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To the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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the Parish of
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in the County of Kent to receive and obey.
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WHereas Complaint hath been made unto Us
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whose Hands and Seals are hereunto set, be-
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ing two of his Majesty's
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, in &
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aforesaid [one whereof be
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ing of the Quorum] by the Church Wardens or Over-
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seers of the Poor of the said Parish of
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. That
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Mary Fletcher
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& Child have
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lately come to
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Inhabit in the said parish
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of Saint Mary White Chapel not having
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gained any legal Settlement there nor
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reduced and Certificate Owning them
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to be settled elsewhere
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lately intruded, and
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same into the said Parish of St, Mary, White Chapel,
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and we likely to become chargeable to the same;
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We the said Justices, upon Examination of the Premises
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upon said and outer 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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THese are therefore, in his Majesty's Name, and by
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Virtue of the Statutes in that Behalf to require
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you, on Sight hereof, to remove and convey the said
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Mary Fletcher
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& Child
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from and but of your said Parish of
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and them deliver
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to the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor
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there, or to some, or one of them together with this
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our Order, or a true Copy hereof, who are hereby
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required to receive and provide for them
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according to Law: Given under our Hands and
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Seals this 7th Day of February in the
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Year of our Lord
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1770
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