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KNOW all men by these presents that we JOHN VERCOE and
JOHN VERCOE the younger of the Parish of St. Clements in
the County of Cornwall Yeomen are held and firmly bound
to THOMAS DEVONSHIRE and THOMAS SHEER Churchwardens and
JOSEPH KNIGHT and JOHN EDWARDS Overseers of the Poor of
the said parish of St. Clements in the Sum of Fifty
Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid to
the said Churchwardens and Overseers their Executors
Administrators Successors or Assigns To which Payment
well and truly to be made we bind ourselves our Heirs,
Executors and Administrators and every of them jointly
and severally firmly by these Presents being Sealed with
our Seals Dated this first Day of September One thousand
seven Hundred and seventy seven.
The Condition of this Present Obligation is such Whereas
MARGARET MAY of the said Parish of St. Clements Single
Woman hath in and by her Voluntary Examination taken in
writing and upon Oath before FRANCIS GREGOR Esqr. one of
his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the said County
declared that she is with Child and that the said Child
is likely to be born a Bastard and to be chargeable to
the said parish of St. Clements and that the above
bounden JOHN VERCOE the Younger is the Father of the
said Child, If therefore the said JOHN VERCOE and JOHN
VERCOE the younger their Heirs Exors. or Administrators
do and shall from time to time and at all times
hereafter save harmless and keep indemnified as well the
above named Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of
the said Parish of St. Clements and their Sucessors for
the time being As also the Inhabitants and Parishioners
of the said parish of St. Clements of and from all Cost
Charges Damages and Expenses which shall happen for or
by Reason or Means of the Birth Maintenance and
Education of the said Bastard Child, Then this
Obligation to be void or else to remain in full force.
Sealed and Delivered
In Presence of
(Signed) RICHARD JULIAN |
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(Signed) JOHN VERCOE (and
Sealed)
(Signed) JOHN VERCOE (and
Sealed) |
In the margin: STAMPED NINE PENCE QUIRE
On the Reverse:
1777
Jno. Vercoe & John Vercoe
the Younger their Bond
to the parish of St. Clements
to indemnify them from
Margaret May’s Bastard
Child.
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