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his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said county
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(of which one is of Quorum) in habiting in or
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near the
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Parish of St. Clements Danes
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in ye said
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County, upon Oath of
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ann Jones
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Single woman
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the Mother of a Male Bastard Child born the
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17th
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Day of this Instant December
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in the said parish
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of
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That one
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Robert Walker
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said Child is now become Chargeable to the sd. Pish,
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of which the Church wardens and Overseers of the
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Poor there of have Complained. We the sd. Justices
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upon the Examination of the said
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Ann Jones
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the
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Mother, upon her oath touching the Father of the
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said Bastard Child and the Cause and Circumstances
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there of, Do herby Adjudge and
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Declare the sd
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Male Bastard Child, born of the Body of ye. sd.
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Ann
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in ye Pish aforesaid And their upon We
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do Order as
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will for the Relief, and to save
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harmless and keep Indemnifyed the sd. Pish, as
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for the maintaining and keepings the said Male
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Bastard Child, That the sd.
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Robert Walker
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shall
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forth with upon sight of this our Order (a True Copy
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here of being first delivered unto him) Pay or
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Cause to be paid unto ye Church wardens or over
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sees of them for and towards the Months laying in
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of the said
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the sum of Eleven Shilling
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and three pence by the week for the first fair
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weeks from the Birth of the said Child and after
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the Expiration of the sd. first four Weeks, the sd
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shall ahe wise pay of Cause to be
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paid weekly and Every week the Sum of two
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Shillings and Six pence of Lawfull Money of
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great Brittain for and Lowards the Relief and
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Maintenance of the said Male Bastard Child
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for so long time as the said Child shall be
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