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To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
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, in the
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, and
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to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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the Parish of Saint Nicholas
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Deptford
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in the County of Shent
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and to each and every of them.
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Middlesex
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to wit}
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Blackmore
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto us, Whose Names
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are hereunto set and Seals affixed, being two of his Ma-
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jesty's
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Justices of the Peace
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in and for the said County of Middle-
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sex, by the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Said
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Parish of St. George
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, that
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Jane Posselwhite
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and
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her two Children namely
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Sarah
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aged
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Six years otherabout and
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Joseph
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aged
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17 Months or thereabouts
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did lately come to inhabit in the said
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Parish of St. George, Middle-
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, not having gained a legal Settlement there, nor Produced any
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Certificate owning herself to be settled else where,
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and that the said
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Jane Posselwhite
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and her said
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two Children are
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is likely to
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become Chargeable to the said
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We the said Justices, upon due proof made thereof, as well upon
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the Examination of the said
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Jane Posselwhite
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upon Oath, as otherwidw, and likewise upon due Consideration had
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of the Premises, do adjudge the same to be true; and we do like-
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wise adjudge, that the lawful Settlement of her the said
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Jane Possewhite
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and her said two
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Children
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is in the said
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Parish of Saint Nicholas Deptford
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in the said County of
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Kent
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We do therefore require you, the said Churchwardens and Over-
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seers of the Poor of the said
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Parish of St. George, Middlesex
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, or
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some or one of you, to convey the said
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Jane Posselwhite
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and her said two Children
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from and out of your said
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Parish of St.George
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, to the said
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Children of Saint Nicholas Deptford
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and there to deliver to the Churchwardens
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and Overseers of the Poor there, or to some or one of them, toge-
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ther with this our Order, or a true Copy thereof: And we do also
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hereby require you, the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the
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Poor of the said Parish of Saint Nicholas Deptford
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to receive and Provide for them as an Inhabitant of
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your said Parish Given under our Hands and Seals the
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Twelfth Day of December in the Year of our Lord
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One thousand Seven hundred and ninety five
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