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To the Churchwardens and Overseers of
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the Churchwardens and Overseers of
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the Poor of the
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in the City of
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and to Each and
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Every of them
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Tho Jane
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto us,
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Two of his Majesty's
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for the
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City and Liberty of
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, aforesaid (One whereof
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being of the Quorum ) by the churchwardens and Over
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feers of the Poor of the said
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Parish of St.James
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Elizth Briggs
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Widow of
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John Briggs
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and their three
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Children (viz)
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Ann
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Aged twelve years and
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Upwards
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William
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about Ten years and
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sarah
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aged
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Upwards of Seven have
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latey intruded and come into the said Parish of St. James,
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and is become Chargeable to the same. We
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the said Justices, upon Examination of the Premisses upon
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Oath, and other Circumstances, do adjudge the same to be
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true, and do also adjudge the Place of the last legal Settle
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ment of the said Briggs and her said Children
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to be in the
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in the City of
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J. Briscoe
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THESE are therefore in his Majesty's Name, to require
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you on Sight hereof, to remove and convey the said
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and her said three Children
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from and out of your said
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, to the said
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and them deliver unto the Churchwardens and Over-
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seers of the Poor there, or to some or one of them, together
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with this our Order, or a true Copy hereof, Who are here-
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by required to receive and provide for them according to
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Law. Given under our Hands and Seals this 28th Day
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of April1762
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