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To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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B Camper
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto
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Us whose Hands and Seals are hereunto set,
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being two of his Majesty's
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aforesaid [one where-
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of being of the Quorum] by the Church Wardens or
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Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of
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widow of her
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Lord deced and her male Bastard Child aged Nine
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Months and upwards
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have lately come to inhabit in
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the said Parish of
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, not having
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gained any legal Settlement there, nor produced any
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Certificate acknowledging them to be settled elsewhere,
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and are likely to become chargeable to the same;
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We the said Justices, upon Examination of the Pre-
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mises upon Oath, and other Circumstances, do ad-
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judge the same to be true, and do also adjudge the
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Place of the last legal Settlement of the said Margaret
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Lord
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at Rotherhith
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in the County of Surry ass
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THESE are therefore, in his Majesty's Name, and
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by 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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Margaret Lord and her Malel Bastard Child
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(for
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from and out of your said Parish of
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at Rotherhith
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afd 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 27th Day of Octr in the
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Year of our Lord 177 3
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