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[No.31]
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The Order of
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William Long Kingsman
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James
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two of his Majesty's
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Justices of
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in and for the said County one whereof is
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of the Quorum, and both residing next unto the Limits
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of the Parish Church within the
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in the said County
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made the Fifth Day of July in the Year
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of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and
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Ninety four
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concerning a Male
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Bastard Child, lately born in the
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aforesaid, of the Body of
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W.L. Kingsman
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J Mercer
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WHEREAS it hath appeared unto us the said Justices, as well upon the Complaint
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of the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said.
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as upon the Oath of the said
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that she the said
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on the Third Day of
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March now last past, was delivered of a Male Bastard Child, at the House
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in the said
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in the said
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County and that the said Male Bastard Child is likely to be chargeable
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to the said Parish and further, that
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of
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Mary Le
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in the said Parish
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Labourer
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did beget the said
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Bastard Child on the Body of her the said
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and Whereas
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the said
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hath appeared before us in pursuance of our Sommons
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for that purpose but hath not shewed any sufficient cause why he the said
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John
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shall not be the reputed Father of the said Bastard Child
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We therefore, upon Examination of the Cause and Circumstance of the Premises, as
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well upon the Oath of the said
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as otherwise, do hereby
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adjudge him the said
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to be the reputed Father of the
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said Bastard Child.
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And thereupon we do order, as well for the better Relief of the said Parish
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as for the Sustentation and Relief of the said Bastard Child, that
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the said
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John Herring
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shall and do forthwith, upon Notice of this our Order,
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pay or cause it to be paid to the said Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
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said Parish or to some or one of them, the Sum of Five Shillings
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for and towards the Lying-in of the said
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and the Main-
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tenance of the said Bastard Child, to the Time of making this our Order.
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And we do also hereby further order, that the said
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John Herring
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shall likewise
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pay, or cause to be paid, to the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
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Parish for the Time being, or to some or one of them, the Sum of Two
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Shillings and Six Pence Weekly and every Week from the present Time, for and towards the
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Keeping, Sustentation, and Maintenance of the said Bastard Child, for and during so long
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Time as the said Bastard Child shall be chargeable to the said Parish
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And we do further order, that the said
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shall also pay
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or cause to be paid to the said Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
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Parish for the Time being, or to some or one of them, the Sum of
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Six Pence Weekly and every Week. so long as the said Bastard Child
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shall be chargeable to the said Parish in case she shall not nurse
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and take care of the said Child herself.
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Given under our Hands and Seals the Day and Year first above written.
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Sold by COLES, KNIGHT, and DUNN, Stationers, No. 21,
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Fleet Street
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