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The Order of JOHN BULLER, Esquire, and WILLIAM F-----?
MICHELL, Clerk Doctor in Divinity two of his Majesty’s
Justices of the Peace in and for the said County, one
whereof is of the Quorum, and both residing next unto
the Limits of the Parish Church within the Parish of
Saint Cleer in the said County, made the fourth Day of
March One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty six
concerning a female Bastard Child lately born in the
Parish of Saint Cleer aforesaid, of the Body of ANN
PRIOR single Woman.
Whereas it hath appeared unto us the said Justices, as
well upon the Complaint of the Churchwardens and
Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint Cleer
as upon the Oath of the said ANN PRIOR that she the said
ANN PRIOR on the twenty-third Day of January now last
past, was delivered of a female Bastard Child at Pontius
Place in the Parish of Saint Cleer in the said County,
and that the said Bastard Child is chargeable to the
said Parish of Saint Cleer and further that WILLIAM
RETALLICK of Saint Cleer in the said County did beget
the said Bastard Child on the Body of her the said ANN
PRIOR And whereas the said WILLIAM RETALLICK hath
appeared before us, in Pursuance of our Summons for that
Purpose and hath not shewed any sufficient Cause why he
the said WILLIAM RETALLICK shall not be the reputed
Father of the said Bastard Child. We therefore, upon
Examination of the Cause and Circumstances of the
Premises, as well upon the Oath of the said ANN PRIOR as
otherwise, do hereby adjudge him the said WILLIAM
RETALLICK to be the reputed Father of the said Bastard
Child. And thereupon we do order, as well for the better
Relief of the said Parish of Saint Cleer as for the
Sustentation and Relief of the said Bastard Child that
the said WILLIAM RETALLICK shall and do forthwith, upon
Notice of this our Order, pay or cause to be paid to the
said Churchwardens and Overseers of the poor of the said
Parish of Saint Cleer or to some or one of them, the Sum
of ?Three Pounds for and towards the Lying-in of the
said ANN PRIOR and the Maintenance of the said Bastard
Child to the Time of making this our Order, and for the
Charges and Expences incurred prior to the said Order of
Filiation being made, and incident to the obtaining of
the said Order, as ascertained on Oath. And we do also
hereby further order, that the said WILLIAM RETALLICK
shall likewise pay or cause to be paid to the
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
parish of Saint Cleer for the Time being, or to some or
one of them, the Sum of One shilling and eight pence
weekly and every week from this present Time, for and
towards the Keeping, Sustentation, and Maintenance of
the said Bastard Child for and during so long Time as
the said Bastard Child shall be chargeable to the said
Parish of Saint Cleer. And we do further order, that the
said ANN PRIOR shall also pay or cause to be paid to the
said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
Parish of Saint Cleer for the Time being, or to some or
one of them, the Sum of ten pence weekly and every Week,
so long as the said Bastard Child shall be chargeable to
the said Parish of Saint Cleer in Case she shall not
nurse and take care of the said Child herself. Given
under our Hands and Seals the Day and Year first above
written.
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(Signed) J.
BULLER (and Sealed)
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(Signed) W.F. MICHELL (and Sealed) |
ON THE REVERSE
St. Cleer
Willm. Retallick
Order of Filiation
1826
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