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Know all Men by these Presents that we JAMES MEDLIN of
the parish of Budock in the County of Cornwall Labourer
and JOHN MEDLIN the father of the said JAMES MEDLIN of
the parish and County aforesaid Labourer are held and
firmly bound unto SAMUEL TRESIDDER and MATTHEW ALLISON
Churchwardens and JOHN ADAMS and PETER RENFREE 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 Lawful money of
Great Britain to be paid to the said Churchwardens and
Overseers or their certain attorney their Executors
Administrators or Assignes 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 twenty
second day of April In the Twenty fifth 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 five
The Condition of the above written Obligation is such
that whereas AVIS MEDLEN of Budock aforesaid Singlewoman
hath in and by her Voluntary Examination taken in
writing and upon Oath before THOMAS VYVYAN Esqr. one of
his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace in ans for the said
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 JAMES MEDLEN is the
father of such Child or Children If therefore the said
JAMES MEDLEN and JOHN MEDLEN the father 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 Churchwardens 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 and all manner of
Costs Taxes Rates Assessments and Charges whatsoever for
or by reason or meanes of the Birth Education and
maintainance 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
Stampt)
in the presence of |
(Signed) JAMES MEDLIN *(L/S)
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(Signed) Richd BROWN
(Signed) JOHANA AUSTIN |
The Mark of JOHN MEDLIN *(L/S) |
*locus sigili - Location of Seal
In the margin: Stamped Three Pence per Sheet
On the Reverse:
2 April 1785
James and John Medline
Joint Bond to indemnify
The parish of Budock from
A Bastard Child or Children
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