Bastardy examinations orders
	Father				Mother					Reference	type
Date	surname	first name	place	occupation	surname	first name	place	occupation	other info
30 Oct 1607	Vile	John	South Harp	husbandman son of William	Luckocke	Elenor				Q/SR/2/22	examination
26 Jun 1608	Vile	John	South Petherton	husbandman son of William	Luckocke	Elinor	East Lambrook, Kingsbury	spinster		Q/SR/3/132-3	order
28 Aug 1611	Newcombe	William	Norton sub Hamdon	yeoman	Lavor	Rebecca	South Petherton			Q/SR/11/7-8	order
8 Jan 1610/11	Stuckey	John	Compton Durville, South Petherton	husbandman	Moore	Mary	Compton Durville, South Petherton			Q/SR/11/48-9	order
8 Jan 1610/11	Rippett	Silvester	Martock	husbandman	Boodye	Agnes	South Petherton			Q/SR/11/50-1	order
12 May 1616	Baker	Thomas	South Petherton		Anstye	Mary	South Petherton		carnal knowledge of her body in the baker’s house	Q/SR/26/70-1	examination
11 Jan 1618/9	Wrench	William			Austin	Marie	South Petherton			Q/SR/32/223	order
20 Apr 1621	Mark	Andrew	South Petherton		Gregge	Johane	South Petherton	spinster	Peter Gregge, base child	Q/SR/37/38	order
20 Aug 1621	Sacer	John	Ilminster		Hutchins	Dorothy	South Petherton	spinster	base female child	Q/SR/39/52	order
25 Aug 1621	Ellys alias Literett	John	South Petherton	shoemaker	Edmonds alias Palmer		South Petherton	spinster	base female child	Q/SR/39/54	order
25 Aug 1621	Podger	Lawrence	Midney	yeoman	Hollond	Alice	South Petherton	spinster	base female child	Q/SR/39/56	order
15 Oct 1625	Ridout	John	South Petherton	labourer	Hillary	Edith	Shepton Beauchamp	spinster		Q/SR/56/112	order
12 Oct 1653	Russell	Robert	South Petherton	husbandman	Hebditch	Mary	South Petherton	single woman	carnal knowledge of her body in her master’s kitchen	Q/SR/86/58	examination
19 Oct 1655	Eliott	William	South Petherton	husbandman	Clay	Frances	Barrington	spinster	carnal knowledge of her body in the parsonage barn at South Petherton	Q/SR/91/75	examination
22 Sep 1655	Bartlett	John	Drayton	reputed father of base female child	Cooke	Mary	South Petherton	widow	carnal knowledge of her body in the house of John Clarke of South Petherton	Q/SR/91/76	examination
27 Sep 1655	Bartlett	John	Drayton	carpenter	Cooke	Marye	South Petherton	widow	female child	Q/SR/92/24	order
27 Oct 1656	Sturton	Thomas	South Petherton	the younger, brazier	Vile	Mary	South Petherton	single woman	carnal knowledge of her body in a field near Lower Stratton	Q/SR/93/5	examination
13 Jan 1656/7	Sturton	Thomas	South Petherton	brazier	Vile	Mary	South Petherton	single woman		Q/SR/95/10	order
15 Apr 1657	Quinn	Thomas	Seavington St Mary		Barrett	Mary	late of South Petherton			Q/SR/95/218	examination
27 Sep 1658	Weare	Robert			Flint	Justine	South Petherton	spinster	carnal knowledge of her body in the stable of Edmond Clarke at South Petherton		examination
16 Jan 1659	Vile	Thomas	Seavington St Mary	the younger, husbandman	Barrett	Marge	South Petherton	single woman	carnal knowledege of her body in the house of John Dunne of Seavington St Mary	Q/SR/96/81	examination
19 Jun1669	Patch	Richard	Higher Stratton		Chaffey	Joane	Curry Rivel			Q/SR/112/89-90	examination
24 Sep 1677	Dyer	John	South Petherton		Vile	Edith	South Petherton		carnal knowledge of her body in her mother’s house	Q/SR/135/4	examination
19 Jul 1683	Clark	Joshua	South Petherton	husbandman	Younge	Ursula	South Petherton	single woman	base female child	Q/SR/155/2	examination
28 Apr 1752	Weare	Robert	South Petherton	mason	Harding	Mary	South Petherton	single woman	son William	Q/SR/320/3/62	examination
30 Oct 1833	Edmonds	John Baker	Woolverton, Dorset	the younger, gentleman (born in 1792 in South Petherton)	Vile	Mary	South Petherton	daugher Jane Vile born c 1816