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To the Worshipfull his Majestys
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That
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Ann Cherrington
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a Vagrant
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not having a legal Settlement in the said
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was on the
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8th. Day of June
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last found wandering in
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Labour in the said
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carried to one of the Parish Nurses of the said Parish was on
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the same Day delivered of a male bastard Child by means
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whereof the Inhabitants of the said Parish were obliged
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necessarily to Expend the Sum of Two Pounds Six Shillings &
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two pence for the lying in and maintenance of the said
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Ann
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Cherrington
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and Child & other incident Expences
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And that in pursuance of an Act of Parliament made
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in the 17th. Year of his present Majestys Reign Intitiled
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an Act to a mend and make more effectual the Laws
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relating to Rogues Vagabonds and other idle and disorderly
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Persons and to houses of Correction your Petitioners
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conveyed the said
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Ann Cherrington
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to one of his Majestys
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Justices of the peace
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for this County who Examined the
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said
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of Correction
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Pursuant to the sd. Statute
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Your Petrs. therefore pray this Court
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to Order the
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Treasurer
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of this County
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to Reimburse them the sd. Sum of Two
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pounds Six Shillings and two pence
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Expended by them as aforesaid or such
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other Sum as this Court shall Adjudge
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a reasonable Satisfaction
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And your Petrs. shall pray Etc
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Tho Coombe
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. of the Poor
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