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Westmr: to wit,
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To the
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Tythingman, and other Officer
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the Peace of the Parish of St. Margaret in the
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within the said
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to receive and convey.
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And to all Constables and other Officers within that Part of
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Great Britain, called
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, whom it may concern to re-
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ceive and obey
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WHEREAS Jennet Lawman (wife of Angus
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Lawman a Soldier abroad) hath been
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apprehended in the said Parish of
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St. Margaret's
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as a Rogue and Vagabond (videlicet) wandering & begging
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and upon Examination of the said
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Jennet Lawman
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taken before me upon Oath (which
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Examination is hereunto annexed) it doth appear that the last legall
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Settlement of the said
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Angus Lawman
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& his said Wife Jennet
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their 3 Children (to wit)
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Susan
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aged near 11 years
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Margaret
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aged near 6 years and
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Duncan
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aged near Four years is in the
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Isle of Skey
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in that Part of Great Britain called
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These are therefore to require you the said Constable or other Officer
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to Convey the said
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Jennet Lawman
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and her said three
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Children
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Susan Margaret and Duncan to
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Waltham cross
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in the parish of (tresshunt in Hertford that being the first
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place in the next Precinct thro' which they ought to pass in the
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direct Way to the said Isle of Skey to which
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they are to be sent and to deliver
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to
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them to the Constables or
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other Officer of such Place in such next Precinct, together with this
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Pass, and the Duplicate of the Examination of the said Vagrant
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taking his Receipt for the same. And the said Vagrant and her
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said three Children are to be thence conveyed on in like Manner,
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into the next adjoining Shire, Stewartry or Place in that Part of Great
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Britain call'd
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, and to deliver them
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some Constable or other Officer of the next Parish, District or Place within
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the said Shire, Stewartry or Place, taking his Receipt for them and
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such Officer last mentioned is hereby required to receive the said Vagrant
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and her said three Children and give such Receipt and to
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dispose of them according to Law, Given un-
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der my Hand and Seal this 26th. Day of July
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in the Year of our Lord 17 45.
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George Howard
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Sold by J. COLES, Stationer in
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Fleet Street
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,
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Passes to
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Scotland
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, Etc
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