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KNOW all Men by these presents that We JAMES HAWKEY of
the parish of St. Clements in the County of Cornwall
Butcher and WILLIAM HAWKEY of the parish of St. Teath in
the said County Yeoman are held and firmly bound unto
JOHN TREZIZE and RICHARD JULIAN Churchwardens and
RICHARD OSMAN and WILLIAM GATTLEY Overseers of the Poor
of the said parish of St. Clements in the Sum of Forty
Pounds of good and lawful money of Great Britain to be
paid to the said Churchwardens and Overseers their Exors
Admors Successors or Assigns To which payment well and
truly to be made we bind ourselves and each of us by
himself for the whole and in gross our and either of our
Heirs Exors and Admors firmly by these Presents Sealed
with our Seals dated the First day of March in the
Twenty fourth 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 four.
WHEREAS MARY ENDEAN of the said parish of St. Clements
singlewoman hath declared herself to be great with Child
which when born will become chargeable to the said
parish of St. Clements NOW the Condition of this
Obligation is such that if the above bound JAMES HAWKEY
and WILLIAM HAWKEY or any or either of them their or any
or either of their Heirs Exors or Admors do and shall
from Time to Time and at all Times hereafter fully and
clearly acquit free and discharge or well and
sufficiently save harmless and indemnified the above
named JOHN TREZIZE and RICHARD JULIAN RICHARD OSMAN and
WILLIAM GATTLEY Churchwardens and Overseers of the poor
of the parish of St. Clements aforesaid and their
successors for the Time being and every of them as also
the Inhabitants and parishioners of the said parish of
St. Clements which now are or hereafter shall be for the
Time being and every of them of and from all and all
manner of Expenses Damages Costs and Charges whatsoever
which shall or may at any Time hereafter arise happen
grow or be imposed upon them or either or any of them
for or by Reason or Means of the said MARY ENDEAN being
great with Child as aforesaid or for or by Reason of the
Birth Maintenance Education and Bringing up of such
Child or Children that she the said MARY ENDEAN now
goeth with and shall be delivered of and of and from all
other Actions Suits Troubles Charges Damages and Demands
whatsoever touching or concerning the same Then this
Obligation to be void, else to remain in full force and
Virtue.
Sealed and delivered
(being first
duly stampt) in presence of
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(Signed) Jas.
HAWKEY (and
Sealed)
(Signed) Wm. HAWKEY (and
Sealed)
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(Signed) J.
MERIFIELD
(Signed) JNO. TREVARTHEN |
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In the left margin: Stamp illegible
On the Reverse:
Dated March 1 1784
James Hawkey and Wm. Hawkey
Bond to St. Clements to
Indemnify the parish from
Mary Endean’s base Child
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