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Know all men by these presents that we SAMl. THOMAS Esqr. Tregelly in
the Parish of St. Clements in the County of Cornwall and
JOHN WRIGHT Junr. of LAMBESSON in the said County, Gent.
are held and firmly bound unto JOHN MITCHELL and Wm.
PERROW, Overseers and JOHN LAVIN and ALEX ALLEN Church
Wardens of the said Parish in the said County in trust
for the Parishioners of the said parish in Forty Pounds
of good and lawfull Money of Great Britain to be paid
unto the said Overseers and Church Wardens or their
certain Attorney, Executors, Administrators or Assigns,
to which payment well and truly to be made we bind
ourselves and each of us jointly and severally and our
and each and every of our Heirs, Executors and
Administrators, firmly by these presents Sealed with our
Seals, and dated the thirteenth day of January in the
Year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred and ninety
six
The condition of this obligation is such that whereas
MA(R)THA RALPH of Lambesso single Woman hath 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
WRIGHT Junr. is the Father of the said Child.
If therefore the said SAMUEL THOMAS Esq. and JOHN WRIGHT
Junr. or either of them their or either of their Heirs,
Executors, or Administrators, do and shall from Time to
Time and at all Times hereafter fully and clearly
indemnify and save harmless as well the above named
Overseers of the Poor and Church Wardens of the said
parish of St. Clements and their successors for the time
being, as also all and singular the other Parishioners
and Inhabitants of the said parish of St. Clements,
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 maintenance of the said Child,
and of and from all actions, suits, troubles, and other
charges and demands whatsoever touching or concerning
the same then this present obligation to be void
otherwise of force.
Sign'd, seal’d and
delivered
having been first duly
stamp’d in the presence of |
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(Signed) SAMl.
THOMAS (and
Sealed)
(Signed) JOHN WRIGHT Junr. (and Sealed) |
| (Signed) Wm.
GIDDY |
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In the left margin: STAMPED HALF PENCE SHEET
On the Reverse:
13 Janry. 1796
Samuel Thomas Esq. & Mr. Jno. KNIGHT )
to
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The Parish Officers of St. Clements
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Bond of Indemnity
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