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the Regin of our Sovereign Lord George the Third King of Great
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Pass Warrant under the hands and Seals od
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as the Place of
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her last legal Settlement Whereby the Petitioners apprehend themselves
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to be Aggrived (Whereupon the Said appeal was duly adjourned to this
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day, Now upon hearing of what hath been alledged on either Side by the
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Respective Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor their Council and
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Witness in and Concerning the Premisses It is Ordered by this Court that
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the Said appeal be and the Same is hereby Allowed and the Said Warrant
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and adjudication of the Said two Justices is hereby vacated and set as Side
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And it is further Ordered that the Churchwrdens and Overseers of the Poor of the
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of the Parish of Saint Martin in the Field aforesaid do Convey and Deliver
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the Said Poor Woman to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
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Said Parish of Saint James aforesaid or Some or one of them (together with a Copy
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of this Order) who are hereby required to Provides for her untill they
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can Free themselves from the Charge thereof by due Court & of Law.
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