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To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish
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of
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, to con-
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in the
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to release and obey.
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto
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Us, whose Hands and Seals are hereunto set,
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being two of His Majesty's
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, in
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and for the
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aforesaid, (one
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whereof being of the Quorum) by the Churchwar-
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dens or Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of
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St.
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Mary Whitechapel
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Sarah Alford
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Widow of
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Robert Allford
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Deceased and les Infant Child
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Viz
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Sarah
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aged about Nine years have
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lately come to inhabit in the said Parish of
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St. Mary
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, not having gained any legal Settlement
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there, nor produced any Certificate acknowledging
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t h em to be Setttled elsewhere, and are likely to be-
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come chargeable to the same: We, the said Justices,
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upon Examination of the Premises upon Oath, and
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other Circumstances, do adjudge the same to be true,
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and do also adjudge the Place of the last legal Settle-
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ment of the said
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and her said Child
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to be in the said Parish of
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THESE are therefore, in His Majesty's Name, and
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by Virtue of the statutes in that Behalf, to re-
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quire you, on Sight hereof, to remove and convey the
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said Sarah alford his said Child
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from and out of your said parish of
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St. Mary White-
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, to the said Parish of
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in the
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and them deliver to the Church-
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wardens and Overseers of the Poor there, or to Some
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or one of them. together with this our Order, or a
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true Copy hereof, who are hereby required to receive
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and provide for them
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according to Law. Given under our Hands and Seals
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this 15 Day of Septr. in the
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Year of our Lord 177 8
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Sent to the house Septr. 19th 78
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