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Dan: Dolins
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Whereas it appears unto Us whose hands and Seals are here-
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-unto sett two of His Majesties
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Justices of the Peace
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for the said
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County (Quor unus) upon the Complaint of you the Church
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Wardens and Overseers of the poor of the said
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Mary
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the
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Widdow
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of
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James Browne
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deceased
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James Browne
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(namely
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George Browne
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aged about Six years and
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Elizabeth Browne
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aged about one year and a halfe are become chargeable to
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the sd.
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parish at St. Jno. at Hackney
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themselves into your said parish not having gained any
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Legall settlement therein nor having brought with them any
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Certificate in Writing owning them to be Inhabitants Legally
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Settled in any other parish And Whereas it appears unto
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Us upon the Examinatoin of the Sd.
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Mary Browne
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upon Oath
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James Browne
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her said late husband was a Foreigner
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and did not gaine any Legall Settlement in this Kingdome
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And that she the said
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Mary Browne
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was last Legally
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settled in the said
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parish of Thame
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We do therefore
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Adjudge the said
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parish of Thame
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to be the place of the
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last Legall Settlement of the said
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Mary Browne
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George
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Elizabeth Browne
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her two Children and whether by Law
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they ought to be sent
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Sam, Webb
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These are therefore in his Majesties Name to authorize
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and require you the said Churchwardens and Overseers
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of the poor of the
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parish of St. John at Hackney
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forthwith to
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convey the said
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Mary Browne
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George
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Elizabeth
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Browne
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her said two Children from and out of your said
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parish into the
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parish of Thame
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in Oxfordshire
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and them
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to deliver to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the poor of the said
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parish of Thame to be kept and maintained by them as
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other poor of their said parish Untill they can be discharged
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thereof by due Course of Law. Given under
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our Hands and Seals the
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thirtieth day of January 1723
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