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To the Rt Honble:
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William Benn
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, & to the Worpful ye. rest of His
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Majesty's Justices of ye Peace of the said City and
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the Liberties thereof in their General Quarter
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Session Assembled
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The humble Petition & Appeal of the
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Churchwardens & Overseers of ye Poor, of
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Parish of St Gregory London;
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That by Virtue of an Order or Pass Warrant, under
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the Hands and Seals of Your Lordship and Sir
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Justices of the Peace
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&
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of Liberties thereof, (one being of the Quorum) bearing Date the
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Twenty Fourth Day of February last past;
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Elizabeth Benjamin
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(who is
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abroad in His
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Majesty's Service
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) and their two Children,
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Thomas
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aged three
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Years, and
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aged Eleven Months; were Removed from
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the
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, London, unto the
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, London, alledging the said Parish of
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, to be the Place of their last legal Settlement.
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Cha: Baynbridge
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for the Appellants}
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That your Petitioners conceiving themselves
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Agrieved to your said Warrant or Order of Removal,
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Do Appeal to your Lordship and Worships
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therefrom, and humbly pray, that you will be
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pleased to hear them in the Premisses, and that
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the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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the
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London,
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may appear before you, to hear and abide the
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Judgment and Determination of Yor Lordship
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and Worships, touching this Appeal
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And your Petitionrs: & Shall pray Etc
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