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<p n="538"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> LONDON SS.</note>
To the Church wardens & Overseers of the Poor<lb></lb>
of the Parish of St. Faith under St. Pauls<lb></lb>
London, and the Churchwardens and<lb></lb>
Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of St. Sepulchre<lb></lb>
London respectively.</p>
<p n="539"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15034_n539-1">Gerard Conyers</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15034_n539-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15034_occ248">Mayor</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15034_n539-6">Geo Merttins</rs>
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</note>
<lb></lb>
WHEREAS Complaint hath this Day been made<lb></lb>
unto us two of His Majesty's Justices of the<lb></lb>
Peace for this City, and the Liberties thereof (Quorum<lb></lb>
unus) by You the Churchwardens and Overseers of<lb></lb>
the Poor of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15034_geo233">Parish of St. Faith under St. Pauls</rs>
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<lb></lb>
London, That <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15034_n539-2">Anne Harwood</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15034_n539-2" type="surname" value="Harwood"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15034_n539-2" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15034_occ249">Wife</rs>
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of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15034_n539-3">Richard<lb></lb>
Harwood</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15034_n539-3" type="surname" value="Harwood"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15034_n539-3" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
with <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15034_n539-7">Bodenham</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15034_n539-7" type="surname" value="Harwood"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15034_n539-7" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
their Child aged Nine<lb></lb>
Weeks or there about are late come into and<lb></lb>
new resident in<lb></lb>
your said Parish not having obtained any<lb></lb>
legal Settlement there, and are likely to become charge-<lb></lb>
able thereto by reason of their Poverty<lb></lb>
unless timely prevented,<lb></lb>
which Complaint we adjudge to be true. And forasmuch<lb></lb>
as it appears unto us by the Oath of the said Richard<lb></lb>
Harwood that about Twenty years ago he was an<lb></lb>
Inhitant & an House Keeper in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15034_geo234">Parish of St. Sepulchre</rs>
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&<lb></lb>
London where he rented an House at Thirty Pounds &<lb></lb>
And Rent and upwards and by any means<lb></lb>
whatsoever hath<lb></lb>
not obtaind any subsequent Settlement. We the said Ju-<lb></lb>
stices are therefore of Opinion, and do adjudge the last<lb></lb>
legal Settlement of the said Anne Harwood & Bodenham<lb></lb>
her Child to be in the said <lb></lb>
Parish of St. Sepulchre London and<lb></lb>
that thitherto they ought by Law to be sent.</p>
<p n="540">THESE are therefore in His Majesty's Name to re-<lb></lb>
quire You to remove and convey the said Anne Harwood<lb></lb>
and Bodenham her said Child<lb></lb>
from and out of your said Parish of St. Faith under Saint<lb></lb>
Parish London, to the said Parish of St. Sepulchre<lb></lb>
London and them leave with the Churchwardens &<lb></lb>
Overseers of the Poor there, or one of them, who is and<lb></lb>
are hereby required to receve and provide for them<lb></lb>
according to Law. Hereof sail not, and this shall be your<lb></lb>
Warrant. Given under our Hands and Seals the <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15034_date109">Eighth<lb></lb>
Day of August Anno Domini 1723</rs>
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