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<p n="157"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middx</note>
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<rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35806_n157-25">Eliza: North</rs>
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aged about 22 Years upon Oath saith<lb></lb>
she <rs type="occupation" id="WCCDEP35806_occ77">never was married</rs>
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and that she lived a Yearly<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="WCCDEP35806_occ78">Servant</rs>
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with Mr. <rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35806_n157-1">George Brown</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="WCCDEP35806_occ79">Cork Cutter</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35806_geo198"> <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35806_geo199"> <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35806_geo200"> <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35806_geo201">near<lb></lb>
Exeter Exchange</rs>
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in the Strand</rs>
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in the Parish of St. Clemt.<lb></lb>
Danes</rs>
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in the County of Middx</rs>
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for two Years and upwards<lb></lb>
at the Yearly Wages of fifty Shillings for the first Year<lb></lb>
and four pounds for the Second Year and Quitted her sd.<lb></lb>
Service in February last And further upon her Voluntary<lb></lb>
Oath saith she is pregnant with Child or Children which is<lb></lb>
likely to be born a Bastard or Bastards and to become<lb></lb>
Chargeable to the sd. Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="WCCDEP35806_geo202">St. Clement Danes</rs>
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she being<lb></lb>
Poor and unable to maintain the same when born<lb></lb>
and that <rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35806_n157-2">Laurence Holbrook</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="WCCDEP35806_occ80">Apprentice</rs>
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to the said<lb></lb>
Mr Brown did beget the said Child or Children on her<lb></lb>
body the said <rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35806_n157-3">Laurence Holbrook</rs>
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having had<lb></lb>
carnal knowledge of this Examinant in the latter<lb></lb>
End of July or beginning of Augt. last and at sevl. other<lb></lb>
times since at one of which times he got her with<lb></lb>
Child of the sd. bastard Child or Children with which she<lb></lb>
is now pregnant and that the said <rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35806_n157-4">Laurence Holbrook</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and no other person is the true and real father thereof</p>
<p n="158"> <hi rend="brace"> <lb></lb>
Sworn <rs type="date" id="WCCDEP35806_date53">March 12th.<lb></lb>
1750</rs>
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before<hi rend="braceResult"> <rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35806_n158-1">Tho Lane</rs>
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.</hi>
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<p n="159">The Mark of<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="WCCDEP35806_n159-1">Eliz<figure rend="mark"></figure>
North</rs>
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