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Middlx. ss.
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To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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eParishof
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id Countyof
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Middlx
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and to the Churchwardens
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and Overseers of the Poor of theParishof
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tof
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id Countyand to every of them, and to all other,
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whom these may concern.
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Thos: Pinar
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Sd: Michael
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WHEREA
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it appeareth unto us, two of his Majesty's
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Justices of
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the Peace
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r the said County of
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Midd.
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(Quor' Unus) by the Com-
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plaint of
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e Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
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Parish of
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St James Clerkenwell
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in the said County, that
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Richard Croker
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with
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Elizabeth
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his
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and their four Children (vizt) -
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Hannah
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Aged bout Seven years and half
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Elizabeth
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Aged about five
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years and half
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Ann
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Aged about two years and half and
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Mary
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Aged
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about Sixteen Weeks are
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lately come, and Intended into the saidParishof
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St James Clerkenwell
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Edeavouring to gain a Settlement, there contrary to Law,
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and arebecome a great Charge to the saidparish
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which we ad
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dge to be true, and, Whereas, upon the Examination of
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of the said
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Richard croker
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taken upon Oath, it appears to us, that the
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saidRichard
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was last legally Settled in theparish of
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of
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St Sepulchre without
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in the
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Middlx
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and,
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thathehath not since obtained any legal Settlement elsewhere:
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Therefore, We the said Justices, upon the Proof aforesaid, and other Circum-
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stancs, do Adjudge and Deem the Place of the last legal Settlement of the
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saidRichard
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Childrento be in the said
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of
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Sepulchre
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without
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in thehis of
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and whither by
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saw the said
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Hannah
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Gon
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ought to be sent
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THESE are therefore in his Majesty's Name, strictly to Charge and
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Command you and every of you forthwith, upon Sight hereof, to re-
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move and convey the said
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Richard Croker
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Elizabeth
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his
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wife
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and their
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said four Children
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</
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<
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</
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from and out of the saidParishof
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rs
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St James Clerkenwell
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>
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in and to the saidParishof
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St Sepulchre withou
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t
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in thesaid County of Middlxand deliverthem
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(together with this Precept) to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the
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Poor, there or some, or one of them, who are hereby required to receive, and
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provide forthemaccording to Law. Here of sail not at your Pe-
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rills. Given under our Hands and Seals, this
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SeventeenthDay ofFebruary
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-in theEleventhYear of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE,
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by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, King Defender
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of the Faith, Anno Domini, 1724.
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