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Know all men by these presents, that we SAMPSON RUNNALLS
of the Town of Penzance in the County of Cornwall Inn
keeper and GEORGE EVA of the same place Cordwainer are
held and firmly bound unto MATTHEW ALLISON and SAMUEL
TRESIDDER Gentleman Churchwardens and JOHN ADAMS and
PETER REMFRE Overseers of the Poor of the parish of
Budock in the said County (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 MATTHEW ALLISON SAMUEL TRESSIDER JOHN ADAMS & PETER
REMFRE or their certain Attorney, their Executors
Administrators or Assigns to which payment well and
truly to be made we bind ourselves and each of us,
jointly and severally, and our and each of our Heirs
Executors and Administrators firmly by these presents.
Sealed with our Seals and dated the Twenty fifth day of
April in the twenty fifth year of the Reign of our
Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of
Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the
faith and so forth and in the year of our Lord One
thousand seven hundred and eighty five.
The Condition of this Obligation is such That Whereas
ELIZABETH FRANCES of the parish of Budock in the County
of Cornwall Singlewoman, in her Examination taken in
writing upon Oath before WILLIAM HENRY REYNOLL Clerk one
of his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace in and for the
said County did declare that on the Twenty fifth day of
October One thousand seven hundred and eighty two in the
parish of Budock and County aforesaid She the said
ELIZABETH FRANCES was delivered of a Male Bastard Child
and that RICHARD RUNNALLS late of the said parish of
Budock was the father of the said Bastard Child. If
therefore the said SAMPSON RUNNALLS and GEORGE EVA 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 above named Church Wardens and
Overseers 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 manner of Costs,
Taxes, Rates, Assessments and Charges whatsoever for or
by reason of the Birth, Education, and Maintenance of
the said Child and of and from all Actions, Suits,
Troubles, and other Charges and Demands whatsoever
touching or concerning the same, then this present
Obligation to be void and of none effect, otherwise to
be, and remain in full force and virtue.
Sealed & Delivered
(being
first duly Stamped)
in the presence of |
(Signed) SAMPSON RUNNALLS *(L/S)
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(Signed) HENRIETTA BODY
(Signed) Wm. JAMES |
(Signed) GEORGE EVA *(L/S) |
*locus sigili - Location of Seal
In the margin:
Stamped Three Pence per sheet
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