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Church-Wardens. of the
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in the Sum of Forty Pounds
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of good and lawful Money of Great-Britain, to be paid to them, or their certain
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Attorney, Executors, Administrators or Assigns: For which Payment well and truly
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to be made, We bind Ourselves and every one of Us by himself for the Whole and e-
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very Part thereof, and the Heirs, Executors and Administrators of Us and every of
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Us firmly by these Presents. Sealed with our Seals. Dated the 13th.
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Day of March in the Fourth Year of the Reign
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of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of
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Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith: And in the
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Year of our Lord One Thousand seven Hundred and
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Sixty four
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The Condition of this Obligation is Such, That if the above-bounden
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either of them their or either of
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their
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their Heirs, Executors, Administrators,
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and Assigns, do and Shall, from Time to Time, and at all Times hereafter, Acquit, Re-
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lease, Discharge, save Harmless, and keep Indemnified, as well the abovenamed,
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and Samuel Reckster Church-Wardens
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of the abovesaid Parish, and the Overseers and Collectors for the Poor of the Said Parish,
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which now are or hereafter shall be, for the Time being, and every of them, as also all
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the Inhabitants and Parishioners of the Said Parish, and every of them, of and from all
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manner of Rates, Costs, Charges, and Expences, which Shall or may in any manner
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arise, happen, come, grow, or be imposed upon them, or any of them, touching or
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concerning a Male Bastard Child, born on the Body of Ann Farnham
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in the
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of which said Male Bastard Child the said
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hath sworn the said
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to be the Father: And also
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shall and will, when they, or any of them, Shall be thereunto required by any of the Pa-
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rish Officers of the
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aforesaid
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for the Time being, appear before a Justice of the Peace, and then and there, upon
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Oath before such Justice, declare how the said Male Bastard Child is provided for
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and maintained, or in Case of its Death, the Time and Place of its Burial: Then this
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Obligation to be void and of none. Effect, otherwise to be and remain in full Force and
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Virtue.
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Sealed and Delivered
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(being first duly Stamp'd)
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in Presence of
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J Noakes
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Wm: Fleetwood
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Thos Weston
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Sold by J. COLES, Stationer, in Fleet-
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