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<p n="345">To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the<lb></lb>
Parish of<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50324_geo164">St. Paul Shadwell</rs>
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in theCountyof<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50324_geo165">Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and to the Church wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the <lb></lb>
Parish of<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50324_geo166">St. Mary</rs>
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City of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50324_geo167">Bristoll</rs>
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in theCounty of forner self</p>
<p n="346"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50324_geo168">Middlesex</rs>
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, to wit,<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50324_n346-1">Tho: Jones</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50324_n346-2">Wm. Cross</rs>
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<lb></lb>
Whereas Complaint hath been made by you the Churchwardens<lb></lb>
and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50324_geo169">St. Paul<lb></lb>
Shadwell</rs>
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unto Us whose Hands<lb></lb>
and Seals are hereunto set, two of his Majestys <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50324_occ107">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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<lb></lb>
(whereof one is of the Quorum) for theCountyaforesaid,<lb></lb>
That<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50324_n346-3">Elizabeth Esmead</rs>
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the <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50324_occ108">widow</rs>
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of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50324_n346-4">Robert<lb></lb>
Esmead</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50324_n346-5">Ann Esmead</rs>
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her daughter<lb></lb>
the Lawfull Isue of the Said Robert Esmead<lb></lb>
have<lb></lb>
lately intrudedthem Selvesinto your said Parish of<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50324_geo170">St. Paul<lb></lb>
Shadwell</rs>
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<lb></lb>
there to inhabit asParishioners Contrary to the Laws relating to<lb></lb>
the Settlement of the Poor, andarethere like to become charge-<lb></lb>
able, if not timely prevented: And whereas, upon due Examina-<lb></lb>
tion and Enquiry made into the Premises,on Oath and<lb></lb>
other Circumstaces<lb></lb>
it appears unto Us, and We accordingly adjudge, That the said<lb></lb>
Elizabeth Esmead and Ann Esmead are<lb></lb>
<lb></lb>
like to become chargeable unto the said Parish of<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50324_geo171">St. Paul<lb></lb>
Shadwell</rs>
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and that the last legal Place<lb></lb>
of Settlement of the saidElizabeth Esmead and Ann<lb></lb>
Esmead her daughteris in the said Parish of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50324_geo172">St. Phillip and St. Jacob</rs>
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, in the City of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50324_geo173">Bristoll</rs>
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<lb></lb>
These are therefore in his Majestys Name, to order and require you<lb></lb>
the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50324_geo174">St. Paul Shadwell</rs>
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aforesaid, that you,<lb></lb>
or some of you, do forthwith remove and convey the saidElizabeth<lb></lb>
Esmead and Ann Esmead<lb></lb>
from your said Parish of<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50324_geo175">St. Paul<lb></lb>
Shadwell</rs>
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to the said Parish ofSt. Phillips<lb></lb>
and St. Jacobandthereindeliver<lb></lb>
to the Churchwardens 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 required in his Majestys<lb></lb>
Name, and by Virtue of the Statutes in Such Case made, forthwith to<lb></lb>
receive the saidElizabeth Esmead and Ann<lb></lb>
Esmead<lb></lb>
into their saidParishand provide forthem<lb></lb>
as their own Parishioners Given under our Hands and Seals, the<lb></lb>
<rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50324_date50">NinethDay ofMayin the Year of our<lb></lb>
Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred andThirty Seven</rs>
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