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Know all men by these Presents that I WILLIAM OLVER of
the Parish of Egloshayle in the County of Cornwall
Yeoman am held and firmly bound unto THOMAS KEY and
THOMAS CLEAVE Church Wardens and GEORGE MENHINNICK and
WILLIAM CLEAVE Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of
Saint Breock in the County aforesaid In Trust for the
Parishioners of the said Parish in Fifty Pounds of good
and lawful money of Great Britain to be paid to the said
THOMAS KEY, THOMAS CLEAVE, GEORGE MENHINNICK and WILLIAM
CLEAVE or their certain Attorney, their Executor,
Administrator & or Assigns, to which payment well and
truly to be made I bind myself, my Heirs, Executors and
Administrators and every of them firmly by these
presents. Sealed with my Seal Dated the nineteenth day
of February in the fiftieth year of the Reign of our
Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King
Defender of the Faith and in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ten.
Whereas MARGARET WILLIAMS Single woman hath in and by
her voluntary examination taken in writing and upon oath
before JOHN MOLESWORTH Clerk one of his Majesty’s
Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of
Cornwall declared that she is with child and that the
said child is likely to be born a Bastard and to be
chargeable to the said Parish of Saint Breock and that
NICHOLAS OLVER, the son of the within bounden WILLIAM
OLVER of the said Parish of Egloshayle yeoman, is the
father of the said Child Now the Condition of the within
Obligation is such, that if the said WILLIAM OLVER his
Executors or Administrators shall and do pay or cause to
be paid to the within named Church-Wardens and Overseers
of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint Breock or their
Successors for the time being or to some or one of them
the sum of two pounds for and towards the lying in of
the said MARGARET WILLIAMS and the maintenance of the
said Bastard Child for one month from the time of her
delivery, and also shall and do from and after the end
or expiration of the said month pay or cause to be paid
to the Church Wardens 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 one shilling and six
pence weekly and every week for and towards the keeping,
sustentation and maintenance of the said Bastard Child
for and during and until the said Bastard Child (if a
male) shall attain his age of seven years, and if a
female, for and during and until she shall attain her
age of eight years. Then this present Obligation to be
void, otherwise to be in full force and virtue.
Sealed and Delivered )
In the presence of )
(Signed) JAMES COLLINS? |
(Signed) WILLIAM OLVER *(L/S) |
*locus sigili - Location of Seal
Stamped in margin Two pence Quire
On the Reverse:
DATED 19th Feby. 1810
William Olver
To
The Churchwardens &
Overseers of the
Poor of St. Breock
Bond
(Bastardy)
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