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<p n="496"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">LONDON ss.<lb></lb>
31/3.</note>
<lb></lb>
To the Churchwardens &Overseers of the Poor<lb></lb>
of the Parish of St. Anne Blackfryers<lb></lb>
LONDON, and theChurchwardens and<lb></lb>
Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of St. Clement</p>
<p n="497">Danes in the County<lb></lb>
of Middlesex}<lb></lb>
respectively</p>
<p n="498"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Pr Delme Mayer<lb></lb>
Geo Merttins</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="LMSLPS15035_geo254">Parish of St. Anne in Black fryers</rs>
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London, That<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15035_n498-1">Sarah Willcocks</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15035_n498-1" type="surname" value="Willcocks"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15035_n498-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15035_occ205">Wife</rs>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15035_occ205" type="occupation" value="Wife"></interp>
of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15035_n498-2">John<lb></lb>
Willcocks</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15035_n498-2" type="surname" value="Willcocks"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15035_n498-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
with her Child named <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15035_n498-3">Charles Willcocks</rs>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15035_n498-3" type="given" value="Charles"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15035_n498-3" type="surname" value="Willcocks"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15035_n498-3" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
a year old or there abouts are lately come into and<lb></lb>
new resident in<lb></lb>
your said Parish of St. Anne not having obtained any<lb></lb>
legal Settlement there, and are likely to become charge-<lb></lb>
able thereto by reason of the Absence of the Said John<lb></lb>
& the Poverty of the Said Sarah 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 <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15035_n498-4">Elizabeth Gresham</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15035_n498-4" type="surname" value="Gresham"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15035_n498-4" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
<lb></lb>
that about Twenty two years ago the said John<lb></lb>
Willcocks her Son was born in the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15035_geo255">St. Clement<lb></lb>
Danes</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15035_geo256">County of Middx</rs>
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where She was then<lb></lb>
an Inhabitant and that the Said John Since his<lb></lb>
Said Birth hath<lb></lb>
not obtaind any subsequent Settlement. We the said Ju-<lb></lb>
stice are therefore of Opinion, and do adjudge thelast<lb></lb>
legal Settlement of the saidSarah Willcocks and her<lb></lb>
Said son Charles Willcocksto be in the saidParish<lb></lb>
of St. Clement Danes in the County of Middx.and<lb></lb>
that thitheretotheyought by Law to be sent.</p>
<p n="499">THESE are therefore in His Majesty's Name to re-<lb></lb>
quire You to remove and convey the saidSarah Willcocks<lb></lb>
and the said Charles her Sen<lb></lb>
from and out of your said Parish of St. Anne in Black<lb></lb>
fryersLondon, to the said Parish of St. Clement<lb></lb>
Danes aforesd.and them leave with ye Churchwardens &<lb></lb>
Overseers of the Poor there, or one of them, who is and<lb></lb>
are hereby required to receive and provide for them<lb></lb>
according to Law. Hereof fail not, and this shall be your<lb></lb>
Warrant. Given under our Hands and Seals the <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15035_date104">31st.<lb></lb>
Day of March Anno Domini 1724</rs>
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