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within the
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every of them
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto us, Two
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of his Majesty's
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in and for
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aforesaid (One
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whereof being of the Quorum) by the Churchwardens
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Christian Graves
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William Graves
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deceased Aged
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Forty Nine Years hath
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lately intruded and come into the said
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,
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and is become Chargeable to the same. We the said
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Justices, upon Examination of the Premises upon Oath,
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and other Circumstances, do adjudge the same to be
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true, and do also adjudge the Place of the last legal
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Settlement of the said
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to be in
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the Parish of
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within the
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in the
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THESE are therefore in his Majesty's Name to require
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you the said Church-Wardens and Overseers of the
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Poor of the said
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on Sight hereof,
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to remove and convey the said
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Christian Graves
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from and out of your said
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, to the
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said
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and her deliver unto the Churchwardens and Over-
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seers of the Poor there, or to some or one of them together
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with this our Order, or a true Copy thereof, who are here-
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by required to receive and provide for her according
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to Law. Given under our Hands and Seals this 10th
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Day of February 1774
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