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The order of HUMPHREY PRIDEAUX and JOHN WILLYAMS
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 next unto the limits of the parish
church within the parish of Padstow in the said County
made the Tenth day of June 1773 in the Thirteenth year
of the reign of his said majesty king George the third
concerning a male bastard child, lately born in the
parish of Padstow aforesaid, of the body of MARY
ROSEVEAR, 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 MARY ROSEVEAR that she the
said MARY ROSEVEAR on the Eighth day of March now last
past, was delivered of a Male bastard child at Padstow
in the said County aforesaid and that the said bastard
child is likely to be chargeable to the parish of
Padstow aforesaid; and further, that THOMAS CHAPMAN the
younger of Padstow aforesaid in the said County did
beget the said bastard child on the body of her the said
MARY ROSEVEAR
We therefore, upon examination of the cause and
circumstance of the premisses as well upon the Oath of
the said MARY ROSEVEAR as otherwise, do hereby adjudge
him the said THOMAS CHAPMAN the younger 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 as for the sustentation and relief of the said
bastard child, that the said THOMAS CHAPMAN the younger
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 shillings for
and towards the lying-in of the said MARY ROSEVEAR 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
THOMAS CHAPMAN the younger 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 one shilling and
six 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 as the said bastard child shall be chargeable to
the said Parish
And we do further order that the said MARY ROSEVEAR
shall also pay or cause to be paid to the said
churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the said
Parish for the time being, or to some or one of them,
the sum of one shilling and six 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 first
abovewritten.
In the margin: (Signed) H. PRIDEAUX (and
Sealed)
(Signed) J. WILLYAMS (and Sealed)
On the reverse:
Thomas Chipman
Order
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