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the Parish of
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John Staples
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto us, whose Names
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are hereunto set and Seals affixed, being two of his Ma-
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jesty's
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Ann Norton
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aged ten Years and who hath
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gamed no Settlement in her own right and
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aged two years the two Children
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of
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Jonathan Norton
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Felicia
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his into both deceased
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Middle-
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sex, not having gained a legal Settlement there, nor produced any
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Certificate owning themselves to be settled elsewhere,
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and that the said
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is
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We the said Justices, upon due proof made thereof, as well upon
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the Examination of
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the said
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John Durban
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upon Oath, as otherwise, and likewise upon due Consideration had
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of the Premises, do adjudge the same to be true; and we do like-
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wise adjud ge
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that
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the lawful Settlement of them the said
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to be
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is
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in the said
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in the said
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of London
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We do therefore require you, the said Churchwardens and Over-
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seers of the Poor of the said
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, or
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some or one of you, to convey the said
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Ann Norton
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John Norton
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from and out of your said
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, to the said
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Parish of Saint Margaret of
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Lothbury
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and the door to deliver to the Churchwardens
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and Oveseers of the Poor there, or to some or one of them, toge-
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ther with this our Order, or a true copy thereof:And we do also
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hereby require you, the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the
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Poor of the said Parish of St. Margaret of
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Lothbury to receive and provide for them as Inhabitant of
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your said Parish Given under our Hands and Seals the
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26th Day of July in the Year of our Lord
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One thousand seven hundred and ninety seven
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