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in the said County of Middx And to Every or Either of them.
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Mard
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made by you unto us whole
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Hands and Seals are hereunto fer tow of his Majesties
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Justices of the Peace
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(Quorum unns)for the County of
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aforesaid, that Elizabeth Shephard wife of Rowland
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with
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this these Children
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ann
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their Elder daughter aged about six years
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John
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their se
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aged about four years
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their youngdrt daughter aged about Hat years 9 months
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lately intrudedinto your said Liberty of saffron Elizabeth
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of
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St. Andr Holborn
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there to inhabit as yor Parishioner contrary to
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the Laws relating to the Settlement of the Poor, and is there likely
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to become Chargeable, if not timely prevented. And whereas up-
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on due Examination and Enquiry made into the Premisses taken
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upon Oath if Rowland shephard it appears
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unto us, and we accordingly Adjudge,That the said
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Eliz: Shephard
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wife
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of
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Rowland Shephard
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with her three Children above named are
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likely to become chargeable, and that their last Legal Place of set-
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tlement was in the
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saint
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Dunstons in the West
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in the County of Middx, which
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wee ajudge to be true and where ther by Law there ought
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to be sent.
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THESE are therefore in his Majesties Name to Order and
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Require you the said Chruch-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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Saffron Giller aforesaid, That you, or some of you do forth-
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with remove and convey the said
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Elizabeth Shephard
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with her
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three Children from your said Liberty
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to the
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etc aforesaid, and them deliver
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to the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor there, or some or
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one of them, together with this our Warrant or Order, or a true
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Copy hereof, whereby they are likewise required in his Majesties
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Name, and by Virtue of the Statutes in such Case made, forthwith
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to receive the said
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Elizabeth Shephard
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with three Children
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into their said Liberty and parish and provide for them
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as their own Parishioners. Given under our Hands and Seals, the
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ninth - day of March Anno Regin Regis Dom
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Georgij nunc Magnae Britanniae, Etc Octavo
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Annoq, Dom. 1721/2
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Printed for R. VINCENT and R.VINCENT junr.at the cromn and Sceptre, ovet.
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against Fatter-Lane, near
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St. Dunft
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on's Church in
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Fleet-Street
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