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The voluntary Examination of MARY STEPHENS of the Parish
of Saint Cleer in the said County, single Woman taken on
oath before me WILLIAM JOPE Esquire one of his Majesty’s
Justices of the Peace for the County aforesaid, this
twenty fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and thirty
This Examinant, on her Oath doth declare that she is
with Child, and that the said Child is likely to be born
a Bastard, and to be chargeable to the said Parish of
Saint Cleer and the said MARY STEPHENS doth charge one
RICHARD TRUSCOTT of Carpenter in the said Parish of
Saint Cleer in the said County Labourer with having
gotten the said Child on her Body, with which she is now
pregnant and that no other Person hath had carnal
Knowledge of her Body, with respect to such Child, but
the said RICHARD TRUSCOTT and that he is the true Father
of the said Child with which she is now pregnant as
aforesaid.
Sworn and subscribed by
the said MARY STEPHENS
the day and year above written, before me |
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(Signed) MARY STEPHENS
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(Signed) W. JOPE |
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On the Reverse:
Examination
of Mary Stephens
1830
(Bastardy)
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The Order of WILLIAM JOPE and JOHN LYNE Esquires 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 ninth
Day of February One Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty
three concerning a male Bastard Child - lately born in
the Parish of Saint Cleer aforesaid, of the Body of MARY
STEPHENS 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 MARY STEPHENS that she, the
said MARY STEPHENS on the twelfth day of October 1832
was delivered of a male Bastard Child at the Church Town
in the Parish of Saint Cleer aforesaid in the said
County, and that the said Bastard Child is become
chargeable to the said Parish of Saint Cleer and further
that RICHARD TRUSCOTT of Saint Cleer aforesaid in the
said County Laborer did beget the said Bastard Child on
the Body of her the said MARY STEPHENS And whereas the
said RICHARD TRUSCOTT hath refused to appear before us,
in Pursuance of our Summons for that purpose, hath (not)
shewed any sufficient Cause why he the said RICHARD
TRUSCOTT 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 MARY STEPHENS as otherwise, do
hereby adjudge him the said RICHARD TRUSCOTT 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 Saint Cleer as for the sustentation and Relief
of the said Bastard Child that the said RICHARD TRUSCOTT
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 Saint Cleer
or to some or one of them, the Sum of Eleven Pounds Four
Shillings for and towards the Lying-in of the said MARY
STEPHENS and the Maintenance of the said Bastard Child
to the Time of making this our Order, and for the
Charges and Expences incurred prior to the said Order of
Filiation being made and incident to the obtaining of
the said Order, as ascertained on Oath. And we do also
hereby further order, that the said RICHARD TRUSCOTT
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 One shilling and 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 Saint Cleer. And we do further order that the
said MARY STEPHENS 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 Ten pence 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) W. JOPE (and Sealed)
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(Signed) JOHN LYNE (and Sealed) |
ON THE REVERSE
Richd. Truscott’s
Order of Filiation
1833
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