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at the time he took his said
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Oath and made his said Affidavit in form aforesaid well knew that the said Thomas Prowl
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was not indebted to the said
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any sum exceeding the sum of one and thirty shillings
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was aforesaid upon their oath afore of
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Do say that the said
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William Godwin
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on the said twentieth day of October in the said fourteenth year of the Reign of our said
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Lord the King at
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aforesaid to wit the said Parish of Saint Dunstan in the West in the Ward aforesaid in
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aforesaid before the said
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Edward Gilbourne
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of
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having sufficient power and oath thirty to Administer he said Oath to the said
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William Godwin
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falsely in a
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ly willfully and corruptly in manner and form-
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hereof and did commit wilfull and and corrupt Perjury To the great His Pleasure of Almighty God To the Great damage and said Thomas Pro
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To the Evil Example of
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all others in the
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case offending and against
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peace of our said Lord the King his crown and Dignity
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James Jeffs
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Richard Jenkins
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J C
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