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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto Us, whole Hands and
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of the
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having a wife great with Child & three Children
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hath
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lately come into the saidHamletendeavouring to settle
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& Childrenthere, without giving Notice in Writing to the said
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Church-Wardens, or Overseers of the poor, or any one of them of the
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the Statute in the Case made and provided; And thatthe sd.
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James
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Vandevell
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and his said wife & three children are
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likely to become chargeable to the saidHamlet And whereas it appeareth
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unto Us the said Justices, upon the Oath of the said
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thathe waslast legally settled in theParish of
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St. John
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heretofore the
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Settled with his Father & Mother who lived in good repute
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was also last a Sojourner for above the Space of fortY dayes befor
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nineteenth day of May in the year 1685
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& heth not obtained any other Settlemt. Since.
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These are therefore inhisMajesties Name straitly to Charge and Com-
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mand you, and every of you, forthwith, upon sight hereof, to remove and
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convey the said
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James Vandevell
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Catherine
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James
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Dorothy Vandevell
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of Stepney
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deliver
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unto the Church-Wardens, and Overseers of the
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re, who are hereby required to provide for
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g to Law: Hereof sail not at your Perils. Given under our Hands
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als, the day ofRegis Rrlyns to
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and to all Constables, Headboroughs,
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other Officers and Ministers, whom
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