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<p n="300">Xtmas Session 1716<lb></lb>
Com Middx</p>
<p n="301">St. Bridgett als Brides Londn. Appellts.<lb></lb>
St. Andrews Holborne above barrs Respondts.</p>
<p n="302"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Case</note>
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<p n="303">Concerning the Settlemt. of Eliza parente & her 3 Childrn. vizt. Edwd. Elizabeth<lb></lb>
& Margt. past from the Responds. to the Appellts.</p>
<p n="304">Itt appears on the Oaths of severall Wittnesses & Pticulerly<lb></lb>
on the Oath's of the sd. Francis Parents & Eliza: his wife that<lb></lb>
about 23. Yeares agoe they were marryed in the Chappell of<lb></lb>
the Fleet prison & from yt. time lived together about 5 Year's<lb></lb>
in wch. time they had 4 Children whereof two are dead & the<lb></lb>
other two are provided for by Francis Parents their father.</p>
<p n="305">That about 5 Yeares after such Marryags Francis<lb></lb>
Parents went away from his sd. wife and afterwds. marryed to<lb></lb>
Another Woman with whome he has lived in and about London ever since v never w<obscured></obscured>
out of the Kingdom of England since his<lb></lb>
Si<obscured></obscured>
Marriage, & has hold<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
returned to his first wife Elizabeth<lb></lb>
nor did they<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
see each other till this 12. Janry. 1716<lb></lb>
as appears by their respective oaths.</p>
<p n="306">That the sd. Elizabeth being informed her sd. husband was dead,<lb></lb>
about 6 Year's after he had left her, marry's wth. one Richd. Doune<lb></lb>
Who lived wth. the sd. Elizabeth as his wife in the parish of St.<lb></lb>
Mary Over's in the County of Surry about 12 Yeares being to the<lb></lb>
time of his death wch. happned about 9 Months since in<lb></lb>
wch. time she had 8 Children by Doune who were all born & baptized<lb></lb>
<del>and Registered</del>
in the sd. parish as the Children of Doune &<lb></lb>
went by his Name.</p>
<p n="307">That 5 of those eight Childrs. are dead and ye surviving<lb></lb>
three Children are those past on the Appellts. as the place<lb></lb>
of the Cast Settlemt. of Francis Parents.</p>
<p n="308">This Court is of Opinion Yt the sd. Elilza: Parents the Mother & her sd. three Childrn: vizt<lb></lb>
Edwd. Eliza: & Margt.<del>(wch were begotten by Doune)</del>
are Settled in the parish of St. Bridgetts<lb></lb>
London, the Settlemt. of ye sd, Fran. Parents the first husband being in that Parish</p>
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