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<p n="43">To the Rt. Worpl his Maties <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50309_occ19">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the County <lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50309_geo33">Middx</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50309_geo33" type="placeName" value="Middx"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50309_geo33" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
in their General Sessions of the Peace for the said <lb></lb>
County.</p>
<p n="44">The Humble Petition and Appeal of Saint Owen</p>
<p n="45"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
<lb></lb>
That by Virtue of an Order under the hands & Seals of <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50309_n45-1">Wm Booth</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50309_n45-1" type="given" value="Wm"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50309_n45-1" type="surname" value="Booth"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50309_n45-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
& <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50309_n45-2">Anthony Wroth</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50309_n45-2" type="given" value="Anthony"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50309_n45-2" type="surname" value="Wroth"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50309_n45-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
Esqrs. two of his Maties<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50309_occ20">Justices of the Peacefor the County</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50309_occ20" type="occupation" value="Justices of the Peacefor the County"></interp>
of Middx (one being <lb></lb>
of the Quorum) bearing date the <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50309_date15">ninth day of September <lb></lb>
last</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50309_date15" type="date" value="17340909"></interp>
your Petitioner was adjudged to be the putative Father of a Female <lb></lb>
Bastard Child born of the body of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50309_n45-4">Mary Walkwood</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50309_n45-4" type="given" value="Mary"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50309_n45-4" type="surname" value="Walkwood"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50309_n45-4" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
in the <lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50309_geo34">Parish of St Luke</rs>
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in the sd County of Middx in which <lb></lb>
Order your Petr. is ordered & directed to pay to the<lb></lb>
Churchwardens & Overseers of the poor of the said Parish<lb></lb>
the sum of forty five shillings for the first four weeks <lb></lb>
after the birth of the said Female Bastard Child and <lb></lb>
for the charge of her Lying in and also two shillings <lb></lb>
& six pence weekly for the purposes mentioned & contained <lb></lb>
in the said order, That your Petr was not served with <lb></lb>
a Copy of the said Order till on or about the <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50309_date16">22d<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
<lb></lb>
day of April last</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50309_date16" type="date" value="17350422"></interp>
and not before</p>
<p n="46">Your Petr. conceiving himself aggreived by <lb></lb>
the Order & Adjudication of the said two <lb></lb>
Justices humbly Appeal to this Court for <lb></lb>
relief against the same</p>
<p n="47">And Yours Petrs Shall<obscured></obscured>
</p>
<p n="48"> <del>Appeale</del>
Cop: of appeale <lb></lb>
of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50309_n48-1">Samuel Owen</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50309_n48-1" type="surname" value="Owen"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50309_n48-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
agt. an <lb></lb>
Order of Adjudication in case <lb></lb>
of bastardy</p>
<p n="49">Mr. Benne for parish of<lb></lb>
saint Luke <lb></lb>
App: dismissed <lb></lb>
Order confirmed <lb></lb>
Appellt. called <lb></lb>
By default</p>
<p n="50">5s.</p>
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