at salop assize of Mars carom king statute of Elizabeth c upon the statute of  Elizabeth cap for provision to be make for the poor and for the dispose of  bastard child this matter come in question upon a case then and there propound  by the justice of the peace to the judge of assize and for their direction  accord to the law therein the case propound unto they be this S that one  Margaret brown a single woman be beget with child by one Robert gough a single  man the child bear and baptise in the parish of Drayton in the county of Salop  eleven year since and gough the repute father take the child from the mother  and place he at nurse elsewhere after he marry with another woman and with her  do cobabit in the parish of saint I have in villan de Salop alibi the bastard  child dwell with he and have be maintain by the repute father by the space of  ten year last pass afterward the repute father die leave of his wife and  diverse child by he beget of her and also leave the say bastard child the  estate by he leave be not able to maintain his wife and her child but that the  say parish be enforce to relieve and maintain they and the mother of the  bastard child for the most part of the time since the birth of the bastard  child have live in service and be still able to do some service but be a very  simple woman and of weak understanding that be leave unto her by her friend to  maintain her self withal the which I S owe by several person and be not in her  own hand the question propound to the judge be by who this bastard child be to  be maintain and to what place to be send whether to the ville of Salop where  be live for ten year with his repute father or to Drayton the place of the  birth or to his mother who be not able to maintain he and if to the mother  then in case that she die or afterward grow impotent and in need to be relieve  herself to what place the bastard child be then to be send notam that in this  case it be resolve by sir William Jones and sir James Whitlock justice of  assize and Salop of Mars caroli king that this bastard child be to be send to  his mother to be keep by her and maintain if she be of ability and of power to  do this and if she be not then to the ville de Salop who be to keep and  maintain this bastard child and he be to be send thither in regard that the  say bastard child have be there before settle with his repute father because  to the place of the last set this be in the ville de Salop where he be for ten  year and to this place of the last set as well as to the place of the birth  the law have respect and so it be order by they