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Cornwall to wit

To all high & Petty Constables within the Hundred of West – in the said County
 

Whereas Ann Ham Singlewoman hath now Voluntarily made Oath before One of his Majesties Justices of the Peace of & for the said County that she hath been lately delivered of Male Bastard Child within the Parish of Lanteglos by Fowey in the said County wch is likely to become Chargeable to the sd Parish And that William Symons of the said Parish a? Mariner? Is the father thereof And William Quiller Overseer of the Poor of the sd Parish having applied himself to me I Do therefore hereby Strictly charge & command you & every of you to apprehend the said William Symons if he can be found within your S-----? Proximity and bring him before me or some other of his majesties Justices of the Peace for this County Either to Enter Bond with Sufficient Sure-y to discharge the said Parish from all Charges concerning the said Bastard Child or the Maintenance thereof, Or Enter into -------nizance with Sufficient Sureties to appear at the next general Quarter Sessions of the Peace after he shall be taken there to abide by what the Court shall Order Given under my hand & seal this thirteenth day of January 1753

In the margin:

(Signed and Sealed) Wm. Webb(er?)

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