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London,
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to wit}
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To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the
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Poor of the Parish of Saint Katherine
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Creechurch in the
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, and the
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Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor
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of the Parish of Saint Dunstan in
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the East in the said City
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and to every of them.
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto us, two
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of His Majesty's
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for the City of
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London and Liberties thereof, one being of the Quorum,
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by the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
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said Parish of
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London, That
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Jane Hughes
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and her illegitimate male Child namely
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aged Fourteen Months were
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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 were 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 Jane 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 Jane
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to be in the said Parish of Saint Dunstan in
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the East
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and that thither to She ought by Law to be sent.
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These are therefore in His Majesty's Name to will and
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require you the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor
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of the said Parish of Saint Katherine Creechurch
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London, forthwith to remove and convey the said Jane
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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
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this our order, who is and are hereby required to receive and
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provide for them according to Law. Given under our
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Hands and Seals this
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7th. Day of February One Thousand
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Seven Hundred and eighty eight
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