CORNWALL
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The order of HUMPHRY PRIDEAUX and WILLIAM PENNINGTON
Esquires two of his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace in
and for the said County, one whereof is of the Quorum,
and both residing near unto the limits of the parish
Church within the parish of Padstow in the said County
made the Eighth Day of March in the Twentyth year of the
reign of his said Majesty King George the third
concerning a Bastard Child lately born in the parish of
Padstow, County of Cornwall aforesaid of the body of
ELIZABETH HARRESS Single Woman
Whereas it hath appeared unto us the said Justices as
well upon the complaint of the Churchwardens and
overseers of the poor of the said parish of Padstow as
upon the Oath of the said ELIZABETH HARRESS that she the
said ELIZABETH HARRESS on the thirteenth day of February
now last past, was delivered of a female Bastard Child
at the parish House in the said Parish of Padstow in the
said County and that the said Bastard Child is now
chargeable to the said parish of Padstow and further,
that WILLIAM PEARCE of the parish of Padstow aforesaid
in the said County apprentice did beget the said bastard
child on the body of her the said ELIZABETH HARRESS We
therefore upon examination of the cause and circumstance
of the premises as well upon the oath of the said
ELIZABETH HARRESS as other ways, do hereby adjudge him
the said WILLIAM PEARCE 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 Padstow as for
the sustentation and relief of the said bastard child,
that the said WILLIAM PEARCE shall and do forthwith upon
notice of this our order, pay or cause to be paid to the
said Churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the said
parish of Padstow or to some or one of them the sum of
forty shilling for and towards the lying in of the said
ELIZABETH HARRESS, and 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 WILLIAM
PEARCE, shall likewise pay or cause to be paid to the
Churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the said
parish of Padstow for the time being, or to some or one
of them, the sum of fourteen pence weekly and every week
from the 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 of Padstow, and
we Do further order that the said ELIZABETH HARRESS
shall also pay or cause to be paid to the said
Churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the said
parish of Padstow for the time being, or to some or one
of them, the sum of seven pence weekly and every week so
long as the said bastard child shall be chargeable to
the said parish of Padstow in case she shall not nurse
and take care of the said child herself. Given under our
hands and seals the Day and year above written.
In the margin: (Signed) H. PRIDEAUX (and
Sealed)
(Signed) W. PENNINGTON (and Sealed)
On the reverse:
Eliz: Harris’s Examination
and Order for the maintenance
of her Bastard Child by
Wm. Pearce
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