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DLESEX, to wit,}
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To the Churchwarden s and Overseers of the Poor of the
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Ralph Harwood
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WHEREAS it appeareth unto us, two of his Majesty's
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Justices of
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(whereof one is of the
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Quorum) by the Complaint of the Churchwarden s and Overseers
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of the Poor of the
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Parish of St. Leonare Shoreditch
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in the said County,
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that
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Elizabeth Wilford
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Richard Wilford
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lately come. and intruded into the said Parish
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eneavouring to gain a
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and is likely to- become a great Charge to the said Parish
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which we adjudge to be true; and whereas, Upon Examinacon on Oath
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it appears unto us, That the said
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Elizabeth Wilford
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was
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last legally settled in the said
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in the County of Middx and that she has not since
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gained any legal Settlement elsewhere: Therefore, We the said Justices, upon
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the Proof aforesaid, and other Circumstances, do adjudge and deem the Place
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of the last legal Settlement of the said
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Elizabeth Wilford
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to be in the said
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and whither by Law she
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ought to be sent.
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THESE are therefore, in his Majesty's Name, strictly to Charge and
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Command you the said Churchwarden and Overseers of the Poor
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the said Parish of
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St. Leonard Shoreditch
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- or either of you,
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forthwith to remove and convey the said
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Elizabeth Wilford
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from and out of your said Parish of
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St. Leonard Shoreditch
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in and
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to the said
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and deliver her (together with this Precept) to the
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Overseers of the Poor there, or some, or one of them, who are hereby required
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to receive and provide for her according to Law.
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Given under our Hands and Seals, the 16th Day of August
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in the 9th Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the 2d:
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by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King
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Defender of the Faith, in the Year 17 35.
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