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To the Keepers of the London
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workhouse
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in the
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, and also
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to all Constables, and other Officers
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whom it may concern, to receive
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and convey. And to the Church-
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seers of the Poor, of the parish
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of
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in the C ounty of
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or either of them, to receive and obey.
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London,
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to wit.
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Robt. Alsop
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WHEREAS
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Mary
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the wife of
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Thomas Blee
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committed to the London Workhouse as a
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apprehended in the
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Rogue and Vagabond was this Day brought
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before me one of his Majestie's Justices of
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the Pear for the
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and upon Examination of the said
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taken before me upon Oath, (which Examination is hereunto
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annexed) it doth appear, that the last legal Settlement of the said Mary
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Blee is in the said parish of
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These are therefore to require You the said
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aged about three years
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there to be delivered to some Church-warden, Chapel-warden, of
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, there to be provided for according to Law.
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And You the said Church-warden, Chapel-wardens, and Overseers of
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the Poor, are hereby required to receive the said
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and
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her said held and provide for them
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as aforesaid: Given under my Hand and Seal this
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