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The Examination of
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taken upon Oath th
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27th. Pay of
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May 1741
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Who saith that her sd. Husband 29 Years ago
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or thereabouts lived as a Yearly hired Servt. with
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Farmer who then kept Cheesbury Farm in the
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Parish of
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in the County of Wills with
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whom he Continued Two years at the Wages of
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Fifty Shillings for the first year & three Pounds
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for the last year and that he never Rented a House
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or Land of £10 P Annd nor hath he been a yearly
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. since, & this Deponent lastly saith that phe
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was Married to her said Husband at the Parish
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Church of St. Margaret Westmr. on the 8th. day of
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November 1719 & she further saith not
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Sworn at Westmr.
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before me
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The Mark of
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