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The Order of John Davis Clerk and John Braddon
Esquire Two of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace in
and for the said County, one whereof is of the Quorum,
and both residing next in the Limits of the Parish
Church, within the Parish of Morwinstow in the said
County, made the eleventh Day of May in the Year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen concerning
a male Bastard Child, lately born in the Parish
aforesaid, of the Body of Phillippa Vinson single Woman.
Whereas it hath been duly made appear unto us,
the said Justices, as well upon the Complaint of the
Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish
of Morwinstow as upon Oath of the said Phillippa Vinson
that she was delivered of a male Bastard Child, at
Eastcott in the said Parish, on the thirteenth Day of
April last and that the said Bastard Child is now
chargeable to the same and likely so to continue; and
further, that Daniel Dennis of Morwinstow in the said
County, Labourer did beget the said Bastard Child on the
Body of her the said Phillippa Vinson.
We therefore, upon the Examination of the Cause
and Circumstances of the Premises, as well upon the Oath
of the said Phillippa Vinson as otherwise, do hereby
adjudge him the said Daniel Dennis to be the reputed
Father of the said Bastard Child.
And thereupon we do order, as well for the
better Relief of the said Parish of Morwinstow as for
the Sustenance and Relief of the said Bastard Child,
that the said Daniel Dennis shall, and do forthwith,
upon Notice of this our Order, pay, or Cause to be paid,
to the Church-wardens or Overseers of the Poor of the
said Parish, or to some or one of them, the Sum of six
Shillings for and towards the Maintenance of the said
Bastard Child, to the time of making this our Order.
And we do also hereby further order, that
the said Daniel Dennis shall likewise pay, or cause to
be paid, to the Churchwardens or Overseers of the Poor
of the said Parish of Morwinstow for the Time being, or
some or one of them, the sum of one shilling and
sixpence Weekly and every Week, from this present Time,
for and towards the Keeping, Sustentation, and
Maintenance of the said Bastard Child for and during so
long Time as the said Bastard Child shall be chargeable
to the said Parish. And further order that the
said Phillippa Vinson shall also pay, or cause to be
paid, to the said Church-wardens or Overseers of the
Poor of the said Parish of Morwinstow for the Time
being, or some or one of them, the Sum of nine Pence
Weekly and every Week, so long as the said Bastard Child
shall be chargeable to the same, in case she shall not
nurse and take care of the Child herself. And we do also
hereby further order, that the said Daniel Dennis
shall likewise pay, or cause to be paid, to the
Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
Parish of Morwinstow for the Time being or to some or
one of them the sum of one Pound for the reasonable
Charges and Expences incident to the Birth of the said
Bastard Child : And also the further sum of seven
Shillings for the reasonable Costs of apprehending and
securing the said Daniel Dennis And also the further sum
of seven shillings for the reasonable Costs of obtaining
our Order for the Filiation of the said Bastard Child;
the said several sums of money being the reasonable
Charges and Expences incident to the Birth of the said
Bastard Child. And the reasonable Costs of apprehending
and securing the said Daniel Dennis And of our Order of
Filiation, duly and respectively ascertained on Oath
before us, in pursuance of the Statute in such Case made
and provided.
Given under our Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first
above-written
John Davis (signed and sealed)
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John Braddon (signed and sealed) |
On the Reverse:
11th May 1819
Personally served by me
Humphry Burrow
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