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<p n="372"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50327_geo349">Castle Hedingham</rs>
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in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50327_geo350">Essex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
agt.<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50327_geo351">St. Giles in the Fields</rs>
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Midx</p>
<p n="373">That the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50327_geo352">Parish of Castle Hedingham</rs>
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by Certificate under their<lb></lb>
Hands and Seals bearing Date the 18th. Day of Febry 1729<lb></lb>
Attested by 2 witnesses duly allowed and confirmed by 2 of<lb></lb>
his Majestys <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50327_occ140">Justices of the peace</rs>
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for the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50327_geo353">County of Essex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
did own and acknowledge <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50327_n373-1">Jonathan Ward</rs>
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and his <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50327_occ141">wife</rs>
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and<lb></lb>
Children to be Inhabitants legally settled in their said Parish</p>
<p n="374">That in the year 1730 said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50327_n374-1">Jonathan Ward</rs>
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being a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50327_occ142">Stone<lb></lb>
Masans Labourer</rs>
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he went about the Country with his<lb></lb>
Family and work's at several places a good way distant<lb></lb>
from Castle Headingham and hearing that his Uncle was<lb></lb>
dead he went over to <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50327_geo354">withersfield</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50327_geo355">County of Suffolk</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and found that two copy hold Cottages in <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50327_geo356">withersfield</rs>
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<lb></lb>
aforesaid had some to him by Descent from his Uncle and<lb></lb>
about May 1730 was admitted to the Collages and said Ward<lb></lb>
then sending for his Family he and they lodged for some<lb></lb>
time in Withersfield Town and after they had gott some<lb></lb>
convenienys Ward and his Family went & Resided in One of<lb></lb>
the said Colleges about 9 Months That in about 3<lb></lb>
Weeks after he had so fixt his Family in One of the said<lb></lb>
Cottages he went to <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50327_geo357">Cambridge</rs>
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to gott work where he<lb></lb>
lodged (it being about 12 Miles distant from withersfield)<lb></lb>
but weekly or very frequently came home to his Family<lb></lb>
on the Saturday and peturn'd on Monday Morning but when<lb></lb>
the work was finished at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50327_geo358">Cambridge</rs>
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he returned to</p>
<p n="375"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50327_geo359">Withersfield</rs>
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to his Family and staid with them about 10<lb></lb>
Days and then went to gett work at <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50327_geo360">Chelmsford</rs>
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which<lb></lb>
being a great Distance from <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50327_geo361">withersfield</rs>
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he sent for his<lb></lb>
Family and has not since resided in Withersfields</p>
<p n="376"> <gap reason="illegible"></gap>
After nine Months residence in one of the Cottages as above States<lb></lb>
Ward sold the Cottages for 6 Guineas with the incumbrance of the Fine<lb></lb>
& Fees of his Admission.</p>
<p n="377"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50327_n377-1">Chr: Theed</rs>
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<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50327_n377-2">Wm: Hayward</rs>
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