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That the said Deft on the said 21st. Day of December in the 25th. Year of
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the Reign of our Soverign Lord the King and long before and always after until
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the Day of the taking of this Inquisition was inhabiting and resiant
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paying Scott and bearing Lott within the said Parish of Saint Martin Outwich
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in the said
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aforesaid and that within the same
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Ward there is and from Time whereof the Memory of Man is not to the
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contrary there hath been a certain Court of our said Lord the Predecessors and
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his Majesty's Predecessors called the Wardmote held and to be held in every
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Year upon the Feast of Saint Thomas the appostle (unless the same Feast
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happened to be or fell on a Sunday and in such case upon the Day next
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following that Feast) before the Aldermen of the said Ward for the Time being
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or in his absence before the Mayor of the said City for the Time being in which
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said
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according to the said Custom within the said used and
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approved during the Time last aforesaid to wit in the Parish of
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the Ward aforesaid All the Men inhabiting and resiant paying Scott and bearing
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Lott within the Ward aforesaid from the Time being have been used and accustomed
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and ought and Were bound by reason of their Residence to appear and do their
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Suit there in the same Court and that within the said the Men inhabiting &
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resiant paying Scott and bearing Lott within the said Ward for the Time being were
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Yearly during the Time aforesaid used and accustomed and ought to appoint and
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chuse divers persons then inhabiting and resiant and paying Scott & bearing
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Lott within the Ward aforesaid Constables in and for the said Ward for the
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preserving the Peace of the Lord the King and for the apprehending of Rogues
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Vagabonds and other suspicious persons within the Ward aforesaid for the
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Public good which said persons so as aforesaid appointed and chosen were used
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and accustomed and ought to hold the same Office for the Year then next ensuing
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and until other Persons shod. be elected into the sd. Office And also were used and
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accustomed and ought on the Monday next after the Feast of the Epiphany
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next after their said Election at the Guildhall of the said City of London
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in the Court then and there
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before the Mayor & Aldermen of the said City
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for the Time being for all the Time aforesaid to take their corporal Oath
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for the due Execution of their said office of Constable and that the said
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