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<p n="404"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15076_geo275">London</rs>
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To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the<lb></lb>
Poor of the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15076_geo276">Saint Margaret in<lb></lb>
Lothbury London</rs>
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, and the<lb></lb>
Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor<lb></lb>
of the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15076_geo277">Saint Stephen in Walbrook<lb></lb>
London</rs>
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and to every of them.</p>
<p n="405"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15076_n405-1">Wm Stephenson</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15076_occ196">Mayor</rs>
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto Us, two<lb></lb>
of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the City of<lb></lb>
London and Liberties thereof, one being of the Quorum, by<lb></lb>
the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said<lb></lb>
Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15076_geo278">Saint Margaret<lb></lb>
London</rs>
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. That <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15076_n405-3">Sarah Spencer</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15076_occ197">Widow</rs>
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of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15076_n405-4">John<lb></lb>
Spencer</rs>
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dead and their two Children <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15076_n405-7">Ann </rs>
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aged Eleven<lb></lb>
years and <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15076_n405-8">Mary </rs>
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aged four Years are<lb></lb>
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lately come to reside in their said Parish, not having obtain'd<lb></lb>
any legal Settlement there, and are likely to become charge-<lb></lb>
able thereto, unless timely prevented, which Complaint We<lb></lb>
the said Justices, upon due Proof made thereof, as well upon<lb></lb>
the Oath of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15076_n405-5">Sarah Spencer</rs>
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as otherwise, do<lb></lb>
adjudge to be true; and We do also adjudge the last legal<lb></lb>
Settlement of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15076_n405-6">Sarah Spencer</rs>
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and her said two<lb></lb>
Children<lb></lb>
to be in the said Parish of Saint Stephen<lb></lb>
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and that thither they ought by Law to be sent.</p>
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T Cokayne</note>
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These are therefore in his Majesty's name to Will and re-<lb></lb>
quire you the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of<lb></lb>
the said Parish of Saint Margaret<lb></lb>
London, forthwith to remove and convey the said Sarah<lb></lb>
Spencer and her said two Children<lb></lb>
from and out of your said Parish, unto the said Parish of <lb></lb>
Saint Stephen<lb></lb>
And them deliver unto the Church-Wardens and Overseers<lb></lb>
of the Poor there, or to some or one of them, together with this<lb></lb>
our Order, who is and are hereby required to receive and pro-<lb></lb>
vide for them according to Law. Given under our Hands<lb></lb>
and Seals, this <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15076_date69">30th Day of April One Thousand<lb></lb>
Seven Hundred and Sixty five</rs>
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