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Parish-ofSaint Leonard
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have notsince gained any legal Settlement
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elsewehre: Therefore, We the said Justices, upon the Proof aforesaid, and other
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Circumstances, doAdjudgeand Deem the Place of the last Settlement
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THESE are therefore, in his Majesty's Name, strictly to Charge and
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Command you the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor
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of the saidParish Of
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in and
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to the saidParishofSaint George in Buttolph Lane
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and deliverthem(together with this Precept) to the Churchwardens and
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Overseers of the Poor there, or some, or one of them, who are hereby
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required to receive provide forthem-according to Law. Given
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under our Hands and Seals, the
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Seaveth
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SixthYear of the Reign of our SovereignLord George the Second
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by the Grace of God, of Great Britain France, and Ireland,KingDefender
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of the Faith,
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In the year One Thousand
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Seaven hundred
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