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The ORDER of The Revd. ROBERT WALKER and The Revd.
RICHARD BULLER 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 Saint Cleer in the
said County, made the Fourth Day of March in the Third
Year of the Reign of his said Majesty King George the
Fourth concerning a male Bastard Child, lately born in
the Parish of Saint Cleer aforesaid, of the Body of JANE
HAMBLY 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 Saint Cleer
as upon the oath of the said JANE HAMBLY that she the
said JANE HAMBLY on the Twenty first day of January now
last past, was delivered of a male bastard child in the
Parish of Saint Cleer aforesaid, and that the said
bastard child is chargeable to the said Parish of Saint
Cleer and further that JOHN LAUNDRY did beget the said
bastard child on the body of her the said JANE HAMBLY
And whereas it hath further appeared unto us the said
justices that the reasonable charges and expences,
incident to the birth of the said bastard child, amount
to the sum of Two Pounds and that the reasonable costs
of apprehending and securing the said JOHN LAUNDRY
together with the costs of the order of filiation amount
to the further sum of Ten shillings the same having been
duly ascertained before us the said justices, on the
oath of RICHARD SIBLEY one of the Overseers of the poor
of the parish of Saint Cleer aforesaid.
And whereas the said JOHN LAUNDRY hath appeared before
us in pursuance of our Summons for that purpose but hath
not shown any sufficient cause why he the said JOHN
LAUNDRY shall not be the reputed Father of the said
bastard child.
We therefore upon examination of the cause and
circumstances of the premises, as well upon the oath of
the said JANE HAMBLY as otherwise, do hereby adjudge him
the said JOHN LAUNDRY to be the reputed father of the
said bastard child; and do hereby allow the same sum of
Two Pounds for the said charges and expences, and the
sum of Ten shillings for the said costs ascertained as
aforesaid, to have been incurred by the said overseers
of the said parish of Saint Cleer in respect of the said
Bastard Child.
And thereupon we do order, as well for the better relief
of the said parish of Saint Cleer as for the
sustentation and relief of the said bastard child, that
the said JOHN LAUNDRY shall and do forthwith, upon
notice of this our order, pay or cause to be paid to the
overseers of the poor of the said parish of Saint Cleer
or to some or one of them, the said sums of Two pounds
and ten shillings for and towards the said charges,
expences, and costs; and the further sum of Four
shillings for the maintenance of the said bastard child,
to the time of making this our order.
And we do hereby further order, that the said JOHN
LAUNDRY shall likewise pay or cause to be paid to the
churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the said
parish of Saint Cleer for the time being, or to some or
one of them, the sum of two shillings 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 of Saint Cleer.
As we do further order, that the said JANE HAMBLY shall
also pay or cause to be paid to the said churchwardens
and overseers of the poor of the said parish of Saint
Cleer for the time being, or to some or one of them, the
sum of one shilling weekly, and every week, so long as
the said bastard child shall be chargeable to the said
parish of Saint Cleer 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
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(Signed) R.
WALKER (and Sealed)
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(Signed) RICHd. BULLER (and Sealed) |
ON THE REVERSE
Joan Hambly’s
Order
1822
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