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City and Liberty
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to Wit
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Ja: Fraser
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Whereas Complaint hath been made by you the Church-wardens
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and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint
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Martin in the Fields unto Us whose Hands
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And Seals are hereunto Set, two of his Majesty's
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Justices of the Peace
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(whereof one is of the Quorum) for the City and Liberty aforesaid,
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That
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Elizabeth Winchester
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hath
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lately intruded herself into Your Said Parish of Saint
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Martin in the Fields
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there to inhabit as a Parishioner, contrary to the Laws relating to
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the Settlement of the Poor, and is there like to become charge-
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able, if not timely prevented: And Whereas, upon due Examinati-
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on and Enquiry made into the premises, upon Oath and
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other Circumstances
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it appears unto Us, and We accordingly adjudge, That the Said
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like to become chargeable unto the Said
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and that the last legal Place
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of Settlement of the Said
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is in the said Parish of
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There are therefore in his Majesty's Name, to order and require you
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the Said Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of
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that you,
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or Some of you, do forthwith remove and convey the Said
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from your Said Parish of
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and her deliver
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to the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor there, or Some or
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one of them, together with this our Warrant, or Order, or a true
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Copy hereof; whereby they are likewise required in his Majesty's
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Name, and by Virtue of the Statutes in Such Cafe made, forthwith to
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receive the Said
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into their Said Parish and Care and provide for her
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as their Own Parishoner. When under our Hands and Seals, the
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Twenty Third Day of April in the Year of Our
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Lord One Thousand Seven-Hundred and Six
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