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<p n="363"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Middx<lb></lb>
et<lb></lb>
Westmr.</note>
</p>
<p n="">ss.<lb></lb>
To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor ofthe<lb></lb>
Parish of St James within the Libty of Westmr in the<lb></lb>
County of Middx, and to the Church Wardens and Overseers<lb></lb>
of the poor of the parish of Chelsea in the County aforesd<lb></lb>
and to each and every of them</p>
<p n="364"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50212_n364-1">Jn Ellis</rs>
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</note>
<lb></lb>
WHEREAS Complaint hath been made by you unto us whose<lb></lb>
Hands and Seals are hereunto settwo of hisMajesties<lb></lb>
Justices of the Peace (Quorum unus) for thesaid Libty & County<lb></lb>
aforesaid, that<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50212_n364-2">Mary Wood</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50212_n364-2" type="surname" value="WOOD"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50212_n364-2" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
, <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50212_occ122">Widow</rs>
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of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50212_n364-3">Wm. Wood</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50212_n364-3" type="surname" value="WOOD"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50212_n364-3" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
deced, and their<lb></lb>
two Children vizt <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50212_n364-4">John </rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50212_n364-4" type="surname" value="WOOD"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50212_n364-4" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
Aged abt. 13 years & <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50212_n364-5">William </rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50212_n364-5" type="surname" value="WOOD"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50212_n364-5" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
aged 10 years or therein<lb></lb>
havelately intrudedthemselves & are Cameinto your Said<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50212_geo159">Parish of St James Westmr</rs>
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.<lb></lb>
<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
there to inhabit asParishioners contrary to<lb></lb>
the Laws relating to the Settlement of the Poor, andarethere likely<lb></lb>
to become Chargeable, if not timely prevented. And Whereas up<lb></lb>
on due Examination and Enquiry made into the Premissesas also upon<lb></lb>
the Oath of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50212_n364-6">Mary Wood</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50212_n364-6" type="surname" value="Wood"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50212_n364-6" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
& other Circumstancesit appears<lb></lb>
unto us, and we accordingly Adjudge, That the said<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50212_n364-7">Mary Wood</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50212_n364-7" type="given" value="Mary"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50212_n364-7" type="surname" value="Wood"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50212_n364-7" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
<lb></lb>
and the said two Children are<lb></lb>
likely to become chargeable, and thattheirlast Legal Place of Set-<lb></lb>
tlement was in thesaid <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50212_geo160"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50212_geo161">Parish of Chelsea</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50212_geo161" type="type" value="parish"></interp>
in the County of<lb></lb>
Middx</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50212_geo160" type="type" value="county"></interp>
aforesaid</p>
<p n="365"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">T: Woodcock</note>
<lb></lb>
THESE are therefore inhisMajesty's Name to Order and<lb></lb>
Require you the said Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of<lb></lb>
St. James Westmraforesaid, That you, or some of you do forth-<lb></lb>
with remove and convey the said<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50212_n365-1">Mary Wood</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50212_n365-1" type="given" value="MARY"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50212_n365-1" type="surname" value="WOOD"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50212_n365-1" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
and the said<lb></lb>
two Children out of andfrom your saidparish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50212_geo162">St James Westmr</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50212_geo162" type="placeName" value="St James Westmr"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50212_geo162" type="type" value="parish"></interp>
.<lb></lb>
to the<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50212_geo163"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50212_geo164">parish of Chelsea</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50212_geo164" type="type" value="parish"></interp>
in Middx</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50212_geo163" type="type" value="county"></interp>
aforesaid, andthemdeliver<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 inhisMajesties<lb></lb>
Name, and by Virtue of the Statutes in such Case made, forthwith<lb></lb>
to receive the said<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50212_n365-2">Mary Wood</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50212_n365-2" type="surname" value="Wood"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50212_n365-2" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
, and the said two Children<lb></lb>
into their saidParish and Careand provide forthem<lb></lb>
as their own Parishioners. Given under our Hands and Seals, the<lb></lb>
<rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50212_date64">twenty first Day of June Anno Regni Dom Nre<lb></lb>
Georgy nunc Magnae Britanniae, Etc. Regis<lb></lb>
Annoq; Dom. 1723.</rs>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50212_date64" type="date" value="17230621"></interp>
</p>
<p n="366">Printed for R. VINCENT and Son, at the Crown and Scopire, over-against <obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
Lane, near St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet Street.</p>
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