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To the Constable of the Parish of
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, or the Headborough there: And also
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to the Contractor employed for the passing and conveying of
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Rogues and Vagabonds within the said County; and to all
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in the County of Worcester
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Mary Watts
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Videlicit Warning abroad & begging there
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taken
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before me in Writing, and upon Oath; which Examination is hereunto annexed,
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it doth appear that her last legal Settlements is at the Parish of Kings
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Norton aforesaid: These are therefore to require you the said
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Constable, or other Officer to convey the said
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Mary Watts
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to the House of Correction at
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whence the said Contractor is to convey her to the Parish of
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that being the first Parish in the next
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Precinct, through which She ought to pass in the direct Way to the said Parish
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of Rings Norton to which Parish She is
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to be sent, and to deliver her to the Constable, or other Officer of such Parish
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in such next Precinct, together with this Pass, and the Duplicate of the Examination
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of the said
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taking his Receipt for the same: And
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is to be thence
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conveyed on in the like Manner to the said Parish of Kings Norton
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there to be delivered to some Church-warden, Chapel-warden, or Overseer of the
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Poor of the same Parish, to be there provided for according to Law. And you the
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said Church-warden, Chapel-warden, or Overseer of the Poor are hereby required
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to receive the said Person and provide for her as aforesaid. Given under my
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Hand and Seal this nineteenth Day of January1784
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R Davies
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