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<p n="534"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Londonss.</note>
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To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor<lb></lb>
of the Parish of St. Dunstan in the West<lb></lb>
London, and the Churchwardens and<lb></lb>
Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Chobham in<lb></lb>
the County of Surry respectively.</p>
<p n="535"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15035_n535-10">Pr Delme</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15035_occ232">Mayor</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15035_n535-11">Geo Merttins</rs>
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<lb></lb>
WHEREAS Complaint hath this Day been made<lb></lb>
unto us two HisMajesty's Justices of the<lb></lb>
Peace for this City, and the Liberties thereof (Quorum<lb></lb>
unus) by You the Churchwardens andOverseers of<lb></lb>
the Poor of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15035_geo277">Parish of St Dunstan in the West</rs>
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<lb></lb>
London, That <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15035_n535-1">Eleanor Ball</rs>
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the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15035_occ233">wife</rs>
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of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15035_n535-2">Samuel Ball</rs>
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<lb></lb>
with their Six Children Vizt. <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15035_n535-3">William</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15035_n535-3" type="surname" value="Ball"></interp>
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aged fourteen years<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15035_n535-4">Robert</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15035_n535-4" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
aged Twelve years, <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15035_n535-12">Charles</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15035_n535-12" type="surname" value="Ball"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15035_n535-12" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
aged Eight years, <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15035_n535-13">Judith</rs>
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<lb></lb>
aged Six Years, <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15035_n535-14">Sarah</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15035_n535-14" type="surname" value="Ball"></interp>
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aged Three years and <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15035_n535-15">John</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15035_n535-15" type="surname" value="Ball"></interp>
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Six Months old or<lb></lb>
thereabouts are lately come into and are now resident in<lb></lb>
your said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15035_geo278">Parish of St. Dunstan</rs>
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not having obtained any<lb></lb>
legal Settlement there, and are likely to become charge-<lb></lb>
able thereto by reason of their Poverty & Prisonment<lb></lb>
of the said Samuel Ballunless timely prevented,<lb></lb>
which Complaint we adjudge to be true. And forasmuch<lb></lb>
as it appears unto us by the Oath ofthe said Samuel Ball<lb></lb>
that by the Space of Four Months or thereabouts next<lb></lb>
imediately before the death of King Charles the Second and for<lb></lb>
Severall Months afterwards he the said Samuel Ball was<lb></lb>
a Lodger in the house of Mr. <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15035_n535-8">Nathaniel Cox</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15035_n535-8" type="surname" value="Cox"></interp>
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his Father in Law in<lb></lb>
the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15035_geo279">Parish of Chobham</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15035_geo280">County of Surry</rs>
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And that he by<lb></lb>
any meanes whatsoever hath<lb></lb>
not obtaind any subsequent Settlement. We the said Ju-<lb></lb>
stices are therefore of Opinion, and do adjudge the last<lb></lb>
legal Settlement of the said Eleanor Ball and her said<lb></lb>
six Childrento be in the said<lb></lb>
Parish of Chobham in the said County of Surryand<lb></lb>
that thitherto they ought by Law to be sent.</p>
<p n="536">THESE are therefore in His Majesty's Name to re-<lb></lb>
quire You to remove and convey the said Eleanor Ball<lb></lb>
and her said Six Children<lb></lb>
from and out of your said Parish of St. Dunstant in the<lb></lb>
West London, to the said Parish of Chobham in the<lb></lb>
said County and them leave with the Churchwardens &<lb></lb>
Overseers of the Poor there, or one of them, who is and<lb></lb>
are hereby required to receive and provide for them<lb></lb>
according to Law. Hereof fail not, and this shall be your<lb></lb>
Warrant. Given under our Hands and Seals the <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15035_date112">23d.<lb></lb>
Day of MayAnno Domini 1724</rs>
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.</p>
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