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To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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to the
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Overseers of the Poor of the
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and 10 each and every of them
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to wit}
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Willm Timbrell
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WHEREAS Complaints has been made unto
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Us, two of His Majesty's
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Justices of the Peace
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in and
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for the City and Liberty of
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Westminster
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aforesaid, (One whereof being of the Quorum) by the
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Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
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Parish of
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Elizabeth Davis
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above 30 years hath
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lately intruded, and come into the said
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, and is
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become Chargeable to the same, We the said Justices,
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upon Examination of the Premisses upon Oath, and
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other Circumstances, do adjudge the same to be true,
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and do also adjudge the Place of the last legal Settlement
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of the said
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to be in the
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Rents
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Wm. Ragge
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THESE are therefore, in His Majesty's Name, to
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require you, on Sight hereof, to remove and
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convey the said
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and her female
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Child Named
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Frances
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aged about four
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Months with her for Nurture
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from and out of your said Parish of
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, to the said
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Liberty of Saffron Hill
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Hatton garden and Ely Rents
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and them deliver unto the
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Overseers of the Poor there, or to some, or One of them,
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together with this our Order, (or a true Copy hereof,)
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who are hereby required to receive and provide for
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them according to Law. Given under Our
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Hands and Seals this 21st. Day of November 1770
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