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The ORDER of ROBERT WALKER, and THOMAS GRYLLS, Clerks,
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 Seventh day of September in the tenth year of the
Reign of his said Majesty King George the fourth
concerning a female Bastard Child, lately born in the
Parish of Saint Cleer aforesaid, of the body of MARY
ROWE 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 MARY ROWE that she the said
MARY ROWE on the twenty first day of March now last
past, was delivered of a female Bastard Child at Saint
Cleer aforesaid, and that the said Bastard Child is
chargeable to the said Parish of Saint Cleer and further
that THOMAS KERNICK of Saint Cleer aforesaid Blacksmith
did beget the said Bastard Child on the body of her the
said MARY ROWE, And whereas it hath further appeared
unto us the said Justices, that the reasonable charges
and expences incident to the birth of the said Bastard
Child amount to the sum of Forty shillings and that the
reasonable cost of apprehending and securing the said
THOMAS KERNICK together with the costs of the order of
filiation, amount to the further sum of ten shillings
and eight pence the same having been duly ascertained
before us the said Justices, on the oath of FRANCIS BONE
one of the overseers of the poor of the parish of Saint
Cleer aforesaid. And whereas the said THOMAS KERNICK
hath appeared before us, in pursuance of our summons for
that purpose, but hath not shewn any sufficient cause
why he the said THOMAS KERNICK 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 MARY ROWE as otherwise, do hereby adjudge him,
the said THOMAS KERNICK to be the reputed father of the
said Bastard Child, and do hereby allow the said sum of
Forty shillings for the said charges and expences, and
the said sum of ten shillings and eight pence for the
said costs ascertained as aforesaid, to have been
incurred by the said overseers of the said parish of
Saint Cleer in respect 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
THOMAS KERNICK shall and do forthwith, upon notice of
this our order, pay or cause to be paid to the overseers
of the poor of the said parish of Saint Cleer, to some
or one of them, the said sums of Forty shillings and ten
shillings and eight pence for and towards the said
Charges, expences, and costs; and the further sum of One
Pound thirteen shillings for the maintenance of the said
Bastard Child, to the time of making this our order. And
we do hereby further order, that the said THOMAS KERNICK
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 twenty pence weekly and every
week from the present time, for and towards the keeping,
sustentation, and maintenance of the said Bastard Child,
for and during so long time as the Bastard Child shall
be chargeable to the said parish of Saint Cleer. And we
do further order, that the said MARY ROWE 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) R.
WALKER (and Sealed)
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(Signed) THOMAS GRYLLS (and Sealed) |
ON THE REVERSE
1829
Sept 7th A Copy of
the within Order was
this day personally served
on the within Thomas
Kernick by me
(Signed) B.H. Lyne
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