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To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto Us, whose
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Hands and Seals are hereunto set, being two of His
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Majesty's
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dlesex, (one whereof being of the Quorum) by the
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Robert Smith
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hath
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lately come to inhabit in the said Parish of
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St. Mary White-
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, not having gained
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seatement there,nor pro-
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duced any Certificate acknowledging him to be settled else-
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where, and is likely to become chargeable to the said Parish:
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We, the said Justices, upon Examinatioin of the Premises upon
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Oath, and other Circumstances, do adjudge the same to be true,
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and do also adjudge the Place of the last legal Settlement of the
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said
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to be in the
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in
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the County of Surry
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THESE are therefore, in His Majesty's Name, and by Virtue
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of the Statutes in that Behalf, to require you, on Sight
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hereof, to remove and convey the said
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from and out of your said Parish of
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and him deliver to the Church Wardens and Overseers of the
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Poor there, or to some or one of them, together with this our Or-
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der, or a true Copy hereof, who are hereby required to receive
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and provide for him
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according to Law. Given under our Hands and Seals this
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28 Day of October in the Year
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of our Lord 1783
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