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DLESEX, to wit,}
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To the Churchwarden and Overseers of the Poor of theHamlet
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WHEREAS it appeareth unto us, two of his Majesty's
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Justices of
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(whereof one is of the
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Quorum) by the Complaint of the Churchwarden and Overseers
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in the said County,
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it appears unto us, That the said
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was
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of Middxand thatshe has notsince
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the Proof aforesaid, and other Circumstances, do adjudge and deem the Place
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and whither by Lawshe
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THESE are therefore, in his Majesty's Name, strictly to Charge and
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Command you the said Churchwarden and Overseers of the Poor of
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the saidHamlet of
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or either of you,
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forthwith to remove and convey the said
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from and out of your saidHamletof
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in and
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to the said
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and deliverher(together with his Precept) to the Churchwardens and
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Overseers of the Poor there, or some, or one of them, who are hereby required
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to receive and provide forheraccording to Law.
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Given under our Hands and Seals, the
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24thDay ofMarch
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in the9thYear of the Reign of our SovereignLord George the
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by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland,King
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Defender of the Faith, in the Year 1735
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