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within the said Ward for the Public Good which said Persons
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aforesaid appointed & chosen were used & accustomed and ought to hold
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said office last mentioned for the Year then next ensuing and until
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other Persons would be elected to the said office last mentioned and also
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were used and accustomed and ought on Monday next after the Feast of
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the Epiphany next after the said Election to take
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their Corporal
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of the said
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in the Court then held before the Mayor & Aldermen
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of the said City for the Time being for all the Time aforesaid and that the said
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Deft on the said 21st. Day of December in the 25th. year aforesd. in the said Court
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of Wardmote then holden for the Ward aforesaid within the said Ward
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to wit at Leatherseller's Hall situate in the Parish of
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aforesaid before the said
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Richard Clark
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Mayor
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of the said City in the Absence of the said
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James Townsend
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one of the
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of the said City and then & yet Alderman of the same
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Ward was lawfully & in due manner by the Men inhabiting and resiant
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Paying Scott and bearing Lott. within the said Ward according to the Custom of
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the same Ward and Court aforesaid for and during the whole Time afsd.
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used elected to the office of Constable for the Precinc't of Saint Martin
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Outwick beings one of the Precincts of the said Ward for one whole Year
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then next ensuing and until another Person shall be elected into the sd.
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Office last mentioned for preserving the Peace of our said Sovereign Lord the
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King for apprehending of Rogues Vagabonds and other suspicions persons within
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the Ward aforesd. for the Public Good and that the said Deft afterwds
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to wit on the said 21st. Day of December in the Year aforesaid at the sd.
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Parish of Saint Martin Outwick in the Ward aforesaid had notice thereof
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and then & there was duly required to appear among others in the said
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Court then to be held on Monday next after the Feast of the Epiphany
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then next following and now last past in the Guildhall of the said City
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of London before the Mayor and Aldermen of the same City to take his
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