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TitleAt the previous session Henry Cole, single of St Michael's Parish appeard in court under recognizance entered into by him and his sureties on 24th February 174 to abide by any orders made as a result of an act of parliament concerning bastard children after a complaint by the church wardens and overseers of the poor of Bottisham parish for producing a bastard child with the spinster Mary Stand, which was likely to be born a bastard, and chargeable to Bottisham Parish. However, since the child was not yet born, recognizance was respited until 15th July 1774. When the court reconvened, Strand had 2 children, both of whom died shortly after their birth. On motion of Barham Rushbrooke, Counsel for Bottisham Parish, Cole was ordered to pay the church wardens and overseers of Bottisham Parish 8 guineas as part of their bill of 11 pounds 8 shillings and threepence for expenses while Strand was lying in (bed bound before and after the births) and 5 guineas for the mid-wife
DateMichaelmas 1767
CreatorNameCambridgeshire Quarter Sessions: entries in Order Book
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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