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Eliz Shakespear< no role > upon Oath saith she is
the wife of Richard Shakespear< no role > (who absconds
from her and that she has by him one Child
Susanna< no role > aged near 2 Years that she has been
informed and verily believes her sd husband Served
upwards of 5 Years the first part of his apprentiship
with John Spurret< no role > a Taylor at Stow in the
Wold in the County of Gloucester at the end
of which time they parted by Consent and
her sd. husband never was assigned over nor ever
rented ten pounds by the year paid Parish
Taxes nor lived a yearly Servant for one year

Sworn the 4th. Feby.
1755 before} Barth: Hammond< no role >

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Eliz Shakespear