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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made by you, the Church-
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unto us Whose Hands and Seals are
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hereunto set, Two of his Majesties
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(Quorum
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Henry Reives
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aged about
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Elizabeth
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aged about 27 Yrs
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William
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his Son aged about 5 Yrs are
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St. James
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it appears
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Henry Reeves
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Wife & Child are
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Harper
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THESE are therefore in his Majesty's Name to Order and
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Require you the said Church- Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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the Parish of
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aforesaid, That you, or some
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Eliza
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andthemdeliver
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to the Church- Wardens and Overseers of the Poor there, or some or
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One of them, together with this our Warrent, or Order, or a true
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Copy hereof, whereby they are likewise requir'd in his Majesties
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into their saidParish & Careand Provide for them
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as their own Parishioners. Given under our Hands and Seals, the
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Seconde Regisnunc Magne Britannia, Etc. Quarts
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