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John Davies< no role > maketh oath That divers years
ago he was hired & lived as a hired Servant by the year by & with one
Thomas Edmunds< no role > in Vere Street near Clare Market in the
Parish of St Clement Danes in the Sd County Soap Boiler and
Tallow Chandler & Continued in Such Service for the Space of a
year & upwards by means thereof gained a legal Settlement
there That he has not Since lived as a hired Servant for a year
nor rented a house of Ten pounds a year or upwards or Servd
any parish office or paid any Poors Rates or Kings Taxes
or done any Act to gain a Subsequent Settlement.

The Mark of
John [mark] Davies< no role >

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Elizabeth Towns< no role > the widow of Thomas
Towns< no role > deced maketh oath that her late husband has informed her
& which She believes to be true that he was born in Swan Alley
in the parish of Saint Botolph without Aldgate in the Sd County
& that to her knowledge or belief he never lived as a hired Servant
for a year nor was ever bound Apprentice nor ever rented a
house of Ten pounds a year or upwards nor ever Served any
Parish office or paid any Poors Rates or Kings Taxes nor ever
did any Act to gain a Settlement for himself nor hath She this
Depont Since his death done any Act to gain a Settlement for herself
& this Depont Can give no Account respecting the Settlement of
her late husbands Parents Save that She has been informed that his
Mother was born in the Sd Parish of St Botolph Aldgate & that She this
Depont was Married to her late husband abt thirty Years ago at ye Fleet

The Mark of
Elizabeth [mark] Towns< no role >