Middlesex,

to wit, Mary Browning< no role > the Widow of Richard
Browning< no role > , deceased, maketh Oath that she was
lawfully Married to her said late Husband at the
Parish Church of Saint Leonard Shoreditch in the
County of Middlesex , on or about the Twenty Fifth
Day of December One Thousand Seven Hundred
and Seventy Seven , that she has heard her said
late Husband say that he was duly Bound
Apprentice by Indenture to his Brother John
Browning< no role > of Fox's Lane in the Parish of Saint
Paul Shadwell in the County of Middlesex , Anch [..]
Smith , that she cannot tell for what number
of years her said Husband was bound Apprentice
as aforesaid, but she has heard him say that he
served his said Master the whole of his said
Apprenticeship, and that his said Master was
burnt out from his said Dwelling House in Fox
Lane aforesaid the Day his said Apprenticeship
expired, that her said late Husband has not since
his said Apprenticeship Rented any House or Lodging
of the Yearly Rent or Value of Ten Pounds or upwards
paid any Poor's Rate or King's Tax or done any Act
to her knowledge or belief to gain a subsequent Settlement. That being Poor and
unable to provide for herself she has been obliged to
apply to the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Saint
Botolph without Aldgate Middlesex for Relief and
hath been relieved by them accordingly

her
Mary [mark] Browning< no role >
Mark