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Cornwall to wit. } The Order of
John Tillie Coryton Esq. and Edward John Charles
Clarke, clerk
Two of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace in and for
said County, one whereof is of the Quorum, and both
residing near the Limits of the Parish Church, within
the Parish of Pillaton in the said County, made
the Third Day of June in the Year of our Lord, 1818
concerning a (Blank) Bastard Child, lately born
in the Parish aforesaid, of the Body of Jenney
Stephens 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 Pillaton aforesaid as upon
Oath of the said Jenny Stephens that she was
delivered of a Female Bastard Child at Trehill in the
said Parish, on the 22nd Day of April Last and that the
said Bastard Child is now chargeable to the same and
likely so to continue; and further, that William Daw
of the Parish of St. Ive in the said County,
farmer did beget the said Bastard Child on the Body of
her the said Jenney Stephens.
We therefore, upon the Examination
of the Cause and Circumstances of the Premises, as well
upon the Oath of the said Jenney Stephens as
otherwise, do hereby adjudge him the said William Daw
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 Pillaton, as for sustenance and
Relief of the said Bastard Child, that the said
William Daw shall, and do forthwith, upon Notice of
this 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 out Order.
And we do also hereby further order, that the said
William Daw shall likewise pay, or cause to be paid,
to the Church-wardens or Overseers of the Poor of the
said Parish of Pillaton for the Time being, or
some or one of them, the sum of one shilling sixpence
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. And further order that the said William Daw
shall also pay, or cause to be paid, to the
Church-wardens or Overseers of the Poor of the said
Parish of Pillaton for the Time being, or some or
one of them, the sum of – 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 William Daw shall likewise pay, or cause
to be paid, to the Church-wardens and Overseers of the
Poor of the said Parish of Pillaton for the Time being,
or to some or one of them the sum of One Guinea for the
reasonable Charges and Expenses incident to the Birth of
the said Bastard Child: And also the further sum of –
for the reasonable Costs of apprehending and securing
the said William Daw And also the further sum of
six shillings, 8d 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 Expenses incident to the Birth of the said
Bastard child. And the reasonable Costs 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.
| J. T. Coryton (signed and
sealed) |
E. J. Clarke (signed and
sealed) |
(on reverse of sheet)
Stamp Cornwall County Record Office D.D.F. 188/16/2
Order of Pillaton
Wm Daw
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