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(No. 13.)
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towit}
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To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made by you the
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Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
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said
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unto us whose Hands and Seals are hereunto
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set, two of his Majesty's
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(whereof one is of
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the Quorum) for the County aforesaid,
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that.
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lately intruded into your said
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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 Ex-
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amination and Enquiry made into the Premisses,
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it appears unto Us, and we accordingly adjudge, that the said
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and that he last legal Place of
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Settlement of the said
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is in the
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THESE are therefore in his Majesty's Name, to order and require
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you the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
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aforesaid, that you
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or some of you, do forthwith remove and convey the said
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and her deliver
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to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor there, or some
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or one of them, together with this our Warrant or Order, or a
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true Copy hereof: whereby they are likewise required, in his
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Majesty's Name, and by Virtue of the Statutes in such Case
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made, forthwith to receive the said
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into their said parish and provide for her
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as their own Parishioner. GIVEN under our Hands and Seals the
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25th Day of January in the Year of our
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Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty three
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