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Westminster , To wit.


To the Constable ,Headborough Tythingman, and other
Officer of the Peace of the Parish of St. Margaret
in the City of Westminster , to receive and Convey.
And to the Church-Wardens, Chapel-Wardens, or
Overseers of the Poor of the Parish, Place or Pre-
cinct of Manchester inthe Lancashire
ofor either of them to re-
ceive and obey

WHEREAS Elizabeth Percival< no role > , Widow was
[..]
apprehended in the said Parish of St. Margaret, Westminster , as a Rogue
and Vagabond, (videlicet) by her own Confession and other
Circumstances
and upon Examination of the said Elizabeth Percival< no role >
taken before me upon Oath (which
Examination is hereunto annexed) it doth appear that her last Legal
Settlement is in the Parish of Manchester in
Lancashire

These are therefore to require you the said Constable and other Officer
to Convey the said Vagrant to the Parish of Ridge in
Hertfordshire that being the first Parish in the next Precinct thro' which she
ought to pass in the direct Way to the said Parish of Manchester
to which she is to be sent and to deliver her to
the Constable or other Officer of such Parish in such next Precinct,
together with this Pass, and the Duplicate of the Examination of the said
Vagrant taking his Receipt for the same.
And the said Vagrant to be thence conveyed on in like Manner to th said
Parish of Manchester there to be delivered to some
Church-Warden, Chapel-Warden, or Overseer of the Poor of the same
Parish to be there provided for according to Law. And you the
said Church-Wardens, Chapel-Wardens, and Overseers of the Poor are here-
by required to receive the said Person and provide for her as aforesaid.
Given under my Hand and Seal this 24th. Day of July
in the Year of our Lord 17 58.

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