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Joseph Roach re: Elizabeth Tellam
Cornwall to Wit. To the
Constables of the Parish of Roche in the said County
Whereas Elizabeth Tellam of the
Parish of Roche hath by her voluntary Examination taken in
writing upon Oath, before me Nic. Kendall Clerk
this present Day, declared herself to be with Child, and that the said
Child is likely to be born a Bastard, and to be chargeable to the
said Parish of Roche and that
Joseph Roach of the said Parish of Roche is the Father of
the said Child
AND WHEREAS Thomas White one of the Overseers
of the Poor of the Parish of Roche in order to
indemnify the said Parish in the Premises,
hath applied to me to issue out my Warrant for the apprehending the said
Joseph Roach I do therefore hereby Command you
immediately to apprehend the said Joseph Roach
and to bring him before me, or some other of his Majesty’s Justices of
the Peace for the said County, to find Security to indemnify the said
Parish of Roche or else to find Sufficient
Surety for his Appearance at the next general Quarter Sessions of the
Peace to be holden for the said County, and to abide and perform such
Order or Orders as shall be made in pursuance of an Act passed in the
Eighteenth Year of the Reign of her Majesty Queen ELIZABETH, concerning
Bastards begotten and born out of lawful Matrimony. Given under my Hand
and Seal the 12 Day of May
in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and twenty eight
(signed & sealed) Nic. Kendall
N.B. Printed form with handwritten
insertions, shown in bold italics.
Words in both italics and brackets are
inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed)
Source: LDS Film No. 1596597, CRO Ref P. 198/15/5
Contributed by John Evans
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