Bastardy Papers - Thomas Tivey - Mother Lydia Sneap (Snape)
Know all Men by these Presents That I Thomas Tivey of Melbourne in the County of Derby Framework Knitter held and firmly bound to George Banton and John Briggs the younger, Church wardens and James Moss and Thomas Hollingworth , Overseers of the Poor in the parish of Melbourne in the said County in the sum of sixty pounds of Good and Lawful Money of Great Britain To be paid to the said George Banton, John Briggs, James Moss and Thomas Hollingworth or their certain, Attorney Executors, Administrators or Assigns for the true payment whereof I bind myself my Heirs, Executors and Administrators and every of them firmly by their Presents Sealed with my Seal Dated this Thirty First day of October in the fifty third year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith and in the Year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and Twelve.`
Whereas Lydia Sneap of Melbourne aforesaid Singlewoman was on or about the twenty fifth day of September ~ now last past delivered in the same Parish of a Male Bastard Child which Child is now actually chargeable to the same Parish. And the said Lydia Sneap in and by her voluntary examination taken in writing upon Oath before Richard Foresater Foresters Doctor of Physic, one of his majesty’s Justices of the Peace in and for the said County hath declared the above bounder Thomas Tivey with being the putative father of the said Child to which charge he hath submitted. And whereas the said Thomas Tivey hath proposed and agreed to pay the above named Churchwardens and Overseers of the poor and their successors for the time being the sum of one pound and five shillings for or towards the expenses of the said Lydia Sneap for months lying in and the further sum of one shilling and sixpence a week during so long a time as the said Child shall remain chargeable to the said Parish for and towards the maintenance thereof. Now the condition of the above written obligation is such that if the above bounder Thomas Tivey his heirs executors or administrators or any of them do and shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said George Banton, John Briggs, James Moss and Thomas Hollingworth and their successors for the time being the sum of one pound and five shillings immediately on the execution hereof for on towards the ????? of the said Lydia Sneap’s months lying in and also the further sum of one shilling and six pence weekly and every week for and during so long a time as the said Child shall be a charge or chargeable to the said Parish of Melbourne for or towards the maintenance thereof the sum of which said payments to commence and be made on the day of the date of these presents and them the above written obligation to be void and of no effect or otherwise to remain in full force and virtue;
Signed, Sealed and delivered being first duly stamped in the presence of Wm Whitton of Derby; Thomas Tivey by his mark and Seal
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