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<p n="341"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> London ss</note>
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To the Churchwardens and, Overseers of the<lb></lb>
Poor of the Parish of Saint Dunstans in<lb></lb>
the west London<del>and the Churchwardens</del>
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and Overseers of the Poor <del>of the Parish</del>
of <lb></lb>
the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15043_geo390">liberty of the Rolls</rs>
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in the County of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15043_geo391">Middx</rs>
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<p n="342"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">J Barber Mayor</note>
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto us, two of His<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15043_occ247">Majesties Justices of the peace</rs>
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for this City, and the Liberties<lb></lb>
thereof, (Quorum unus) by you the Churchwardens and Overseers<lb></lb>
of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint Dunstans in the<lb></lb>
West London, that <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15043_n342-1">Sarah<lb></lb>
Meredith</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15043_occ248">widdow</rs>
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of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15043_n342-2">John Meredith</rs>
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decease'd<lb></lb>
is<lb></lb>
lately come to reside in your said Parish not having obtain'd any<lb></lb>
legal Settlement there, and islikely to become chargeable<lb></lb>
thereto, unless timely prevented; which Complaint we judge to be<lb></lb>
true, an for as much as it appears unto us by the Oath of the<lb></lb>
said Sarah Meredith that till about twenty years<lb></lb>
ago her said Husband lived in & rented a house in<lb></lb>
Chancery lane in the liberty of the Rolls in the County<lb></lb>
of Middx by the Space of ten years & paid twenty<lb></lb>
pounds a year rent<lb></lb>
and no other subsequent Settlement appearing unto us; We the said<lb></lb>
Justices are of opinion, and do adjudge the last legal Settlement<lb></lb>
of the said Sarah Meredith<lb></lb>
to be in the said<del>Parish</del>
liberty of the Rolls in the County of<lb></lb>
Middx and that thitherto She ought by Law<lb></lb>
to be sent </p>
<p n="343"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15043_n343-1">Richd. Brocas</rs>
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</note>
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THESE are therefore in his Majesty's Name, to Will and re-<lb></lb>
quire You, the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of<lb></lb>
the said Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15043_geo392">Saint Dunstans in the West</rs>
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London, forthwith to remove an convey the said <gap reason="illegible"></gap>
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Sarah Meredith<lb></lb>
from and out of your said Parish, unto the said<del>Parish</del>
Liberty of the<lb></lb>
Rolls in the County of middx<lb></lb>
and her delvier<del>unto the Churchwardens and</del>
to the Overseers of the<lb></lb>
Poor, there or one of them, who is, and are hereby required to<lb></lb>
Receive and Provide for her according to Law. Given<lb></lb>
under our Hands and Seals this <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15043_date30">29th Day of November<lb></lb>
Anno Domini. 17 32</rs>
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