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To the Church- Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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and to the Church
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Jno Shakespear
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto
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Us, two of his Majesty 's
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aforesaid
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(one whereof being of the QUORUM) by the Church-
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Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
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Hamlet of
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Eleanor Brookes
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aged about
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seven of Years Six month a Bastard born on the body of
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since deceased hath
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lately intruded, and
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came into the said Hamlet of
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and is likely to become chargeable to the same; We
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the said Justices, upon Examination of the Premises
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upon Oath, and other Circumstances, do adjudge the
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same to be true, and do also adjudge the Place of the
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last legal Settlement of the said
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to be in
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all the said parish of
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aforesaid as the place of her hath
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THESE are therefore, in his Majesty's Name, to
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require you, on Sight hereof, to remove and
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convey the said
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Eleanor Brookes
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from and out of your said Hamlet of
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to the said parish of
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and her deliver unto the Church-Wardens and
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Overseers of the Poor, there or to some, or one of them,
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together with this our Order, or a true Copy hereof,
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who are hereby required to receive and provide for
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heraccording to Law. Given under our
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Hands and seals this 8 thDay of March 1763.
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sold by J. COLES, Stationer, in
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