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<p n="301"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <hi rend="brace">Middx:<lb></lb>
&<lb></lb>
Westmr:<hi rend="braceResult"> ss </hi>
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<p n="302">Whereas due Proof hath been made before Us<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50206_n302-4">Daniell<lb></lb>
Combes</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50206_n302-4" type="surname" value="Combes"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50206_n302-4" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50206_n302-1">William Gore</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50206_n302-1" type="surname" value="GORE"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50206_n302-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
Esqs. Two ofhis<lb></lb>
Majesties <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50206_occ76">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the saidCounty Citty Liberty<lb></lb>
( Quorum unus) inhabiting in or near the Parish of<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50206_geo82">St. Martin<lb></lb>
in the fields</rs>
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upon the Oath of<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50206_n302-2">Martha Seal</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50206_n302-2" type="surname" value="SEAL"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50206_n302-2" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50206_occ77">Single Woman</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50206_occ77" type="occupation" value="Single Woman"></interp>
Mother ofa femaleBastard-Child<lb></lb>
born the<rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50206_date60">20Day ofthis Instant aprill</rs>
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in the said ParishChristined<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50206_n302-5">Eliz</rs>
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That one<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50206_n302-3">Thomas Cooper</rs>
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did beget<lb></lb>
on the Body of the SaidMartha Sealthe Said<lb></lb>
femaleBastard-Child, which said Child isbecome<lb></lb>
Chargeable to the Said Parish, of which the Church-Wardens<lb></lb>
and Overseers of the Poor thereof have Complained,</p>
<p n="303"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50206_n303-1">Wm Gore</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50206_n303-2">Dan Combe</rs>
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<p n="304">We the said Justices, upon the Examination of the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50206_n304-1">Martha Seal</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50206_n304-1" type="given" value="MARTHA"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50206_n304-1" type="surname" value="SEAL"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50206_n304-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
the Mother upon her Oath touching the<lb></lb>
Father of the said Bastard Child, and the Cause and Circumstances<lb></lb>
thereof, do hereby adjudge and declare the said<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50206_n304-2">Thomas Cooper</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50206_n304-2" type="surname" value="COOPER"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50206_n304-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
to be the reputed Father of the saidfemale<lb></lb>
Bastard-Child, born of the Body of the said<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50206_n304-3">Martha Seal</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50206_n304-3" type="given" value="Martha"></interp>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50206_n304-3" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
<lb></lb>
in the Parish aforesaid, and thereupon we do Order, as<lb></lb>
well for the Relief, and to save Harmless, and keep indemnsied<lb></lb>
the said Parish, as for the Maintaining and keeping the saidfemale<lb></lb>
Bastard-Child, that the said<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50206_n304-4">Thomas Cooper</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50206_n304-4" type="given" value="Thomas"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50206_n304-4" type="surname" value="Cooper"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50206_n304-4" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
shall forth-<lb></lb>
with upon sight of this our Order (a true Copy hereof being<lb></lb>
first deliver'd unto him) pay, or cause to be paid unto the Church<lb></lb>
Wardens, or Overseers of the Poor of the Said Parish, or to<lb></lb>
some or one of them, for and towards the Month's Lying-in<lb></lb>
and Laying of the said<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50206_n304-5">Martha seal</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50206_n304-5" type="given" value="Martha"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50206_n304-5" type="surname" value="seal"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50206_n304-5" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
<lb></lb>
the Sum ofEleven Shillings & Six pence<lb></lb>
by the Week for the first Four Weeks from the Birth of the<lb></lb>
said Child, and after the Expiration of the said first Four Weeks,<lb></lb>
the said<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50206_n304-6">Thomas Cooper</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50206_n304-6" type="surname" value="Cooper"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50206_n304-6" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
shall likewise pay, or cause to be paid Weekly, and every<lb></lb>
Week the Sum ofTwo Shillings & Six penceof lawful Money<lb></lb>
of Great Britain, for and towards the Relief and Maintenance<lb></lb>
of the saidfemaleBastard-Child, for so long Time as<lb></lb>
the said Child shall be Chargeable to the said pairsh</p>
<p n="305">And lastly, We do Order that the said<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50206_n305-1">Thomas Cooper</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50206_n305-1" type="surname" value="COOPER"></interp>
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<lb></lb>
shall forthwith give Security to the<lb></lb>
Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish,<lb></lb>
for the true Performance of this our Order, otherwise to find<lb></lb>
Sureties for his personal Appearance at the next GeneralQuarter<lb></lb>
Sessions of the Peace to be holden for the saidCounty Citty<lb></lb>
or Libertythere to abide such further Order as the Justices then<lb></lb>
and there Present shall think fit to make in that behalf. Given<lb></lb>
under our Hands and Seals this<rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50206_date61">25thDay ofAprill</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50206_date61" type="date" value="17220425"></interp>
<lb></lb>
Anno Dom.1722.</p>
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