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TO WIT, The order of Samuel Hart
clerk and John Braddon Esquire two of his Majesty’s
Justices of the Peace in and for the said County, one
whereof is of the quorum, and both residing in or next
unto the limits of the Parish Church within the Parish
of Altarnun in the said County, made the twenty-fifth
day of July in the Year of our Lord 1825 Concerning a
female bastard Child, lately born in the said Parish, of
the body of MARY ROWE single woman;
WHEREAS it hath appeared unto us the said Justices as
well upon the complaint of the Churchwardens and
Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Altarnun as
upon the Oath of the said Mary Rowe that she the said
Mary Rowe on the Eighth day of July instant, was
delivered of a Female bastard Child at Five Lanes in the
said Parish of Altarnun and that the said bastard Child
is now chargeable to the said Parish of Altarnun, and
likely as to continue; and further, that Henry Pearse of
Launceston in the said County, Labourer, did beget the
said bastard Child on the body of her the said Mary
Rowe.
AND WHEREAS the said Henry Pearse hath appeared before
us, in pursuance of our summons for that purpose, but
hath not shewed any sufficient cause why he shall not be
the reputed Father of the said bastard Child:
We therefore upon examination of the cause and
circumstances of the premises, as well upon the Oath of
the said Mary Rowe as otherwise, do hereby adjudge him
the said Henry Pearse to be the reputed Father of the
said bastard Child.
AND thereupon we do order, as well for the better relief
of the said Parish of Altarnun as for the sustentation
and relief of the said bastard Child, that the said
Henry Pearse shall and do forthwith, upon notice of this
our order, pay or cause to be paid to the said
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
Parish of Altarnun or to some or one of them, the sum of
Two Pounds and seven Shillings for and towards the
lying-in of the said Mary Rowe and the maintenance of
the said bastard Child, to the tenth day of August next.
AND we do also hereby further order, that the said HENRY
PEARSE shall likewise pay or cause to be paid to the
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
Parish of Altarnun for the time being, or to some or one
of them, the sum of One shilling and eight pence weekly,
and every week from that time, for and towards the
keeping, sustentation, and maintenance of the said
bastard Child, for and during so long time, as the said
bastard Child shall be chargeable to the said Parish of
Altarnun.
AND we do further order, that the said MARY ROWE shall
also pay or cause to be paid to the said Churchwardens
and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Altarnun
for the time being, or to some or one of them, the sum
of Ten pence weekly and every week so long as the said
bastard Child shall be chargeable to the said Parish of
Altarnun in case she shall not nurse and take care of
the said Child herself.
GIVEN under our Hands and Seals the day and year first
above written.
SIGNED AND SEALED IN THE MARGIN BY Samuel Hart and John
Bradden
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