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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1725-1727
Volume 840, Page 19b   View pdf image
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       June Court               1725                19

His Lordship
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Honour Norgate
 We of the Grand Jury do present Honour Norgate of Somersett parish for bearing
a bastard Child on or about the 5.th day of February Last    W.m Lane Foreman
                         thereupon Command was given to the Sherr of Somersett County that he Should take
       the said Honour Norgate if she should be found in his Bailywick and her should safe Keep so that
       he might have her body before the Justices of his Lordships County Court to be held at Dividing
       Creek the third tuesday of June then Next to answer unto his Said Lordship Concerning a Certaine
       presentm.t against her found &c and that thereof he should not fail &c

                Att which said third tuesday of June being the fifteenth day of the same month anno Dom
       One thousand seven hundred and twenty five being the day of the Return of the said Writt Cometh
       the Sherr of Somersett County to whom the foregoeing writt was directed and maketh Return thereof
       Endorsed vizt  Cepi Corpus p Joseph MccClester Sherr

       Whereupon the said Honour Norgate being sett to the barr by the Sherr and the presentm.t being
Read pleads guilty and putts herselfe in Mercy of the Lord proprietary and prays that she may be admitted
to make fine to the Said Lord proprietary for the fact afd         Wherefore it is Considered by
the Justices here that the Said Honour Norgate be fined to the Lord proprietary (to be appropriated
toward the defraying of the County Charge) the Sum of thirty Shillings Curr.t money for the fact
afd   Whereupon the Justices at the Prayer of Philip Covington Master of the said Honour
Norgate doe adjudge that the said Honour Norgate should serve her said Master ten full month
to Commence at the End of the said Honour Norgates ^Now^ Service the said ten Month Service being
adjudged to be full satisfaction for damages trouble and Loss of time the said Philip Covington had
at the time of her Child bearing &c


The Same
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Esther Jenckins
 We of the Grand Jury do Present Easter Jenkins of annamessex for bearing
a bastard Child on or about the first day of February Last
                                                                                      W.m Lane Foreman

                      Thereupon Command was given to the Sherr of Somersett County that he Should take the
       Said Esther Jenkins of Annamessex if She Should be found in his Bailywick and her should safe
       Keep so that good her should safe Keep so that he might have her body Before the Justices of his
       said Lordships County Court of Somersett to be held at dividing Creek the third tuesday of June
       then next to answer unto his said Lordship Concerning a Certain presentm.t against her found &c
       and that thereof she should not fail &c
                                                                   Att which said third tuesday of June to witt the fifteenth
       day of the same month anno Dom One thousand seven hundred & twenty four being the day of
       the return of the said Writt Cometh the said Sherr of Somersett County to whom the foregoeing Writt
       was directed and maketh return thereof Endorsed vizt   Cepi Corpus p Jos MccClester Sher


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