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To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
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Jas Dyson
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto Us, two
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of His Majesty's
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the Quorum) by the Church-wardens and Overseers of the
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Poor of the said
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Matthew Whitehead
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aged about thirty three years hath
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lately intruded and came
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into the said
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, and is likely to become
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Chargeable to the same: We, the said Justices, upon Exami-
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nation of the Premises upon Oath, and other Circumstances
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do adjudge the same to be true, and do also adjudge the Place
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of the last legal Settlement of the said
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THESE are therefore, in His Majesty's Name, to require
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you, the said Church-Wardens and Overseers of the
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, on Sight hereof, to re-
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move and convey the said
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Matthew Whitehead
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from and out of your said
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and him deliver unto the Church-Wardens and Overseers
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of the Poor there, or to some, or one of them, together
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with this our Order, or a true Copy thereof, who are hereby
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required to receive and provide for him according to Law.
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Given under our Hands and Seals, this twenty fifth
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Day of March One Thousand Seven Hundred and
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Eighty four
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33 Fever
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