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Know all Men by these Presents That we WILLIAM BUNTER of
the Borough of Penryn in the County of Cornwall
Blacksmith and LUKE BUNTER of the Borough of Penryn and
County aforesaid Blacksmith are held and firmly bound
unto SAMUEL TRESIDDER and MATTHEW ALLISON Churchwardens
and JOHN HUMPHRY and HENRY RICE? Junr. Overseers of the
Poor of the Parish of Budock and County aforesaid (in
Trust for the Parishioners of the said Parish) in the
sum of Forty Pounds of Good and Lawfull money of Great
Britain to be paid to the said Churchwardens and
Overseers or their certain Attorney their Executors
Administrators or Assigns to which payment well and
truly to be made we bind ourselves and each and every of
us our and each and every of our Heirs Executors and
Administrators jointly and severally firmly by these
presents. Sealed with our Seals and Dated the eighth day
of June in the Twenty first year of the Reign of our
Sovereign Lord George the Third King of Great Britain
and so forth and in the year of our Lord One thousand
Seven Hundred and eighty one.
The Condition of the above written Obligation is such
that Whereas ALICE DUNNAL of Budock aforesaid
singlewoman hath in and by her voluntary examination
taken in writing and upon Oath by WILLIAM HENRY REYNOLDS
one of his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace in and for
the County of Cornwall declared that she is with Child
of one or more Child or Children and that such Child or
Children is or are likely to be born a Bastard or
Bastards and to be Chargeable to the said Parish of
Budock and that the above bounden WILLIAM BUNTER is the
Father of such Child or Children. If therefore the said
WILLIAM BUNTER and LUKE BUNTER or either of them their
or either of their Heirs Executors or Administrators do
and shall from time to time and at all times hereafter
fully and clearly indemnify and save harmless as well
the Churchwardens and Overseeers of the Poor of the said
Parish of Budock and their successors for the time being
as also all and singular the other Parishioners and
Inhabitants of the said Parish of Budock which now are
or hereafter shall be for the time being of and from all
and all manner of Costs Taxes Rates Assessments and
Charges whatsoever for or by reason or means of the
Birth Education and Maintenance of such Child or
Children and of and from all Actions Suits Troubles and
other Charges and Demands whatsoever touching or
concerning the same That Then this present obligation to
be void otherwise to be and remain in full force and
virtue.
Sealed & Delivered
(being first duly
Stamped)
in the presence of |
(Signed) Willm. BUNTER *(L/S)
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(Signed) Jno. CARWITHILL
(Signed) G?. GREGG |
(Signed) Luke BUNTER *(L/S) |
*locus sigili - Location of Seal
In the margin: Stamped Nine Pence Quire
On the Reverse:
8th June, 1781
Wm. & Luke Bunter
Joint Bond to indemnify
The Parish of Budock from
A Bastard Child or Children
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