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SUMMARY:The punishment of unmarried parents in London\, 1695-1834 - Samant
 ha Williams (Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Amy Erickson
DESCRIPTION:The parents of illegitimate children were liable to punishment
  by the church and secular courts. Under canon law church courts could hea
 r sexual offences\, including fornication\, cohabitation\, and bastardy. H
 owever\, far more cases of bastardy were prosecuted by recognizance or ind
 ictment at quarter sessions. An Act of 1576 made provision for the impriso
 nment of unmarried mothers in the house of correction for one year as ‘l
 ewd women’ where they could be set to hard labour. The failure of both p
 arents to maintain their child could also result in commitment to gaol. Th
 is paper will examine the implementation of the law for bastardy in London
  between 1695 and 1834.
LOCATION:Linnett Room\, Robinson College
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