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Know all men by these presents that we JAMES SIMS of the
parish of Budock in the County of Cornwall Mariner &
WILLIAM SIMS of St Clements in said County Yeoman are
held and firmly bound unto MATTHEW ALLISON and SAMUEL
TRESIDDER Churchwardens and JOHN DUNSTAN and FRANCIS
GEACH Overseers of the Poor of the said parish of Budock
(in trust for the parishioners of the last mentioned
parish) in the sum of forty pounds of good and lawful
money of Great Britain, to be paid to the said MATTHEW
ALLISON, SAMUEL TRESIDDER, JOHN DUNSTAN and FRANCIS
GEACH or their certain Attorney, Executors,
Administrators or Assigns, for which payment well and
truly to be made we bind ourselves and each of us by
himself for and in the whole, our and each and every of
our Heirs, Executors and Administrators firmly by these
presents, Sealed with our Seals dated the Eleventh day
of June in the Nineteenth 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 seventy nine.
The Condition of this Obligation is such That Whereas
MARY RICHARDS of the parish of Budock aforesaid
singlewoman in and by her voluntary examination lately
taken in writing and upon oath before PHILIP ENOUF
Esquire one of his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace in
and for the said County did declare that she was then
with child and that the said child was likely to be born
a Bastard and to be chargeable to the said parish of
Budock and that the above bounden James Sims was the
father of such child & therefore the said JAMES SIMS and
WILLIAM SIMS their Heirs, Executors, Administrators or
some or one of them do and shall from time to time and
at all times hereafter fully freely 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
and also all and singular the 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 maintainance of the said Bastard Child &
of & from all Actions, Suits, Troubles and other charges
and demands whatsoever touching or concerning the same,
that then this present Obligation to be void and of none
effect, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Signed sealed & delivered
(being first duly Stamped)
in the presence of |
The sign or Mark of JAMES SIMS *(L/S)
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| (Signed) JOHN TRESIDDER |
The sign or Mark of JAMES SIMS *(L/S) |
*locus sigili - Location of Seal
In margin stamped Nine Pence Quire
ON THE REVERSE
| James Sims & |
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Wm. Sims
To
Mr. Allison &
Tresidder & ? |
Bond to
Indemnify the Parish of Budock
agast. a Bastard Child |
1779
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