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<p n="36">Whereas Due Proof hath been made before us<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50298_n36-1">Charles Moore</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50298_n36-2">Richard Nuston</rs>
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Esqr. Two of<lb></lb>
his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said county<lb></lb>
(of which one is of Quorum) in habiting in or<lb></lb>
near the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50298_geo20">Parish of St. Clements Danes</rs>
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in ye said<lb></lb>
County, upon Oath of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50298_n36-3">ann Jones</rs>
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Single woman<lb></lb>
the Mother of a Male Bastard Child born the <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50298_date15">17th<lb></lb>
Day of this Instant December</rs>
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in the said parish<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50298_geo21">St Clements Danes,</rs>
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That one <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50298_n36-4">Robert Walker</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Did beget the said Male Bastaid Child, Which<lb></lb>
said Child is now become Chargeable to the sd. Pish,<lb></lb>
of which the Church wardens and Overseers of the<lb></lb>
Poor there of have Complained. We the sd. Justices<lb></lb>
upon the Examination of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50298_n36-5">Ann Jones</rs>
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the<lb></lb>
Mother, upon her oath touching the Father of the<lb></lb>
said Bastard Child and the Cause and Circumstances<lb></lb>
there of, Do herby Adjudge and<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
Declare the sd<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50298_n36-6">Robert Walker</rs>
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to be the Reputed Father of the sd.<lb></lb>
Male Bastard Child, born of the Body of ye. sd. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50298_n36-7">Ann<lb></lb>
Jones</rs>
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in ye Pish aforesaid And their upon We<lb></lb>
do Order as<obscured></obscured>
will for the Relief, and to save<lb></lb>
harmless and keep Indemnifyed the sd. Pish, as<lb></lb>
for the maintaining and keepings the said Male<lb></lb>
Bastard Child, That the sd. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50298_n36-8">Robert Walker</rs>
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shall<lb></lb>
forth with upon sight of this our Order (a True Copy<lb></lb>
here of being first delivered unto him) Pay or<lb></lb>
Cause to be paid unto ye Church wardens or over<lb></lb>
sees of them for and towards the Months laying in<lb></lb>
of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50298_n36-9">ann Jones</rs>
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the sum of Eleven Shilling<lb></lb>
and three pence by the week for the first fair<lb></lb>
weeks from the Birth of the said Child and after<lb></lb>
the Expiration of the sd. first four Weeks, the sd<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50298_n36-10">Robert Walker</rs>
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shall ahe wise pay of Cause to be<lb></lb>
paid weekly and Every week the Sum of two<lb></lb>
Shillings and Six pence of Lawfull Money of<lb></lb>
great Brittain for and Lowards the Relief and<lb></lb>
Maintenance of the said Male Bastard Child<lb></lb>
for so long time as the said Child shall be</p>
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