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WE, whose Hands and Seals are hereunto set, Two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace in
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and for the
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(one whereof being of the Quorum)
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inhabiting in or next
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unto the Limits of the Parish Church of
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having met together, and heard the
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Complaint of the Overseers of the Poor of the Part of
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in the said
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County, concerning a Male Bastard Child, baptized
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which is become chargeable thereto, and is so likely to continue, DO, uponthe
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Examination of the said
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taken upon Oath before us, find and adjuge the said
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, who lately lodged at No.2 Greenhillsments
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Cow Cross
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did
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beget on the Body of her the said Elizabeth Auston the said Male Bastard Child. AND
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WHEREAS we have summoned the said
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- to appear before us this Day to
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answer the said Complaint, and shew Cause why he should not be adjudged the putative Father of the
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said Male Bastard Child; and the said
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not having appeared to
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answer the said Complaint, and having shewn no Cause why he should not be adjudged the putative
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Father of the said Male Bastard Child- WE the said Justices, upon Examination upon Oath of
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the said Elizabeth Anotent and on Proof being made on Oath of the due Service of
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the said Summons, and other Circumstances appearing unto us, DO adjudge him the said
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to be the putative Father of the said Male Bastard Child, and do order and appoint
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him forthwith, upon Notice of this our Order, to pay or cause to be paid to the said Overseers of
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the Poor, the Sum of Two pounds Six Shillings and Six Pence of lawful Money
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of Great Britain, by them already expended in the Relief and Maintenance of the said Male Bastard
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Child, and other Expences attending the same- AND ALSO that he the said
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shall Weekly, and every Week from henceforth, pay or cause to be paid to the said Overseers of the
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Two Shillings & Six Pence for and towards the Relief and Maintenance of the said
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Male Bastard Child for so long Time as the same shall remain chargeable to the said Part of the
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GIVEN under
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on Hands and Seals this
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And we do further Order that the said Elizabeth Auster shall
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also pay of Cause to be paid to the said Overseers of the Poor of the said part of the said parish
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of Saint Andrew Holborn and the said
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for the Time being
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or to some or one of them the sum of Six pence Weekly and every weeks so long as
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the said Male Bastard Child shall be chargeable to the said part of the said parish of
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and the said parish of Saint George the Martyr in ease she
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shall not Nurse and take care of the said Child herself Given under our Hands
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and Seals this 27th day of February 1795.
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