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To the Constable, Headboroughs, and other Officers
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of the Parish of
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for Conveying the poor
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to wit.{
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Whereas by a Pass under
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my Hand and Seal being
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of his Majesty's
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for the said County
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bearing date the 9th: Date of April Instant
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Martha Betts
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therein mentioned was
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dered to be Conveyed with her Child named
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James
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the Place of her last Legal Settlement:
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I do therefore hereby order and in His Majesty's Name require
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Martha Betts
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om your said Parish, to the
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Parish of Colnbrook
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in the County of Bucks of being the first
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parish in the next Precinct, and deliver them to the Constable or
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other Officer there to be by, them conveyed forward as the Law
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for
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Officer are to be allowed the
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sum of One Shilling
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and no more,
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Given under my Hand this Ninth Day of April
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in the Year of our Lord 17 60
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Thos. Smith
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Middx.
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Henry Pedley Made Oath he
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hath Deliverd the Vagrant and Pass
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as herein Directed Sworn before
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me this 9th Day of Dec. 1760
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Reced Aprl 1763 of Mr Backhouse
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