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Isabella Clay< no role > the widow of Thomas Clay< no role > deced
maketh oath that her Said late husband has informed her & which
She believes to be true That his late Father Joseph Clay< no role > deced
duly Served his Apprenticeship with one Mr Tate a Stocking
Weaver in Hoxten Square in the Parish of St Leonard Shoreditch
in the sd County & by means thereof gained a legal Settlement there
& that he did not afterwards do any Act to gain a Settlement
elsewhere That to this Deponts knowledge information or belief
her Said husband never was bound Apprentice nor ever lived as
a hired Servant for a year nor ever rented a house of Ten pounds
a year or upwards nor ever Served any Parish office or paid
any poors Rates or Kings Taxes nor ever did any Act to gain
a Settlement in his own right nor hath She this Deponent
Since his death done any Act to gain a Settlement for herself
& that She was married to her Sd husband at the Fleet upwards
of Thirty years ago.

The Mark of
Isabella [mark] Clay< no role >