Bastardy or Illegitimacy in England (From Ancestral Trails, original edition and Tate’s The Parish Chest)Compiled Nov 2004 by Richard W. Price Bastard is properly the base child of a father of gentle or noble birth, but more generally any illegitimate child; child born out of wedlock, base-born child; basterino; pack-saddle child; natural child; of natural … Continue reading Bastardy or Illegitimacy in England