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Reference NumberL/SJW/5074
Alternative Reference NumberTH/5074
LevelFile
TitleBonds of indemnification
Date(s)1717-1728
DescriptionWith the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor for the following cases - where the parish is securing a 'Bastardy bond' with the reputed father of a child who is to be born out of marriage to provide maintenance. The women's names are given:

A: Francis Fitzwilliams, Stepney, surgeon and Anne Fitzwilliams, 1717
B: George Brock, Whitechapel and Elizabeth Williams, 7 July 1718
C: Francis Kell, Scarborough and Mary Bunn, 4 August 1718
D: William Gravestock, Stepney, labourer and Elizabeth Serjeant, 1721
E: John Keepers, dock, Rotherhithe, 25 May 1728
F: Thomas Saunders, Inner Temple and Elizabeth Saunders, 1717
G: Henry Jordan, Sunbury, farmer and Mary Pratt, 1717
H: Samuel Burton, Salt Peter Bank, carman and Margaret Hill, 8 September 1724
I: Benjamin Jones, Wapping, brandyman and Alice Jones (who was turned out of Benjamin Jones' house and in labour giving birth at the workhouse), March 1724
Extent9 documents
PhysicalDescriptionPoor condition, at risk from handling
Access StatusOpen
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