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October 1702

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John [..]


Robt. Constable< no role >


WHERE AS Complaint hath been made unto Us, whose Ha [..]
Seals are here unto fet, Two ofherMajesties Justice [..]
Peace of theCounty of middx
(quorum anns)by the Church -Wardens and Overseers of the
Hamlett of Wapping within the pish of Stepney in the said County, that
John Freeman< no role > having two Children nanamed Richard < no role >
& Elizabeth Freeman< no role > Did
lately come into the saidhamletendeavouring to [..]
him self & his sd two Child isthere, without giving Notice in Writing to the
Church-Wardens, or OverSeers of the Poor, or any one of them of
House ofhisabode in the saidhamlettaccording
the Statute in that Case made and provided; And thatthe said fo [..]
Freeman & his said two Children are
likely to become chargeable to the saidhamlettAnd Whereas [..]
unto Us the said Justices, upon the Oath of the saidJohn [..]
thathe waslast legally settled in theParish of [..]
in this County of Essex where he when unmarr [..]
wife or Child) was an hyred Servt : by the yeare to Sd: Com [..]
Knt; & Warrt; att the tyme of the death of the Late King Charles the [..]
England Etc upwards of one yeare afterwards with whom he his [..]
in all by the seas of three yeares and has a gained me other he [..]
These are therefore inherMajesties Name straitly to Charge and C [..]
mand you, and every of you, forthwith, upon fight hereof, to remove
convey the saidJohn Freeman< no role > & his sd two Children from the [..]
& this County of middx to Stratford in the County of Essex , which wee think most
way to the sd pish of Rivenall in the sd County of Essex to the End they may be [..]
attending to the Directions of the late Statute in that behalf made & provided will [..]
to the sd pish of Rivenall
and deliveredmay beeunto the Church-Wardens, and Overseers of the
Poor there, who are hereby required to provide forthem
according to Law : Here of fail not at your Perils, Given unde [..]
and Seals, thenyushday ofJuly Anno [..]
Annogs Regin Anne [..] Regine Augl

To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the
poor, and to all Constables, Headboroughs,
and other Officers and Ministers, whom
these may concern.

London , Printed and Sold by William Downing< no role > in Bartholomew-Close near Smithfields [..]




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