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KNOW all Men by these Presents that I EDMUND ROUSE of
the Borough of Truro in the County of Cornwall Gentleman
am held and firmly bound unto JOHN LAVIN and JOHN
TREZISE Churchwardens and JOSEPH KNIGHT and PETER DINGEY
Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint
Clements in the said County (in Trust for the
Parishioners of the said Parish) in fifty Pounds of Good
and Lawfull Money of Great Britain, to be paid to the
said JOHN LAVIN, JOHN TREZISE, JOSEPH KNIGHT and PETER
DINGEY or their Certain Attorney, their Exors, Admors or
Assigns To which payment well and truly to be made, I
bind myself my Heirs, Exors and Admors and every of them
firmly by these Presents, Sealed with my Seal and Dated
the twelfth Day of December in the twenty sixth year of
the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, 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 five.
The Condition of this Obligation is such That Whereas
JENEFER WEB of the parish of Saint Clements in the said
County Single Woman Did in and by her Voluntary
Examination, taken in writing and upon Oath before
EDWARD COLLINS Esqr. one of his Majestys Justices of the
Peace in and for the said County of Cornwall declared
that she was with Child, and that the said Child was
likely to be born a bastard, and to be Chargeable to the
said Parish of Saint Clements and that GEORGE ROUSE Son
of the above bounded EDMUND ROUSE was the Father of the
said Child; And Whereas the said JENEFER WEB hath been
since delivered of the said Child, which was born a
Female Child within the said parish of Saint Clements
and liable to become chargeable to the said Parish IF
Therefore the said EDMUND ROUSE his Heirs, Exors or
Admors, or either of them do and shall from time to
time, and at all Times hereafter, fully and Clearly
indemnify and save harmless as well the above named
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
Parish of Saint Clements and their Successors for the
Time being, as also all and singular the other
Parishioners and Inhabitants of the said Parish of Saint
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 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, that then this Present obligation
to be void, otherwise of force.
Signed, sealed and
Delivered (having been
first duly Stamped) in the Presence of
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(Signed) EDMD. ROUSE (and
Sealed)
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| (Signed) JOSEPH
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In the left margin: Stamped: HALF PENNY SHEET
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