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To the Church-Warden and Overseers of the Poor of
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that Part of the
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in the County of Witts
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and to each and every of them
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto Us, two of His
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Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the
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(whereof one is of the Quorum) by the Church-Warden and Overseers
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of the Poor of that Part of the
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Elizabeth Gibbs
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aged about
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Eleven Years and
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John Gibbs
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aged about Nine Years-
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(Children of
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Thomas Gibbs
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a Soldier byhis Wife
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both deceased) are
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lately come to inhabit in the said Part of the said
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Andrew, Holborn
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, not having gained a legal Settlement there, nor
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produced any Certificate owning them to be
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settled elsewhere: And it appeareth unto Us the said Justices, and we
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do adjudge, that they are likely to be
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chargeable to the said Part of the said
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,
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and upon Examination of
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James Munday
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a Soldier belonging
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to the First Regiment of Foot Guards (Sir
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David Linsey
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Lieutenant Colonel of the Company)
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taken upon Oath, it
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farther appeareth unto Us, and we do likewise adjudge, that
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the
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aforesaid in the
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said County of Wilts
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is the Place of the last legal Settlement of the said
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Two Children the said
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Thomas Gibbs
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and Eliz: John
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Gibbson
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Elizabeth Gibbs
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Stephn: Clarke
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These are therefore in His Majesty's Name, to Charge and Com-
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mand the Church-Warden and Overseers of the Poor of the said
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Part of the said Parish of
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, forthwith to
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remove and convey the said Two Children the said
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Thomas
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Eliza. Gibbs
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from and out of the said Part of the said
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,
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to the said Parish of of
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West Lavington
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and deliver them-
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to the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor there, or to
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some or one of them, who are hereby required to provide for
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them according to Law: Given under our Hands and Seals,
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the First Day of JulyOne Thousand Seven
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Hundred and Seventy one
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Printed by J. SMITH, in Theobald's-Road,
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