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Constables, and other Offiicers of the
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Robt. Alsop
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apprehended in the Parish of Saint Bridget in the said City
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as a Rogue and Vagabond Wandering abroad and
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lodging in the open Air there not giving
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a good Account of herself
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taken before me upon Oath, (which Examination is hereunto
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annexed) it doth appear, that the last legal Settlement of the said
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Mangaret Parsons is in the Parish of
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John Emerton
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to convey the said
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to the said Parish of Saint Paul Covent
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Garden in the said County of Middlesex
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there to be delivered to some Church-Warden, Chapel-Warden, or
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the said Church-Wardens, Chapel-Wardens, and Overseers of the Poor,
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and provide for her
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