The Church deprecated this type of traditional union, employing the terms "bastardy" and "concubinage". Raleigh defended the refusal of the barons to change the law of bastardy and legitimation. By the mid 1070s ecclesiastical courts heard cases that involved bastardy. Through the 1760s and the 1770s, the Overseers of the Poor regulated bastardy. The Poor Law of 1576 formed the basis of English bastardy law. The 5th quarter is Woodville with baton sinister for bastardy. It is likely no rule of succession had set as to bastardy before this decree. In 1531, the first statute in England regarding bastardy came into existence. The bolt of lightning was the bar sinister of bastardy. Other methods of preventing bastardy existed, but not widely used. However, in medieval England, there was no single mark of difference for bastardy. Both branches were descended through bastardy from William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas. However, a more common downside of night prowling has been rampant bastardy. Bastardy bonds would be posted in the courts to provide for the child's upbringing. Bastardy laws existed both in English common law and within the laws of the colonies.