101 Uses of a Church Porch: Stanford Rivers South Porch use for “habitacion” in 1600

I have just come across the following unusual use of the church porch at Stanford Rivers. It is in A Series of Precedents and Proceedings in Criminal Cases from the Act Books of the Ecclesiastical Courts in the Diocese of London from 1475 to 1640 (a really snappy title!) edited by William Hale, first published 1847.

This extract is from the Court of the Archdeaconry of Essex, 20 October 1600.

Willielmum Wallis, et uxorem, de Stanford Rivers: Detected, for that they have made their habitacion in the south porch of the parishe church, & therewithall he dothe not otherwise provide; but hathe suffered his wife to travaill in childbirth therein & to continue there her whole moneth

I haven't looked into this any further, but I suppose there might be a sharp comment in the parish register if the baby was baptised!