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<p n="125"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middx Ss</note>
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To the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Librty<lb></lb>
of Saffron Giles in the parish of St Ann Holborn in the<lb></lb>
County of Middx; And to the Church wardens And Overseers<lb></lb>
of the poor of the parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50201_geo72">St Clements Dean</rs>
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in the<lb></lb>
Said County And to Every or Either of them.</p>
<p n="126"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Ward</note>
<lb></lb>
<note type="authorial" place="margin">Matt: Hewitt</note>
<lb></lb>
WHEREAS Complaint hath been made by you unto us whose<lb></lb>
Hands and Seals are hereunto set tow of his- Majesties<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50201_occ30">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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(Quorum unus) for the County of Middx<lb></lb>
aforesaid, that <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50201_n126-1">Elizabeth Shephard</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_n126-1" type="surname" value="Shephard"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_n126-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
wife of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50201_n126-2">Rowland Shephard</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_n126-2" type="surname" value="Shephard"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_n126-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<lb></lb>
and their three Children <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50201_n126-7">Ann</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_n126-7" type="surname" value="Shephard"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_n126-7" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
the Eldest daughter Aged About Six years<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50201_n126-3">John</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_n126-3" type="surname" value="Shephard"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_n126-3" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
their Son aged About four years and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50201_n126-8">Eleanor</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_n126-8" type="surname" value="Shephard"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_n126-8" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
their<obscured></obscured>
Aged two years<lb></lb>
lately intrudedinto your said Liberty<lb></lb>
of Saffron Ell Etc there to inhabit as yor Parishioners contrary to<lb></lb>
the Laws relating to the Settlement of the Poor, and is there likely<lb></lb>
to become Chargeable, if not timely prevented. And whereas up-<lb></lb>
on due Examination and Enquiry made into the Premisses taken<lb></lb>
Upon Oath of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50201_n126-4">Elizabeth Shephard</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_n126-4" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
it appears<lb></lb>
unto us, and we accordingly Adjudge, That the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50201_n126-5">Elizabeth<lb></lb>
Shephard</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_n126-5" type="given" value="Elizabeth"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_n126-5" type="surname" value="Shephard"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_n126-5" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
wife of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50201_n126-6">Roland Shephard</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_n126-6" type="given" value="Roland"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_n126-6" type="surname" value="Shephard"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_n126-6" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
& thier three Children is<lb></lb>
likely to become chargeable, and that thier last Legal Place of Set-<lb></lb>
tlement was in the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50201_geo73">St Clements Dean</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_geo73" type="placeName" value="St Clements Dean"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_geo73" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
he be-<lb></lb>
-ing a Yearly, Servant and this lived above a Year<lb></lb>
and received wages And gaines no Other legall<lb></lb>
Since Else where.</p>
<p n="127"> THESE are therefore in his Majesties Name to Order and<lb></lb>
Require you the said Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of <lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50201_geo74">Saffron Eill</rs>
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Etc aforesaid, That you, or some of you do forth-<lb></lb>
with remove and convey the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50201_n127-1">Elizabeth Shephard</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_n127-1" type="given" value="Elizabeth"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_n127-1" type="surname" value="Shephard"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_n127-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
and her<lb></lb>
three Children from your said Liberty<lb></lb>
to the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50201_geo75">St Clements</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_geo75" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
aforesaid, and them deliver<lb></lb>
to the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor there, or some or<lb></lb>
one of them, together with this our Warrant or Order, or a true<lb></lb>
Copy hereof, whereby they are likewise requir'd in his Majesties<lb></lb>
Name, and by Virtue of the Statutes in such Cafe made, forthwith<lb></lb>
to receive the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50201_n127-2">Elizabeth Shephard</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_n127-2" type="surname" value="Shephard"></interp>
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with her three Children <lb></lb>
into their said Parish and provide for them<lb></lb>
as their own Parishioner. Given under our Hands and Seals; the <lb></lb>
2s day of Febry Anno Regni Regis Dom<lb></lb>
Georgy nunc Magnx Britannix, Etc. Octavo<lb></lb>
Annoq; Dom. 1721.</p>
<p n="128"> Printed for R. VINCENT and R.VINCENT junr. at the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50201_geo76">Crown and Sceptre</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_geo76" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
, over<lb></lb>
against <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50201_geo77">Fetter-Lane</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_geo77" type="placeName" value="Fetter-Lane"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_geo77" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
, near <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50201_geo78">St. Dunstan's</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_geo78" type="placeName" value="St. Dunstan's"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50201_geo78" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
Church in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50201_geo79">Fleet-Street</rs>
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.</p>
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