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<p n="254"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50951_geo127">MIDDLESEX</rs>
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.</note>
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<p n="255">WHEREAS it appears to us, whose Hands and Seals are hereunto set,<lb></lb>
two of his Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50951_occ52">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50951_geo128">county of Middlesex</rs>
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,<lb></lb>
(one of whom is of the Quorum) and both dwellings within, or next the Limits,<lb></lb>
of the Parish Church of the<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50951_geo129"> Parish of Saint John</rs>
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, at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50951_geo130">Hackney</rs>
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, n 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="LMSMPS50951_n255-1">Mary Paul</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50951_occ53">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 <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50951_n255-2">Mary Paul</rs>
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<lb></lb>
was, on or about the Eight Day of March Last puts<lb></lb>
delivered of a Male Bastard Child at the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50951_geo131">Workhouse</rs>
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of and in<lb></lb>
the said Parish, which is still living, and chargeable to the said<lb></lb>
Parish, and that one <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50951_n255-3">William Griffiths</rs>
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who lately asnd Servant with Mr Mathews<lb></lb>
at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50951_geo132">High Wood near Hendon</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50951_geo133">County of Middlesex</rs>
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and two Living as<lb></lb>
servant with the<obscured></obscured>
Mr Neale near whitstone Turnpike in<lb></lb>
the said County is the Father of the said <lb></lb>
Male Bastard Child. And whereas it appeareth unto us upon<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
the oath of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50951_n255-4">James Griffiths</rs>
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Oath, that<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50951_n255-5">William Griffiths</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 Male Bastard Child: And the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50951_n255-6">William Griffiths</rs>
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<lb></lb>
hath not appeared before us, pursuant to such Summons</p>
<p n="256">We do therefore, on the Oath of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50951_n256-1">Mary Paul</rs>
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that and<lb></lb>
other Proofs and Circumstances,adjudge the same to be true, and, the said <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50951_n256-2">Williams Griffiths</rs>
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is the reputed Father of the said Male Bastard<lb></lb>
Child. And we do order, that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50951_n256-3">William Griffiths</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 to Poor of the said Parish of Saint John, at Hackney, or to either<lb></lb>
of them, the sum of Nine Pounds twelve shillings<lb></lb>
of lawful Money of Great Britain, so much being by them already expended<lb></lb>
and laid out for,. and towards and Charges arising the the said Male 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="LMSMPS50951_n256-4">William Griffiths</rs>
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do also Weekly, and every Week,<lb></lb>
from and after the Date hereof, so long as the said Male Bastard Child shall<lb></lb>
be chargeable to the said Parish, pay, or cause to be paid, to the Church wardens<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 Male Bastard Child.<lb></lb>
And we do hereby further order, that the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50951_n256-5">Mary Paul</rs>
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Shall<lb></lb>
Nurse, keep, and take Care of the said Male Bastard Child, Given under<lb></lb>
our Hands and Seals, this <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50951_date20">Twenty ninth Day of June<lb></lb>
in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety eight</rs>
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<p n="257"> <obscured></obscured>
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<p n="258"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50951_n258-1">John Nares</rs>
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