Recording Uttlesford History
Saffron Walden Bastardy Bonds 1669 - 1834
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SAFFRON
WALDEN BASTARDY BONDS 1669-1834
Note: Bastardy Bonds are the name given to the legal document compelling the father of an illegitimate child to contribute to its maintenance. There are over 140 of these in the Saffron Walden town archives, now digitised with ERO numbers and deposited in the Essex Record Office at Chelmsford. The reason for official concern was not so much moral, but more to do with saving the costs otherwise necessary to support the mother and child on the rates. These documents can be important to family historians, as they suggest that the carefully-constructed family trees may not be so straightforward as they seem! In most cases the original images can now be seen on SEAX and a copy printed off, but the originals are closed to public access.
D/B
2/PAR8/140
29 Apr 1669
John Thurayts, bastard son of Mary Lash [?], spinster, daughter-in-law of Robert Thurayts of Audley End, basket maker [other co-securors: Thomas Saunders, alias Tompson, of Saffron Walden, baker, and Christopher Ball of Saffron Walden, basket maker]
D/B
2/PAR8/1
23 Aug 1675
Edward Windle of Saffron Walden, putative father of unborn child of Mary Buckley
D/B
2/PAR8/2
23 Dec 1690
Robert Warner of Rickling, putative father of William Wright, son of Hannah
D/B
2/PAR8/3
28 Nov 1710
John Bacon of Widdington, yeoman, and Barnaby Thurgood of Maunden, tanner, indemnifying parish offices of Saffron Walden against charges related to the bastard child or children of their sister Ann Milton, widow
D/B
2/PAR8/4
5 Jan 1710/11
Thomas Cole of Newport,husbandman, putative father of female child of Sarah Church
D/B
2/PAR8/5
19 Jan 1711/12
Richard Glover of Saffron Walden, gardener, putative father of female child of Elizabeth Twigg of Newport
D/B
2/PAR8/6
10 Dec 1722
Unborn child of Elizabeth Clayton of Cambridge, about to reside in Saffron Walden; co-securors - John Blackwell of Grantchester, co Cambridge,miller, and George Kirby of Cambridge, plumber
D/B
2/PAR8/7
4 May 1728
Thomas Gorsuch, putative father of female child of Jane Dunton
D/B
2/PAR8/8
1 May 1736
Maintenance order on John Barrett of Great Chesterford, putative father of male child of Mary Keene
D/B
2/PAR8/9
29 March 1752
Maintenance order on Edward Church of Saffron Walden, labourer, the putative father of a female child of Mary Flack of Saffron Walden, with a signed note from the vicar that Anne Flack was baptised on 13 Mar 1737 [1737/8?]
D/B
2/PAR8/10
26 Apr 1738
Maintenance order on John Pomfret the younger of Saffron Walden, carpenter, the putative father of a female child of Mary Starling
D/B
2/PAR8/11
26 Apr 1738
Maintenance order on John Pomfret the younger of Saffron Walden, carpenter, the putative father of a female child of Mary Starling
D/B
2/PAR8/12
28 Aug 1741
Thomas Browne of Saffron Walden, surgeon, putative father [?] of Mary, daughter of Mary Erswell
D/B
2/PAR8/13
24 Oct 1741
William French of Saffron Walden, husbandman, putative father of Sarah, daughter of Margaret Freeman
D/B
2/PAR8/14
18 Oct 1748
Charles Webb of Saffron Walden, innholder, putative father of a male child and an unborn child of Ann Powell
D/B
2/PAR8/15
18 Feb 1752
Unborn child of Sarah Smoothey; co-securors - Thomas Hammond of Linton, co Cambridge, carrier, and Joseph Pilgram of Saffron Walden, higgler
D/B
2/PAR8/16
31 Oct 1753
Thomas Thurgood of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of male child of Ann Reed
D/B
2/PAR8/17
25 Apr 1754
Thomas Goodwin of Saffron Walden, cordwainer, putative father of female child of Elizabeth Butcher
D/B
2/PAR8/18
26 Apr 1755
Bastardy examination of Sarah Deans, declaring John Clarke of Sewers End, labourer, the father of her unborn child
D/B
2/PAR8/19
20 Nov 1755
John Miller of Saffron Walden, yeoman, relating to the unborn child of one of his daughters, Rose
D/B
2/PAR8/20
10 Feb 1756
note by James Norris, sole overseer of the poor of Tiltey, promising to indemnify Saffron Walden from any costs relating to Ann Savell, bastard daughter of Mary, now the wife of Richard Pumphrett of Saffron Walden, cordwainer
D/B
2/PAR8/21
24 Mar 1756
Charles Perkins of Saffron Walden, supervisor of excise, putative father of female child of Elizabeth Ford
D/B
2/PAR8/22
10 Aug 1756
Grace Ramshire, daughter of Pomfrett; co-securors - Pomfrett Ramshire of Saffron Walden, yeoman, and William Ramshire of Saffron Walden, yeoman
D/B
2/PAR8/23
20 Oct 1756
John Browne of Saffron Walden, surgeon, putative father of a male child of Mary Start
D/B
2/PAR8/24
1 July 1757
Zachariah Kirby of Cambridge, stone cutter, putative father of female child of Susan Bunn
D/B
2/PAR8/25
1 May 1762
Thomas Adams of Cambridge, victualler, putative father of unborn child of Elizabeth Long of Cambridge, but living in Saffron Walden
D/B
2/PAR8/26
20 Jan 1763
William Leverett the younger of Saffron Walden, a private sentinel in the Essex Militia, putative father of a female child of Jane Erswell
D/B
2/PAR8/27
3 July 1763
Xenophon Hearne (under the age of 21), putative father of female child of Elizabeth Sparrow
D/B
2/PAR8/28
3
Sept 1763
James Sell of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of male child of Elizabeth Brown
D/B
2/PAR8/29
18 Jan 1766
Thomas Warren of Bird Farm, Saffron Walden, yeoman, putative father of unborn child of Elizabeth Erswell
D/B
2/PAR8/30
8 Sept 1766
Henry Caton of Saffron Walden, carpenter, putative father of unborn child of Sarah Green
D/B
2/PAR8/31
19 Feb 1770
George Howard the younger of Saffron Walden, yeoman, putative father of unborn child of Mary Jefferys
D/B
2/PAR8/32
21 June 1771
William Brown of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of unborn child of Susannah Ashby
D/B
2/PAR8/33
27 Aug 1771
Against Thomas Clarke, late of Saffron Walden, tanner, putative father of unborn child of Mary Banks
D/B
2/PAR8/34
26 Dec 1771
William Brown of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a female child of Susan Ashby
D/B
2/PAR8/35
24 Apr 1773
Biagio Rebecca, Italian painter employed at Audley End, putative father of male child of Ann White, servant at Audley End
D/B
2/PAR8/36
2 Sept 1775
Against John Hills of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of unborn child of Sarah Watson
D/B
2/PAR8/37
23 Jan 1777
Against James Parker of Saffron Walden, cordwainer, putative father of a male child of Susanna Francis
D/B
2/PAR8/38
16 Apr 1779
William Leverett of Saffron Walden, servant, putative father of a male child of Susanna Richardson
D/B
2/PAR8/39
7 Aug 1779
William Hales of Saffron Walden, tailor, putative father of a female child of Frances Deeks
D/B
2/PAR8/40
10 Jan 1780
Against John Wilson of Newport, labourer, putative father of a female child of Mary Bell
D/B
2/PAR8/41
2 Dec 1780
Against John Beckwith of Chelmsford, yeoman, putative father of a female child of Elizabeth Howard, now the wife of James Howard of Chelmsford, carpenter, formerly Elizabeth Debnam
D/B
2/PAR8/42
15 Oct 1781
Relating to the male child of Mary Hales of Saffron Walden, between the parish officers and Francis Markett, lieutenant in the West Kent Militia
D/B
2/PAR8/43
19 Nov 1781
William Price of Cambridge,apothecary, putative father [?] of unborn child of Esther Beardsell
D/B
2/PAR8/44
20 Sept 1782
Against Samuel Pilgrim of Great Chesterford, waygour [sic], putative father of a male child of Mary Barker
D/B
2/PAR8/45
6 Nov 1784
Robert Stevenson of Newport, esquire, putative father [?] of an unborn child of Sarah Smith, now residing in Saffron Walden
D/B
2/PAR8/46
30 May 1786
Against John Rickard of Saffron Walden, woolcomber, putative father of a female child of Mary Coxall
D/B
2/PAR8/47
8 Dec 1786
Against John Barrett of Saffron Walden, blacksmith, putative father of a female child of Mary Archer
D/B
2/PAR8/48
14 May 1788
Against James Hodson of Saffron Walden, baker, putative father of a female child of Sarah Parkin
D/B
2/PAR8/49
14 May 1788
Against Philip Wisby of Great Chesterford, servant, putative father of a male child of Mary Crackling
D/B
2/PAR8/50
28 June 1798
Against William Baxter, a private in Colonel Ludlow's Company in 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, putative father of a female child of Ann Wakeling
D/B
2/PAR8/51
7 Aug 1798
Against William Carter of Cranfield, co Bedford, tailor, putative father of a male child of Susanna Wright
D/B
2/PAR8/52
5 Feb 1800
Against William Church the younger of Saffron Walden, bricklayer, putative father of a female child of Susanna King
D/B
2/PAR8/53
20 Oct 1800
Against James Moule, late of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a female child of Sarah Stokes
D/B
2/PAR8/54
26 Feb 1801
Against John Nash of Littlebury, yeoman, putative father of a male child of Mary Cowell
D/B
2/PAR8/55
28 Apr 1801
Against William Day of Saffron Walden, cordwainer, putative father of a male child of Ann Erswell, now Ann Day
D/B
2/PAR8/56
20 Oct 1801
Against John Wakeling of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a female child of Elizabeth Freeman; note on dorse that Wakeling defaulted on the payments
D/B
2/PAR8/57
3 Nov 1801
Against William Flack of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a male child of Mary Francis
D/B
2/PAR8/58
22 Apr 1803
Against Richard Remmington of Epping, coachman, putative father of a female child of Ann Maria Beard
D/B
2/PAR8/59
28 June 1803
Against William Archer of Saffron Walden, tailor, putative father of a male child of Mary Wiskin
D/B
2/PAR8/60
10 Nov 1803
Against Robert Goldstone, late of Saffron Walden, blacksmith, putative father of a male child of Mary Warren
D/B
2/PAR8/61
27 January 1804
Against Thomas Edwards of Saffron Walden, maltster, putative father of a female child of Elizabeth Wren, with receipt for £14 10s. 6d.
D/B
2/PAR8/62
3 Feb 1807
Against Edward Augur of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a female child of Ann Barker (born 1803)
D/B
2/PAR8/63
3 Feb 1807
Against Edward Augur of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a female child of Ann Barker (born 1807)
D/B
2/PAR8/64
27 May 1808
Against John Rich, late of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a male child of Susanna Hammond
D/B
2/PAR8/65
18 July 1808
Order for the imprisonment of Robert Barker, labourer, for refusing to maintain the bastard child of Mary Howard
D/B
2/PAR8/66
13 Dec 1808
Against James Burleigh of Saffron Walden, glazier, putative father of a male child of Ann Monk
D/B
2/PAR8/67
17 Mar 1809
Against Isaac Fitch the younger of Stambourne, butcher, putative father of a female child of Sarah Peacock
D/B
2/PAR8/68
21 Mar 1809
Against John Mansfield, late of Linton, co Cambridge, labourer, putative father of a male child of Elizabeth Wright
D/B
2/PAR8/69
18 July 1809
Against Robert Barker of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a male child of Mary Howard
D/B
2/PAR8/70
1 7 May 1811
Against James Bowtell of Saffron Walden, cordwainer, putative father of a female child of Sarah Star
D/B
2/PAR8/71
22 May 1811
Order for the imprisonment of James Webb, labourer, for refusing to maintain the bastard child of Jane Start
D/B
2/PAR8/72
8 Nov 1811
Against James Webb of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a male child of Jane Start
D/B
2/PAR8/73
15 Feb 1814
Against William Allen the younger of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a female child of Elizabeth Savill
D/B
2/PAR8/74
28 Feb 1814
Against Thomas Reynolds of Hildersham, co Cambridge, gamekeeper, putative father of a female child of Martha Warren
D/B
2/PAR8/75
12 June 1815
Against Joseph Nottage of Littlebury, labourer, putative father of a female child of Sarah Cornwell
D/B
2/PAR8/76
30 Oct 1815
Against Thomas Trott of Newport, labourer, putative father of a male child of Mary Wilson
D/B
2/PAR8/77
23 Nov 1815
Against Abraham Haley Rider of Linton, co Cambridge, labourer, putative father of a female child of Sarah Stock
D/B
2/PAR8/78
5 Dec 1815
Against Thomas Green of Hempsted, farmer, putative father of a male child of Martha Pettit
D/B
2/PAR8/79
19 July 1816
Against Reuben Goodwin of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a male child of Hannah Goodwin, widow (born in 1811)
D/B
2/PAR8/80
19 July 1816
Against Reuben Goodwin of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a male child of Hannah Goodwin, widow (born 1816)
D/B
2/PAR8/81
29 July 1816
Against Joseph Woollard of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a female child of Ann Baker
D/B
2/PAR8/82
18 Feb 1817
Against Richard Peachey, late of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a female child of Lydia Augar
D/B
2/PAR8/83
9 July 1817
Against Joseph Wright of Saffron Walden, shepherd, putative father of a female child of Sarah Star
D/B
2/PAR8/84
8 Aug 1817
Against John Daile of Norwich, carpenter, putative father of a female child of Susanna Edwards; note on dorse that Daile defaulted on the payment in Dec 1821
D/B
2/PAR8/85
3 July 1818
Against John Burdett of Saffron Walden, yeoman, putative father of a male child of Martha Johnson
D/B
2/PAR8/86
10 Aug 1818
Against John Pilgrim of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a male child of Martha Dewberry
D/B
2/PAR8/87
16 Mar 1819
Against Richard Peachey, late of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a female child of Lydia Augar
D/B
2/PAR8/88
20 May 1819
Against Thomas Kempton of Lavenham, Suffolk, baker, putative father of a female child of Sarah Goodwin; note that no demand is necessary
D/B
2/PAR8/89
20 Mar 1819
Relating to unborn child of Priscilla Stubblefield, lately come to reside in Saffron Walden; co-securors - Thomas King and Joseph Sharpe Cooper, both of Sawston, co Cambridge, gents, acting on behalf of the putative father
D/B
2/PAR8/90
5 July 1819
Against James Hodson the younger, labourer, putative father of a male child of Elizabeth Tinworth
D/B
2/PAR8/91
30 Mar 1820
Against Simon Chapman of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a female child of Sarah Wright
D/B
2/PAR8/92
3 May 1820
Thomas Cathery of Petersfield, co Hampshire, chemist and druggist, putative father of a male child of Mary Turner; co-securor Elizabeth Cathery of Chichester, co Sussex, Thomas's mother
D/B
2/PAR8/93
30 Mar 1820
Against William Clark of Debden, labourer, putative father of a female child of Mary Dennison; note on dorse that Clark refused to pay
D/B
2/PAR8/94
3 Aug 1820
Daniel Smith, porter of Magdalen College, Cambridge, putative father of an unborn child of Susan Wilson; co-securors - Charles Baxter of Cambridge, livery stable keeper, and William Rider of Littlebury, farmer
D/B
2/PAR8/95
4 Aug 1820
Samuel Porter the younger of Saffron Walden, baker, putative father of a female child of Mary Savill; co-securor - Charles Porter of Saffron Walden, maltster
D/B
2/PAR8/96
11 Oct 1820
Against George Savill of Bishops Stortford, co Hertford, servant, putative father of a female child of Esther Reed
D/B
2/PAR8/97
28 Mar 1821
Waite Spicer of Saffron Walden, shopkeeper, putative father of a male child of Charlotte Gapes; co-securor Thomas Spicer of Saffron Walden, gent
D/B
2/PAR8/98
6 Apr 1821
Against John Marshall of Wimbish, labourer, putative father of a male child of Ann Downham; note on dorse that Marshall refused to pay
D/B
2/PAR8/99
7 Dec 1821
Against Thomas Elbourn of Saffron Walden, ostler, putative father of a female child of Maria Watson
D/B
2/PAR8/100
27 Mar 1822
Against John Hardwick of Great Chesterford, labourer, putative father of a male child of Sarah Stubbings
D/B
2/PAR8/101
29 Nov 1822
Joseph Ward of Saffron Walden, bricklayer, putative father of a female child of Susan Warren, widow; co-securor - William Ward of Saffron Walden, carpenter and joiner
D/B
2/PAR8/102
27 Dec 1822
Against Richard Saville of Saffron Walden, yeoman, putative father of a male child of Mary Housden
D/B
2/PAR8/103
24 Sept 1823
Against Stephen Barker of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a female child of Hannah Saville
D/B
2/PAR8/104
5 Jan 1824
Jackson Stennett of Saffron Walden, gent, putative father of a male child of Ruth Gatward
D/B
2/PAR8/105
24 May 1824
Against John Garwood of Ashdon, blacksmith, putative father of a male child of Sarah Saville
D/B
2/PAR8/106
10 Sept 1824
Against Matthew Adcock Ward of Saffron Walden, glazier, putative father of a female child of Ann Gatward
D/B
2/PAR8/107
14 Mar 1825
Against William Drane of Saffron Walden, servant, putative father of a female child of Hannah Walls
D/B
2/PAR8/108
14 Mar 1825
Against Henry Housden of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a female child of Mary Dewberry
D/B
2/PAR8/109
5 Oct 1825
Against Thomas Frankham of Ashdon, labourer, putative father of a female child of Grace Saville
D/B
2/PAR8/110
3 Nov 1825
Against Thomas Thorpe of Cambridge, fiddler, putative father of a male child of Elizabeth Pitston
D/B
2/PAR8/111
29 Nov 1826
Against Edward Bird the younger of Saffron Walden, bricklayer, putative father of a male child of Sarah Mason
D/B
2/PAR8/112
15 Jan 1827
Against William Brand of Saffron Walden, carpenter, putative father of a female child of Mary Debney [or Debden]
D/B
2/PAR8/113
9 July 1827
Against Joseph Onion of Fen Ditton, co Cambridge, labourer, putative father of a male child of Mary Clark
D/B
2/PAR8/114
4 August 1827
Against William Warner, late of Rochford, labourer, putative father of a male child of Susan Byford, the wife of Joseph, formerly Susan Turner; with bastardy examination; note on dorse that Warner refused to pay
D/B
2/PAR8/115
30 Oct 1827
Against Thomas Thurgood of Hempstead, labourer, putative father of a female child of Mary Purkis
D/B
2/PAR8/116
27 Nov 1827
Against Thomas Wake of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a male child of Lydia Augur
D/B
2/PAR8/117
12 March 1828
Against Thomas Bull of Barkway, Hertfordshire, servant, putative father of a female child of Esther Pryor
D/B
2/PAR8/118
1 Apr 1828
Against John Reed of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a male child of Sarah Blackwell
D/B
2/PAR8/119
4 Aug 1828
Against Charles Pamphilon of Saffron Walden, wheelwright, putative father of a male child of Mary Ann Watson
D/B
2/PAR8/120
27 October 1828
Against Nathan Taylor of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a male child of Lydia Augur; with bastardy examination
D/B
2/PAR8/121
29 Dec 1828
Against John Newland of Ickleton, co Cambridge, labourer, putative father of a male child of Hannah Brewer
D/B
2/PAR8/122
>19 Jan 1829
Against James Duberry of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a male child of Susan Wisley
D/B
2/PAR8/123
1 Feb 1830
Against Henry Plum of Ickleton, co Cambridge, labourer, putative father of a male child of Ann Brewer
D/B
2/PAR8/124
23 Mar 1830
Against William Pettit of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a female child of Phoebe Pitstow
D/B
2/PAR8/125
14 Feb 1831
Against James Eldred of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a female child of Eliza Savill
D/B
2/PAR8/126
22 March 1831
- 26 February 1845
James Rule of Saffron Walden, farrier, putative father of an unborn child to Mary Spicer; co-securor - James Wisbey of Saffron Walden, alehouse keeper; associated documents
D/B
2/PAR8/127
25 June 1831
Against James Gourlett of Ashdon, labourer, putative father of a male child of Mary Hawes
D/B
2/PAR8/128
2 Jan 1832
Against Samuel Free of Hadstock, farmer and publican, putative father of a male child of Elizabeth Webb
D/B
2/PAR8/129
19 Mar 1832
Against Henry Choat Frankham of Ashdon, putative father of a female child of Grace Savill
D/B
2/PAR8/130
11 June 1832
Against Thomas Poole of Debden, butcher, putative father of a male child of Sarah Hardy
D/B
2/PAR8/131
11 Mar 1833
Against Charles Barker of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a female child of Rebecca Clark
D/B
2/PAR8/132
11 Mar 1833
Against Robert Graves of Sampford, putative father of a male child of Sarah Gowlett
D/B
2/PAR8/133
22 Apr 1833
Second copy of PAR8/132
D/B
2/PAR8/134
13 May 1833
Against George Butcher of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a male child of Elizabeth Starr
D/B
2/PAR8/135
11 June 1833
Against James Richardson of Littlebury, labourer, putative father of a male child of Lydia Augar
D/B
2/PAR8/136
5 Aug 1833
Against John Mallyon the younger of Saffron Walden, labourer, putative father of a female child of Ann Woodley, the wife of James Woodley, transported for life
D/B
2/PAR8/137
5 Aug 1833
Against James Wesson the younger of Saffron Walden, tailor, putative father of a male child of Sarah Turner
D/B
2/PAR8/138
26 Oct 1833
Joseph Downham of Chrishall, farmer, putative father of a male child of Eliza Howard
D/B
2/PAR8/139
24 Sept 1834
Against Thomas Brown of Saffron Walden, putative father of a male child of Sophia Francis
