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they should be ordered according to Law to for bear the said Allowance and that the
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petitioner had accordingly paid the said
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Thomas Harpur
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such weekly Allowance
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in pursuance of the said Order. That
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of the
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Widow was the daughter of the said
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Thomas Harpur
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and the
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said Elizabeth Coxhead being an Innkeeper and in very afferent circumstances and
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able to afford assistance to her aged and infirm Father and to prevent his receiving
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relief from or being a burthen upon the said Parish: The Petitioner had frequently
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applied to the said Elizabeth Coxhead to repay him what he had expended and paid as
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Overseer aforesaid to the said
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or on his Account and to provide for
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as he was required to do by Law, but that the said Elizabeth
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Coxhead had refused so to do whereby the Petitioner conceived himself aggrieved and
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therefore praying the Court to make an Order for the said Elizabeth Coxhead to pay unto
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the Petitioner what he had so expended and paid on Account of the said
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Harpur
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and to provide for the future maintenance and support of her said Father as
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by Law she was obliged and required to do: which said Appeal stood duly adjourned
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until the day Now the said appeal coming on to be heard and the said Elizabeth
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Coxhead being solemnby called but not appearing nor any Person on her behalf and
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proof being made upon oath that a Copy of the Order of Court for the hearing and
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determining the said Petition on this day had been personally served on the said
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Elizabeth Coxhead; and it appearing unto this Court that the said Elizabeth Coxhead is
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of sufficient ability to relieve and maintain the said
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is now chargeable to the said
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parish of Garsington
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It is
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Ordered that She the said Elizabeth Coxhead do pay unto the Churchwardens and
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overseers of the poor of the said
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and their Successors or to some
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or one of them the Sum of Three Shillings Weekly and every Week from the date hereof for
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and towards the support and maintenance of the said Thomas Harpur for and
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during so long time as he shall remain and be chargeable to the said Parish.
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By the Court
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