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Robert Kyrbye
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Johnson
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto Us, whose Hands and
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Seals are hereunto set, Two of Her Majesties Justices of the
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Peace of theCounty of Middx
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(Quorum unus) by the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
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herselfthere, without giving Notice in Writing to the said
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ofherabode in the saidParishaccording to
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the Statute in that Case made and provided: And that it also appears unto
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us by the Complaint of the said Church-Wardens and Overseers of the
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thatShe is
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likely to become chargeable to the saidParishAnd, whereas it ap-
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peareth unto Us the said Justices, upon the Oath of the saidJane Miller and
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of the poor of the Town and parish of Woolwich in the County of Heat
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in the sayd County of Kent and had payd all parochiall taxes there
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and has gained noe other legall Settlement Since There fore Wee
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doe adjudge her to be last legally Settled att Woolwich aforesayd
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These are therefore in Her Majesties 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 saidJane Miller out of the sayd parish of St. Paul
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Shadwell in the County of Middx unto the sd. parish of Woolwich
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in the sayd County of Kent
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and deliverherunto the Church-Wardens, and Overseers of the
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Poor there, who are hereby required to provide forher
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according to Law: Hereof fail not at your Perils, Given under our Hands
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and Seals, the
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To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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the parish of St. Paul Shadwellin the
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said County, and to all Constables, Headbo-
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roughs, and other Officers and Ministers, whom
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these may concern, and also to the Church-
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