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to wit.}
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To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the
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Mayor
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto Us, two
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for the City of
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London and Liberties thereof, one being of the Quorum, by
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London, That
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Sarah Wood
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her illegitimate Child named
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One Year and upwards had
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lately come to reside in their said Parish, not having obtain'd
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any legal Settlement there, and are likely to become charge-
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able thereto, unless timely prevented, which Complaint We
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the said Justices, upon due Proof made thereof, as well upon
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the Oath of the said Sarah as otherwise, do
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adjudge to be true; and we do also adjudge the last legal
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Settlement of the said Sarah
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to be in the said Parish of Saint Paul at Shadwell
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and that thitherto she ought by Law to be sent.
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Barnd turner
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These are therefore in
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's Name to will and re-
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quire you the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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the said Parish of
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London, forthwith to remove and convey the said Sarah
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Wood and her said illegitimate Child for Nurture
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from and out of your said Parish, unto the said Parish of
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And them deliver unto the Church-Wardens and Overseers
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of the Poor there, or to some or one of them, together with this
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our Order who is and are hereby required to receive and pro-
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vide for them according to Law. Given under our Hands
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and Seals, this fifth Day of July One Thousand
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Seven Hundred and Eighty three.
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