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<p n="1318">therefore praying this Court will Order the Treasurer of this County to pay<lb></lb>
the Petitioners the Said Sum of One Pound twelve Shillings and Six pence<lb></lb>
expended by them as aforesaid or Such other Sum of Money as this Court<lb></lb>
Shall adjudge a reasonable Satisfaction, This Court upon hearing<lb></lb>
of what was alledged concerning the Premisses being Satisfied that the<lb></lb>
Substance of the Said Petition is true Doth Order than Mr. John<lb></lb>
Higgs Treasurer of this County do pay to the Churchwardens or Overseers of the poor<lb></lb>
of the said Parish the Sum of One Pound twelve Shillings and Sixpence of<lb></lb>
lawfull Money of Great Britain which this Court doth adjudge a<lb></lb>
reasonable Satisfaction for the Charges the Said Parish hath been put<lb></lb>
to on Account of the Said Mary Burgen, And that their Receipt<lb></lb>
together with this Order or a true Copy thereof Shall be a Sufficient<lb></lb>
Discharge to the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55602_occ1545">Treasurer</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55602_occ1545" type="occupation" value="Treasurer"></interp>
for Such payment.</p>
<p n="1319">By adjornment on<del>of</del>
Friday the <rs type="date" id="LMSMGO55602_date174">7th. Day of April, 1749</rs>
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.</p>
<p n="1320"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Order for Mr. Higgs the<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55602_occ1546">Trearer</rs>
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to pay £2.1s.0d. to<lb></lb>
the Churchwardens or<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55602_occ1547">Overseers of the Poor</rs>
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of the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55602_geo1991">Parish of St. Clement</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Danes for their Charges<lb></lb>
on Account of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55602_n1320-1">Ann<lb></lb>
Standfast a</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMGO55602_n1320-1" type="surname" value="Standfast"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55602_n1320-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55602_occ1548">Vagrant</rs>
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.</note>
Upon the humble Petition of the Churchwardens & Overseers of the<lb></lb>
Poor of the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55602_geo1992">St. Clement Danes</rs>
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in this County exhibited unto<lb></lb>
this Court Setting forth that <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55602_n1320-2">Ann Standfast</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMGO55602_n1320-2" type="surname" value="Standfast"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55602_n1320-2" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55602_occ1549">Singlewoman</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55602_occ1549" type="occupation" value="Singlewoman"></interp>
a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55602_occ1550">Vagrant</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55602_occ1550" type="occupation" value="Vagrant"></interp>
<lb></lb>
not having a Settlement in the Said Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55602_geo1993">St. Clement Danes</rs>
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, was on<lb></lb>
the Seventh day of March last delivered of a Male Bastard Child in<lb></lb>
Clements Lane in the Said Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55602_geo1994">St. Clement Danes</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55602_geo1994" type="placeName" value="St. Clement Danes"></interp>
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, by means whereof<lb></lb>
the Inhabitants of the Said Parish were obliged necessarily to Expend the<lb></lb>
Sum of Two Pounds One Shilling for the lying in and Maintenance of the<lb></lb>
Said Ann Standfast and Child, And that in pursuance of an Act of<lb></lb>
Parliament made in the Seventeenth Year of his present Majesty's Reign<lb></lb>
Intitled An Act to amend and make more effectual the Laws<lb></lb>
relating to Rogues Vagabonds and other idle and disorderly Persons and<lb></lb>
to Houses of Correction the Petitioners conveyed the Said Ann Standfast to one<lb></lb>
of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55602_n1320-3">his Majesty</rs>
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's <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55602_occ1551">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for this County who examined the Said<lb></lb>
Ann Stand fast and Committed her to the House of Correction pursuant to<lb></lb>
the Said Statute, And the Petitioners therefore praying this Court will<lb></lb>
Order the Treasurer of this County to pay the Petitioners the Said Sum of Two<lb></lb>
Pounds one Shilling expended by them as aforesaid or Such other Sum of<lb></lb>
Money as this Court Shall adjudge a reasonable Satisfaction, This<lb></lb>
Court upon hearing what was alledged concerning the Premisses being<lb></lb>
Satisfied that the Substance of the Said Petition is true, Doth Order<lb></lb>
that Mr. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMGO55602_n1320-4">John Higgs</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMGO55602_n1320-4" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55602_occ1552">Treasurer</rs>
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of this County do pay to the Churchwardens or<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55602_occ1553">Overseers of the Poor</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMGO55602_occ1553" type="occupation" value="Overseers of the Poor"></interp>
of the Said Parish the Sum of Two Pounds one Shilling</p>
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