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<p n="1"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50964_geo1">MIDDLESEX</rs>
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WHEREAS it appears<obscured></obscured>
us, whose Hands and Seals and hereunto set,<lb></lb>
two of his Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50964_occ1">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50964_geo2">County of Middlesex</rs>
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,<lb></lb>
(one of whom is of the Quorum) and both dwelling within, or next the Limits,<lb></lb>
of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50964_geo3">Parish Church of the Parish of Saint John</rs>
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, at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50964_geo4">Hackney</rs>
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, in the said County,<lb></lb>
as well upon the Complaint of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of<lb></lb>
the said Parish, as also by the Examination of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50964_n1-10">Martha Tay</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50964_occ2">single Woman</rs>
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, taken in Writing, upon Oath, before us, and other Proofs, and<lb></lb>
Circumstances, that she the said Martha Tay<lb></lb>
was, on or about the Eighth Day of June last past<lb></lb>
delivered of a Female Bastard Child at the House of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50964_n1-11">Robert Tay</rs>
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situate<lb></lb>
in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50964_geo5">London Lane</rs>
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in the said Parish, which is still living, and chargeable to the said<lb></lb>
Parish, and that one <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50964_n1-12">James Mugridge</rs>
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who lives as <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50964_occ3">Keeper</rs>
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with<lb></lb>
Mr. Faulkner of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50964_geo6">Hollywood House</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50964_geo7">Little Chelsea</rs>
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in the said<lb></lb>
County is the Father of the said <lb></lb>
Female Bastard Child. And whereas it appeareth unto us upon Oath, that<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50964_n1-2">James Mugridge</rs>
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hath been duly summoned to appear<lb></lb>
before us this Day, to shew Cause why he should not be adjudged the reputed<lb></lb>
Father of the said Female Bastard Child: And the said James Mugridge<lb></lb>
hath not appeared before us, persuant to such Summons or did not<lb></lb>
shew any such Cause as aforesaid</p>
<p n="2"> We do therefore, on the Oath of the said Martha Tay and<lb></lb>
other Proofs and Circumstances, adjudge the same to be true, and that the said <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50964_n2-1">James Mugridge</rs>
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is the reputed Father of the said Female Bastard<lb></lb>
Child. And we do order, that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50964_n2-2">James Mugridge</rs>
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do, on Sight of<lb></lb>
this our Order, pay, or cause to be paid, unto the present Churchwardens and<lb></lb>
Overseers of the Poor of the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50964_geo8">Parish of Saint John, at Hackney</rs>
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, or to either<lb></lb>
of them, the Sum of Seven Pounds five shillings<lb></lb>
of lawful Money of Great Britain, so much being by them already expended<lb></lb>
and laid out for, and towards the Charges arising by the said Female Bastard<lb></lb>
Child, being born in the said Parish, and for other necessary Expences occasioned<lb></lb>
thereby; and that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50964_n2-3">James Mugridge</rs>
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do also weekly, and every Week,<lb></lb>
from and after the Date hereof, so long as the said female Bastard Child shall<lb></lb>
be chargeable to the said Parish, pay, or cause to be paid, to the Churchwardens<lb></lb>
and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish for the Time being, or to either of them,<lb></lb>
the Sum of Two shillings and six pence of like Money, for, and to-<lb></lb>
wards the maintaining, keeping, and Education of the said Female Bastard Child.<lb></lb>
And we do hereby further order, that the said Martha Tay shall<lb></lb>
nurse, keep, and take Care of the said Female Bastard Child. Given under<lb></lb>
our Hands and Seals, this<rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50964_date2"> Eighteenth Day of July<lb></lb>
in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety nine</rs>
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<p n="3">W. Wood</p>
<p n="4"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50964_n4-10">John Naces</rs>
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