Body sometime in the Month of January last
but the Particular Day she does not now remember
at which time he got her with Child of the Child or Children
of which she is now Pregnant as aforesaid And that the said
Peter Gardiner< no role > and no other person did beget the same and
that he is the real and true Father thereof

Martha Gates< no role >
her [mark] Mark