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within the said Ward for the Public Good which said Persons<lb></lb>
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aforesaid appointed & chosen were used & accustomed and ought to hold<lb></lb>
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said office last mentioned for the Year then next ensuing and until<lb></lb>
other Persons would be elected to the said office last mentioned and also<lb></lb>
were used and accustomed and ought on Monday next after the Feast of<lb></lb>
the Epiphany next after the said Election to take<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
their Corporal<lb></lb>
Oath for the due Execution of their said Officer last mentioned at the Guildhall<lb></lb>
of the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15096_geo197">City of London</rs>
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in the Court then held before the Mayor & Aldermen<lb></lb>
of the said City for the Time being for all the Time aforesaid and that the said<lb></lb>
Deft on the said 21st. Day of December in the 25th. year aforesd. in the said Court<lb></lb>
of Wardmote then holden for the Ward aforesaid within the said Ward<lb></lb>
to wit at Leatherseller's Hall situate in the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15096_geo198">St. Helen</rs>
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in the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15096_geo199">Ward of Bishopsgate</rs>
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aforesaid before the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15096_n171-1">Richard Clark</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15096_occ91">Esqr</rs>
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. <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15096_occ92">Mayor</rs>
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of the said City in the Absence of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15096_n171-2">James Townsend</rs>
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then & now<lb></lb>
one of the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15096_occ93">Alderman</rs>
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of the said City and then & yet Alderman of the same<lb></lb>
Ward was lawfully & in due manner by the Men inhabiting and resiant<lb></lb>
Paying Scott and bearing Lott. within the said Ward according to the Custom of<lb></lb>
the same Ward and Court aforesaid for and during the whole Time afsd.<lb></lb>
used elected to the office of Constable for the Precinc't of Saint Martin<lb></lb>
Outwick beings one of the Precincts of the said Ward for one whole Year<lb></lb>
then next ensuing and until another Person shall be elected into the sd.<lb></lb>
Office last mentioned for preserving the Peace of our said Sovereign Lord the<lb></lb>
King for apprehending of Rogues Vagabonds and other suspicions persons within<lb></lb>
the Ward aforesd. for the Public Good and that the said Deft afterwds<lb></lb>
to wit on the said 21st. Day of December in the Year aforesaid at the sd.<lb></lb>
Parish of Saint Martin Outwick in the Ward aforesaid had notice thereof<lb></lb>
and then & there was duly required to appear among others in the said<lb></lb>
Court then to be held on Monday next after the Feast of the Epiphany<lb></lb>
then next following and now last past in the Guildhall of the said City<lb></lb>
of London before the Mayor and Aldermen of the same City to take his</p>
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