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To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish
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J Merceron
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto us whose
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Names are hereunto set, and Seals affixed, being two
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of His Majesty's Justices assigned to keep the Peace in and
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for the said
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, (one whereof is of the
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Quorum) by the Church-Wardens or Overseers of the Poor
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Ann,
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who has deserted her and their Lawful Child
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Aged three Years or thereabouts and left them destitute and
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unprovided for have
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come to inhabit in the
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aforesaid, not having gained a legal Settlement there, nor
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produced any Certificate owning to be settled elsewhere, and
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are become chargeable to the said
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; we the said Justices, upon
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Examination of the Premises upon Oath and other Circum-
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stances, do adjudge the same to be true, and we do also ad-
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judge the Place of the last legal Settlement of the said Ann,
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Wood and her said Daughter Ann is in the said Parish of
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Coopersales in the
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THESE are therefore in His Majesty's Name and by Virtue
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of the Statutes in that behalf, to require you the said Church
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Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
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, or some, or one of you, on Sight
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hereof to remove and convey the said
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Ann Wood
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and her
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said Child
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from and out of your said
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,
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to the said Parish of Coopersale
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and them deliver to the Church-Wardens and Overseers
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of the Poor there, or to some or one of them, together with
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this our Order, or a true Copy hereof, who are hereby requir-
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ed to receive and provide for them according to Law.
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Given under our Hands and Seals this Twenty first
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Day of December in the Year of our Lord 1798.
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