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WHEREAS it appears
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us, whose Hands and Seals and hereunto set,
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two of his Majesty's
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(one of whom is of the Quorum) and both dwelling within, or next the Limits,
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of the
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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 Martha Tay
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was, on or about the Eighth Day of June last past
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delivered of a Female Bastard Child at the House of
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situate
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in the said Parish, which is still living, and chargeable to the said
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Parish, and that one
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James Mugridge
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who lives as
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in 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 James Mugridge
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hath not appeared before us, persuant to such Summons or did not
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shew any such Cause as aforesaid
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We do therefore, on the Oath of the said Martha Tay and
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other Proofs and Circumstances, adjudge the same to be true, and that 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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James Mugridge
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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
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, or to either
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of them, the Sum of Seven Pounds five 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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James Mugridge
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do also weekly, and every Week,
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from and after the Date hereof, so long as the said female Bastard Child shall
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be chargeable to the said Parish, 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 Two shillings and six pence 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 Martha Tay 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
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Eighteenth Day of July
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in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety nine
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W. Wood
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