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, To wit.
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To the Constable,
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, to receive and Convey.
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And to the Church-Wardens, Chapel-Wardens, or
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Overseer of the Poor of the Parish, Place or Pre-
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cinct of Manningham in the County
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of
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or either of them to re-
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ceive and obey
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WHEREAS Elizabeth Rooks (Wife of
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who has been gone from her upwards of 2½ Years
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was
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apprehended in the said Parish of
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, as a Rogue
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and Vagabond, (videlicet) by her own Consession and other
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Circumstances
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and upon Examination of the said
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Elizabeth Rooks
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taken before Me upon Oath (which
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Examination is hereunto annexed) it doth appear that her last Legal
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Settlement is in the Parish of
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in
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the County of York
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These are therefore to require you the said Constable and other Officer
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to Convey the said Vagrant to the
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in Hertford
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that being the first Parish in the next Precinct thro which she
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ought to pass in the direct Way to the said Parish of Manningham
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to which she is to be sent and to deliver her to
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the Constable or other Officer of such Parish in such next Precinct,
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together with this Pass, and the Duplicate of the Examination of the said
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Vagrant taking his Receipt for the same.
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And the said Vagrant to be thence conveyed on in like Manner to the said
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Parish of
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there to be delivered to some
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of the same
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Parish to be there provided for according to Law. And you the
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said Church-Wardens, Chapel-Wardens, and Overseers of the Poor are here-
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by required to receive the said Person and provide for her as aforesaid.
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Given under my Hand and Seal this 18th Day of December
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in the Year of our Lord 17 58.
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G Wrights.
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