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To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto Us, two
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of His Majesty's
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for the City of
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the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Said
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Parish of
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Mary Curtis
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is
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lately came to reside in their said Parish, not having obtain'd
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any legal Settlement there, and is likely to become charge-
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able thereto, unless timely prevented, which Complaint We
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the said Justices, upon due Proof made thereof, as well upon
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the Oath of the said
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as otherwise, do
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adjudge to be true; and We do also adjudge the last legal
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and that thitherto she ought by Law to be sent.
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These are therefore in his Majesty's Name to will and re-
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quire you the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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of the said Parish of Saint Stephen
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London, forthwith to remove and convey the said
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and her two Bastard Children to wit
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aged three Years
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aged about, Two Years from Nurture
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from and out of your said Parish, unto the said Parish of
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And them deliver unto the Church-Wardens and Overseers
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of the Poor there, or to some or one of them, together with this
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our Order, who is and are hereby required to receive and pro-
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vide for them according to Law, Given under our Hands
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and Seals, this
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11th Day of December One Thousand
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Seven Hundred and Sixty five
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