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<p n="1226"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50773_geo626">Westminster</rs>
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, To wit.}</note>
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To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50773_geo627">Parish of<lb></lb>
St. James</rs>
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, within the Liberty of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50773_geo628">Westminster</rs>
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, in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50773_geo629">County<lb></lb>
of Middlesex</rs>
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, and to the Church-Wardens and Overseers of<lb></lb>
the Poor of the Parish of Saint John<lb></lb>
in the City of Exeter in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50773_geo630">County of Devon</rs>
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and to each and every of them. </p>
<p n="1227"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50773_n1227-1">James Fielding</rs>
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</note>
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<note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50773_n1227-2">William Hyde</rs>
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</note>
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto Us, two<lb></lb>
of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace, acting in and<lb></lb>
for the City and Liberty of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50773_geo631">Westminster</rs>
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(One whereof being of<lb></lb>
the Quorum) by the Church-wardens and Overseers of the<lb></lb>
Poor of the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50773_geo632">Parish of St. James</rs>
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, That <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50773_n1227-3">Ann Hitchfeild</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50773_occ502">Singlewoman</rs>
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hath<lb></lb>
lately intruded and came<lb></lb>
into the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50773_geo633">Parish of St. James</rs>
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, and is <gap reason="illegible"></gap>
become<lb></lb>
Chargeable to the same: We, the said Justices, upon Exami-<lb></lb>
nation of the Premises upon Oath, and other Circumstances,<lb></lb>
do adjudge the same to be true, and do also adjudge the Place<lb></lb>
of the last legal Settlement of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50773_n1227-4">Ann Hitchfeild</rs>
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<lb></lb>
to be in the Parish of Saint John<lb></lb>
in the City of Exeter in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50773_geo634">County of Devon</rs>
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</p>
<p n="1228"> THESE are therefore, in His Majesty's Name, to require<lb></lb>
you, the said Church-Wardens and Overseers of the<lb></lb>
Poor of the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50773_geo635">Parish of St. James</rs>
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, on Sight hereof, to re-<lb></lb>
move and convey the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50773_n1228-1">Ann Hitchfeild</rs>
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from and out of your said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50773_geo636">Parish of St. James</rs>
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, to the said <lb></lb>
Parish of Saint John<lb></lb>
and her deliver unto the Church-Wardens and Overseers<lb></lb>
of the Poor there, or to some, or one of them, together<lb></lb>
with this our Order, or a true Copy thereof, who are hereby<lb></lb>
required to receive and provide for her according to Law.<lb></lb>
Given under our Hands and Seals, this Twenty sixth<lb></lb>
Day of July One Thousand Seven Hundred and<lb></lb>
Eighty three</p>
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