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At the Generall Quarter Sessions of the Peace of our
Lord the King held at Bodmin in & for the said County
the third day of October in the ninth year of the Reign
of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of
God of great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of
the Faith & so forth and in the year of our Lord 1769
before SIR JOHN MOLESWORTH Bart FRANCIS RODD Esqr HENRY
HAWKINS TREMAYNE Clerk & others their Companions
Justices of our said Lord the King assigned to keep the
Peace, and also to hear and determine divers Felonies
Trespasses & other Misdeamenors committed in the said
County
Upon the appeal of JOHN HAWKE the Younger of the parish
of Padstow in the said County from & agt an Order under
the Hands & Seals of JOHN WILLYAMS Esqr. & ROBERT
BATEMAN Clerk Doctr in Physick, two of his Majesty’s
Justices of the Peace of and for the said County (one
whereof is of the Quorum) bearing Date the twenty second
day of June in the year of our Lord 1769 requiring the
said JOHN HAWKE the Younger to pay or cause to be paid
unto the Church Wardens & Overseers of the Poor of the
said parish of Padstow the sum of Two pounds & four
shillings for & towards the Lying in Charges of
ELIZABETH KENDALL singlewoman, & the Maintainance of a
male bastard Child (of which she had then lately been
delivered) to the time of making the sd order & of which
bastard child the said JOHN HAWKE the younger had been
charged with being the father and further Ordering the
said JOHN HAWKE the younger to pay the Sum of one
shilling weekly for & towards the Keeping Sustentation &
Maintainance of the said child for & during so long a
time as the sd child shall continue & be a Charge or
Burthen or likely so to be to the said parish of
Padstow, and Upon hearing the attorneys & advocates &
what wd be alleged & proved on either side It is Ordered
that the sd Order be & the same is hereby confirmed, And
it is further Ordered that the sd JOHN HAWKE the Younger
do on notice of this Order pay into the hands of the
Church Wardens & Overseers of the poor of the sd parish
of Padstow, some or one of them, the sum of One pound
five shillings & eight pence as & for their Costs of
Defending the sd appeal, And it appearing unto this
Court, that the said JOHN HAWKE the Younger hath paid to
the Church Wardens & Overseers of the sd parish of
Padstow the several sums beforementioned & directed by
him to be paid, It is Ordered that the said JOHN HAWKE
the Younger be discharged out of Custody, he having
procured a sufficient security for abiding by and
performing the said order.
By the Court Hext Cl? of the Peace of & for the
said County
On the Reverse:
John Hawke’s order for the
Maintainance of his Base Son
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