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<p n="176"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middss<lb></lb>
Pitford<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50211_n176-1">John Ellis</rs>
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</note>
</p>
<p n="177">Where as Complaint hath been made unto us two<lb></lb>
of his Majties. <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50211_occ38">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the<del>said</del>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50211_geo53">County<lb></lb>
of Middx</rs>
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(Quor Unus) By the Chapell Warden and<lb></lb>
Overseers of the poor of the Hamlet of Hamersmith<lb></lb>
in the said County That Samuel a Male Bastard<lb></lb>
infant aged three yeares & upwards hath been lately<lb></lb>
brought as left in the said Hamlet wth intent to be<lb></lb>
Settled there Contrary to Law And it appearing<del> <obscured></obscured>
</del>
unto us<lb></lb>
the said <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50211_occ39">Justices</rs>
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that the said Samuel the said Male<lb></lb>
Bastard infant is likely to become Chargeable to the<lb></lb>
said Hamlet<del> <obscured></obscured>
</del>
And where as upon Exaicon of St. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50211_n177-9">Mary </rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50211_n177-9" type="given" value="Mary"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50211_n177-9" type="surname" value="Hopkins"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50211_n177-9" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
the<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50211_occ40">wife</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50211_occ40" type="occupation" value="wife"></interp>
of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50211_n177-1">Henry Hopkins</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50211_n177-1" type="given" value="HENRY"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50211_n177-1" type="surname" value="HOPKINS"></interp>
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taken upon Oath it Further<lb></lb>
appeareth unto us that the place of the birth of the sd<lb></lb>
Samuel the said Male Bastard infant is at the<lb></lb>
Parish of St. Mary Stratford Bow in the said County<lb></lb>
Wee the said Justices Do therefore adjudge the premises to be true and the said<lb></lb>
parish of St. Mary Stratford Bow to be the place of<lb></lb>
the last legals Settlement of the said Samuel the said<lb></lb>
Male Bastard infant And Do therefore in his<lb></lb>
Maties. name Charge & Comand the Chappell<lb></lb>
Wardens & Overseers of the Poor of the said<lb></lb>
Hamlet<obscured></obscured>
Hamersmith Forthwith to remove &<lb></lb>
Convey the said Samuel the said Male Bastard<lb></lb>
infant from their said Hamlet top the said Parish<lb></lb>
of St. Mary Stratford Bow & Deliver him to<lb></lb>
the Church Wardens & Overseers of the Poor there<lb></lb>
or to Some or one of them who are here by<lb></lb>
required to receive him into their Care & to<lb></lb>
provide for him according to Law Given<lb></lb>
under Our Hands & Seales this <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50211_date23">First day<lb></lb>
of March Anno Dorn 1722</rs>
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</p>
<p n="178">To yr. Chappells Wardens & Overseers of yr Poor<lb></lb>
of yr Hamlet of Hamersmith in yr County of<lb></lb>
Middx & to yr Churchwardens & Overseers<lb></lb>
of sd Poor of sd Parish of St. Mary Stratford<lb></lb>
Bow in the said County & to every of them</p>
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