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Bastardy Bonds ..........what do they reveal ?
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Vera | Report | 18 Mar 2006 21:17 |
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Hi Joan, When a woman was expecting an illegitimate child, parish officials would submit the woman to an examination, to try and determine the name of the father. They would then attempt to have him sign a bastardy bond in which he would agree to be responsible for the maintenance of the child. Regards Vera |
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Porkie_Pie | Report | 18 Mar 2006 21:15 |
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some one will tell me if i am wrong, but i think that bastardy bonds are simular to the modern day CSA where the father had to pay for the childs up keep so i would think that he would have been named? |
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Joan of Arc(hives) | Report | 18 Mar 2006 21:02 |
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Just wondered whether they give clues as to who the father was, etc ?? :0) Joan |
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