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<p n="173"> To the Church-Warden and Overseers of the Poor of the Hamlet of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50934_geo131">RATCLIFFE</rs>
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,in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50934_geo132">Parish of St. Dunstan</rs>
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, Stepney, in the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50934_geo133">County of Middlesex</rs>
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,and to the Church-Wardens and Overseers<lb></lb>
of the Poor of the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50934_geo134">Parish of Wanstead</rs>
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, in the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50934_geo135">County of Essex</rs>
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</p>
<p n="174"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50934_geo136">MIDDLESEX</rs>
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<lb></lb>
(to wit) <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50934_n174-1">John Staples</rs>
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<lb></lb>
WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto Us, two of<lb></lb>
His Majesty's <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50934_occ49">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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acting in and for the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50934_geo137">County of Middlesex</rs>
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aforesaid ( one whereof being of the Quorum)<lb></lb>
by the Church-Warden and Overseers of the Poor of the said<lb></lb>
Hamlet of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50934_geo138">Ratcliffe</rs>
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, That <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50934_n174-2">Maria Bruce</rs>
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, the Widow<lb></lb>
of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50934_n174-3">John Bruce</rs>
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lately deceased and her Three<lb></lb>
Children Lawful Issue vizt Richard, Joseph<lb></lb>
and Sarah<lb></lb>
lately intruded, and came into the<lb></lb>
said hamlet of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50934_geo139">Ratcliffe</rs>
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, and are<lb></lb>
become chargeable to the same:We, the said Justices, upon<lb></lb>
Examination of the Premises upon Oath,and other Circumstances, do<lb></lb>
adjudge the same to be true,and do also adjudge the Place of the<lb></lb>
last legal Settlement of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50934_n174-4">Maria Bruce</rs>
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and her said<lb></lb>
Street Children, viz <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50934_n174-5">Richard</rs>
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, aged fourteen Years<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50934_n174-6">Joseph</rs>
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aged Twelve Years, and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50934_n174-7">Sarah</rs>
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aged about<lb></lb>
Four Years an a Quarter is in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50934_geo140">PArish of<lb></lb>
Wanstead</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50934_geo141">County of Essex</rs>
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</p>
<p n="175"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50934_n175-1">Geo Story</rs>
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</note>
<lb></lb>
THESE are therefore in His Majesty's Name to require you,<lb></lb>
the said Church-Warden and Overseers of the Poor of the<lb></lb>
said Hamlet of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50934_geo142">Ratcliffe</rs>
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, On Sight hereof to remove and convey the<lb></lb>
said. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50934_n175-2">Maria Bruce</rs>
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and her said Three Children<lb></lb>
viz <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50934_n175-3">Richard</rs>
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, Joseph and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50934_n175-4">Sarah</rs>
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<lb></lb>
from and out your Hamlet of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50934_geo143">Ratcliffe</rs>
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to the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50934_geo144">Parish of<lb></lb>
Wanstead</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50934_geo145">County of Essex</rs>
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aforesaid<lb></lb>
<lb></lb>
and them deliver unto the Church-Wardens and Overseers<lb></lb>
of the Poor there,or to some or one of them, together with this<lb></lb>
our Order, or a true Copy hereof, who are hereby required to<lb></lb>
receive and provide for them according to law. Civen under<lb></lb>
our Hands and Seals this 20th Day of October 1796.</p>
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