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<p n="388"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middx: ss:<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
Smith:<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50123_n388-1">John Steuart</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Whereas Complt hath been made Unto<lb></lb>
Us whose hands & Seales are hereunto Sett Two<lb></lb>
of her Majesties <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50123_occ96">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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of the County.<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50123_geo191">Middx</rs>
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(quor Unus) by the Churchwardens & Overseers<lb></lb>
of the poor of the pish of St: Sepuhres without in the<lb></lb>
Said County that <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50123_n388-19">Ann Newton</rs>
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Aged abt. Nine Yeares<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50123_n388-2">Sarah Newton</rs>
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Aged abt. Six Yeares <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50123_n388-3">William Newton</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Aged abt. four Yeares & <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50123_n388-4">Elizabeth Newton</rs>
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Aged<lb></lb>
abt. two Yeares being the Daughters & Son of<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50123_n388-10">William Newton</rs>
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by <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50123_n388-11">Ann</rs>
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his <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50123_occ97">Wife</rs>
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they being both<lb></lb>
Deceased are lately Left in the Said pish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50123_geo192">St.<lb></lb>
Sepuhes</rs>
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in the Said County And are become arha<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
Chargeable to the Same And whereas it Appeareth<lb></lb>
Unto Us the Said Justices by the Oath of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50123_n388-5">Richard<lb></lb>
Porter</rs>
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Upon a Strict Enquiery by him Made that<lb></lb>
the Said William Newton the Father of the Said<lb></lb>
Children was Last Legally Settled in the pish<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50123_geo193">Cheshunt</rs>
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in the County of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50123_geo194">Heartford</rs>
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where<lb></lb>
he bought a Freehold Estate & Voted for a<lb></lb>
Member to Serve in Parliament & Said Pish<lb></lb>
Dutys to the Church & poor there & Never gained<lb></lb>
any other Settlement Since And Upon a Strict<lb></lb>
Examination we can find we other Settlement<lb></lb>
therefore we doe Adjudge them to be Settled thers<lb></lb>
These are therefore in her Maties. Name to Require<lb></lb>
You Some or one of You Upon Sight hereof to remove<lb></lb>
& convey the Said four children from the Said<lb></lb>
Pish of St. Sepulcers wthout in the Said County to the<lb></lb>
Pish of Cheshunt in the County of Hartford & deliver<lb></lb>
them to the Churchwardens & Overseers of the<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
or to Some or one of them who are hereby required<lb></lb>
them to receive & provide for According to Law<lb></lb>
Hereof Sail not at Your Fills Given Under our<lb></lb>
hands & Seales the <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50123_date41">Sixth day of February Anno<lb></lb>
Dond 1710</rs>
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<p n="389">To the Churchwardens & Overseers of the Poor of the<lb></lb>
pish of St. Sepulcres without in the Said County and<lb></lb>
to the Churchwardens & Overseers of the poor of the<lb></lb>
pish of Cheshunt in the County of Hartford & to<lb></lb>
all Constables & Headboroughs whom these<lb></lb>
may Concern</p>
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