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Orders in Bastardy
| Cornwall |
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| To wit |
The ORDER of JOHN TREFUSIS and WILLIAM MOLESWORTH Clerks
two of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, in and for
the said County, one whereof is of the Quorum, and both
residing next unto the limits of the Parish church
within the Parish of Saint Breock in the said County,
made the thirteenth day of April in the Second year of
the reign of his Majesty king George the fourth
concerning a male bastard child, lately born in the
Parish aforesaid, of the body of JANE JOHNS 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 Saint Breock
as upon the oath of the said JANE JOHNS that she the
said JANE JOHNS on the Fourteenth day of February now
last past, was delivered of a male bastard child at
Brabyn Parks in the said Parish of Saint Breock in the
said County, and that the said bastard child is likely
to be chargeable to the said Parish of Saint Breock and
further, that JOHN WARNE of the said Parish Farmer did
beget the said bastard child on the body of her the said
JANE JOHNS
And whereas the said JOHN WARNE hath this day appeared
before us to answer the Premises but hath not shewn any
sufficient cause why he the said JOHN WARNE shall not be
the reputed father of the said bastard child
We therefore, upon examination of the cause and
circumstance of the premises as well upon the oath of
the said JANE JOHNS as otherwise, do hereby adjudge him
the said JOHN WARNE 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 Saint Breock as for the
sustentation and relief of the said bastard child, that
the said JOHN WARNE 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 Saint Breock or to some of them the sum of one
shilling for and towards the lying-in of the said JANE
JOHNS and the maintenance of the said bastard child, to
the time of making this our order.
And we do also hereby further order, that the said JOHN
WARNE do and shall likewise pay or cause to be paid, to
the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the said
Parish of Saint Breock for the time being, or to some or
one of them, the sum of two shillings and six pence
weekly and every week from the present 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 Saint Breock.
And we do further order that the said JANE JOHNS shall
also pay or cause to be paid to the said churchwardens
and overseers of the poor of the said Parish of Saint
Breock for the time being, or to some or one of them,
the sum of six pence weekly and every week, so long as
the said bastard child shall be chargeable to the said
Parish of Saint Breock 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.
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(Signed) J.
TREFUSIS (L/S)
(Signed) WM. MOLESWORTH (L/S) |
Backer:
Order of Affiliation
On
John Warne
1820
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