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11th December 1762
 
Mr R Dyer Bone and Mr James Dunkin
To
Mr M Truscott and Churchwardens and Overseers of Probus
 
Bond for the Maintainance of Ann Stannaways Base Child
 
Know all Men by these Presents That we Reuben Dyer Bone and James Dunkin both of the parish of Probus in the County of Cornwall yeomen are bound and firmly obliged unto Mathew Truscott and William Roberts and younger Churchwardens and James Edwards and Sampson Tresawna Overseers of the Poor of the said parish of Probus in the County aforesd in the sum of forty Pounds of Lawfull money of Great Britain To be paid to the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said parish of Probus or either of them or to their Successors for the time being or either of them for which said payment well and faithfully to be made we bind ourselves jointly and severally our Heirs Execrs and Admrs and every of them firmly by these presents Sealed with our Seales Dated this Eleventh day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and sixtytwo
 
The Condition of this present Obligation is such That Whereas Ann Stannaway the Daughter of Mathew Stannaway of the said parish of Probus singlewoman is now big with a Child or Children which when borne will probably be a Bastard or Bastards and lyable to become chargeable to the said parish, If therefore they the said Reuben Dyer Bone and James Dunkin and every of them their and every of their Heirs Execrs and Admrs do and shall from time to time and at all times hereafter well and truly free acquitt and discharge save harmless and keep indemnifyed as well the said Mathew Truscott and William Roberts the younger James Edwards and Sampson Tresawna Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said parish of Probus and their successors for the time being as also all other the Inhabitants and Parishioners of the said parish which now are or hereafter shall be and every of them of and from all and all manner of Costs Charges Damages Troubles and Incumberances whatsoever for or by Reason of the Birth Lyeing Inn Nursing Education Maintainance or bringing up of such Base Child or Children with which the said Ann Stannaway is now big as aforesaid and of and from all other actions Suites Troubles Expences and demands or other matter or thing whatsoever relateing thereto That Then this present Obligation and everything herein contained shall be void and of none effect otherwise shall remaine stand and be in full force strength and virtue

Signed Sealed and Delivered (signed) Reuben Dyer Bone
in the presence of us (signed) Jas Dunkin

(signed) Jas Bonython
(signed) Richd Brown

Source:- LDS Film No. 1596397, CRO Ref: P194/16/1 and P194/16/A/15

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