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WHEREAS it appears to us, whose Hands and Seals are hereunto set,
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two of his Majesty's
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for the
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,
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(one of whom is of Quorum) and both dwelling within, or next the Limits,
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of the Parish Church of the Parish of
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, in the said County,
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as well upon the Complaint of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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the said Parish, as also by the Examination of
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, taken in Writing, upon Oath, before us, and other Proofs, and
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Circumstances, that she the said Mary Plyers
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was, on or about the twenty seventh Day of November last
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delivered of a Female Bastard Child in the Workhouse of and in
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the said Parish, which is still living, and chargeable to the said
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Parish, and that one
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who lately worked
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with Mr Snewin a Carpenter in the said Parish
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is the Father of the said
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female Bastard Child. And whereas it appeareth unto us upon Oath, that
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the said
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hath been duly summoned to appear
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before us this Day, to shew Cause why he should not be adjudged the reputed
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Father of the said female Bastard Child: And the said
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hathappeared before us, pursuant to such Summons and been heard
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in his defence again the said Charge and hath not been
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able to clear himself therefrom
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and
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other Proofs and Circumstances, adjudge the same to be true, and the said
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is the reputed Father of the said female Bastard
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Child, And we do order, that the said
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to do, on Sight of
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this our Order, pay, or cause to be paid, unto the present Churchwardens and
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Overseers of the Poor Of the said Parish of
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, or to either
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of them, the Sum of Six Pounds Six Shillings
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of lawful Money of Great Britain, so much being by them already expended
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and laid out for, and towards the Charges arising by the said female Bastard
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Child, being born in the said Parish, and for other necessary Expences occasioned
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thereby; and that the said
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do also weekly, and every Week,
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from and and after the Date hereof, so long as the said female Bastard Child shall
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be chargeable to the said Paris, pay, or cause to be paid, to the Churchwardens
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and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish for the Time being, or to either of them,
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the Sum of three Shillings of like Money, for, and to-
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wards the maintaining, keeping, and Education of the said female Bastard Child.
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And we do hereby further order, that the said Mary Plyers shall
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nurse, keep, and take Care of the said female Bastard Child. Given under
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our Hands and Seals, this tenth Day of April
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in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety five
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