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THE Order of HUMPHREY WILLYAMS and RICHARD GULLY
BENNET Esquires two of his Majesty’s Justices of the
Peace, in and for the said County within the Hundred of
Pyder in the said County, made the third day of October
in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and twenty six
concerning a Male Bastard Child, lately born in the
Parish of Padstow aforesaid, of the Body of MARIA
WILLIAMS 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 MARIA WILLIAMS that she the
said MARIA WILLIAMS on the thirteenth day of November
1824 was delivered of a Male Bastard Child, at Padstow
Town in the parish of Padstow in the said County, and
that the said Bastard Child is now chargeable to the
said Padstow (N.B. should be Parish) of Padstow
and likely so to continue; and further that WILLIAM
BRENTON of Padstow in the said County Cordwainer did
beget the said Bastard Child on the Body of her the said
MARIA WILLIAMS And whereas it appears upon the Oath of
RICHARD NANCE Constable of the said parish of Padstow
that he hath duly summoned him the said WILLIAM BRENTON
to appear before us and to answer the said Complaint and
to shew cause why an order of filiation should not be
made upon him for the maintenance of the said Bastard
Child And whereas the said WILLIAM BRENTON hath
neglected to appear accordingly We therefore, upon
examination of the cause and circumstance of the
premises, as well upon the oath of the said MARIA
WILLIAMS as otherwise, do hereby adjudge him the said
WILLIAM BRENTON 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 BRENTON 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
2GBP 14..2 for and towards the lying in of the said
MARIA WILLIAMS 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 BRENTON 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 & Eight pence
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 of Padstow.
And we do further order, that the said MARIA WILLIAMS
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 Ten pence weekly and every week, so
long as the said Bastard shall be chargeable to the said
(blank) of (blank) 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
above written.
(Signed) H. WILLYAMS (and
Sealed)
(Signed) R.G. BENNET (and Sealed)
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