Middx ss
John [..]
Robt. Constable< no role >
WHERE AS Complaint hath been made unto Us, whose Ha
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Seals are here unto fet, Two ofherMajesties Justice
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Peace of theCounty of middx
(quorum anns)by the Church -Wardens and Overseers of the
Hamlett of Wapping
within the pish of Stepney
in the said County, that
John Freeman< no role >
having two Children nanamed
Richard < no role >
&
Elizabeth Freeman< no role >
Did
lately come into the saidhamletendeavouring to
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him self & his sd two Child isthere, without giving Notice in Writing to the
Church-Wardens, or OverSeers of the Poor, or any one of them of
House ofhisabode in the saidhamlettaccording
the Statute in that Case made and provided; And thatthe said fo
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Freeman & his said two Children are
likely to become chargeable to the saidhamlettAnd Whereas
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unto Us the said Justices, upon the Oath of the saidJohn
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thathe waslast legally settled in theParish of
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in this County of Essex
where he when unmarr
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wife or Child) was an hyred Servt
: by the yeare to Sd: Com
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Knt; & Warrt; att the tyme of the death of the Late King Charles the
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England Etc upwards of one yeare afterwards with whom he his
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in all by the seas of three yeares and has a gained me other he
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These are therefore inherMajesties Name straitly to Charge and C
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mand you, and every of you, forthwith, upon fight hereof, to remove
convey the said
John Freeman< no role >
& his sd two Children from the
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& this County of middx
to
Stratford
in the County of Essex
, which wee think most
way to the sd
pish of Rivenall
in the sd County of Essex
to the End they may be
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attending to the Directions of the late Statute in that behalf made & provided will
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to the sd pish of Rivenall
and deliveredmay beeunto the Church-Wardens, and Overseers of the
Poor there, who are hereby required to provide forthem
according to Law : Here of fail not at your Perils, Given unde
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and Seals, thenyushday ofJuly Anno
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Annogs Regin Anne
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To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the
poor, and to all Constables, Headboroughs,
and other Officers and Ministers, whom
these may concern.
London
, Printed and Sold by William Downing< no role >
in Bartholomew-Close
near Smithfields [..]