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to wit.}
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To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto US,
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Two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace acting
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in and for the
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aforesaid (One whereof
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being of the QUORUM) by the Church-Wardens and Over-
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William Wortley
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Sarah
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his Wife and their
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aged
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twelve Years and upwards and
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Years or thereabouts have
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lately intruded, and come into the said
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, and are
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become chargeable to the same, We, the said Justices,
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upon Examination of the Premises upon Oath, and other
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Circumstances, do adjudge the same to be true, and do also
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adjudge that the Place of the last legal Settlement of the said
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in the said Parish
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THESE are, therefore, in his Majesty's Name, to
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require you, the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the
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Poor of the said Parish of
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,on Sight hereof
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to remove and convey the said
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William Wortley
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his
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and William
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from and out of your said Parish of
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, to
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the said Parish of
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in the County of
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Surry
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and them to deliver unto the Church-wardens and
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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, who
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are hereby required to receive and provide for them
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according to Law.
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Given under our Hands and Seals this Ninth Day
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of December One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety
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five
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