London Record Society, volume 33. Settlement examinations were enquiries into the legal settlement of paupers who had applied for relief. Bastardy examinations attempted to establish the paternity of illegitimate children and could advance the rights of a mother and child against the father. This volume is a transcription of the records of examinations held in the parish of Chelsea in the mid-eighteenth century.
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Chelsea Settlement and Bastardy Examinations, 1733-1766. Edited by Tim Hitchcock, John Black (London, 1999), British History Online, accessed February 20, 2025, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/london-record-soc/vol33.
Chelsea Settlement and Bastardy Examinations, 1733-1766. Ed. Tim Hitchcock, John Black (London, 1999), British History Online. Web. 20 February 2025. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/london-record-soc/vol33.