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<p n="1073"> To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish<lb></lb>
of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50957_geo666">St. Matthew, Bethnal-Green</rs>
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, in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50957_geo667">County of Middlesex</rs>
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,<lb></lb>
to convey, and to the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor<lb></lb>
of the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50957_geo668">Coopersale</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50957_geo669">County of Essex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
and to each every of them to receive and obey.</p>
<p n="1074"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50957_geo670">Middlesex</rs>
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<lb></lb>
to wit. }<lb></lb>
J Merceron<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50957_n1074-1">Danl Williams</rs>
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto us whose<lb></lb>
Names are hereunto set, and Seals affixed, being two<lb></lb>
of His Majesty's Justices assigned to keep the Peace in and<lb></lb>
for the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50957_geo671">County of Middlesex</rs>
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, (one whereof is of the<lb></lb>
Quorum) by the Church-Wardens or Overseers of the Poor<lb></lb>
of the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50957_geo672">Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal-Green</rs>
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, that <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50957_n1074-3">Ann, </rs>
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the<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50957_occ239">Wife</rs>
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of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50957_n1074-2">Thomas Wood</rs>
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who has deserted her and their Lawful Child<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50957_n1074-4">Ann </rs>
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Aged three Years or thereabouts and left them destitute and<lb></lb>
unprovided for have<lb></lb>
come to inhabit in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50957_geo673">Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green</rs>
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<lb></lb>
aforesaid, not having gained a legal Settlement there, nor<lb></lb>
produced any Certificate owning to be settled elsewhere, and <lb></lb>
are become chargeable to the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50957_geo674">Parish of<lb></lb>
St. Matthew, Bethnal-Green</rs>
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; we the said Justices, upon<lb></lb>
Examination of the Premises upon Oath and other Circum-<lb></lb>
stances, do adjudge the same to be true, and we do also ad-<lb></lb>
judge the Place of the last legal Settlement of the said Ann,<lb></lb>
Wood and her said Daughter Ann is in the said Parish of<lb></lb>
Coopersales in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50957_geo675">County of Essex</rs>
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</p>
<p n="1075"> THESE are therefore in His Majesty's Name and by Virtue<lb></lb>
of the Statutes in that behalf, to require you the said Church<lb></lb>
Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50957_geo676">Parish of St.<lb></lb>
Matthew, Bethnal-Green</rs>
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, or some, or one of you, on Sight<lb></lb>
hereof to remove and convey the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50957_n1075-1">Ann Wood</rs>
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and her<lb></lb>
said Child<lb></lb>
from and out of your said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50957_geo677">Parish of St. Matthew</rs>
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, <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50957_geo678">Bethnal Green</rs>
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,<lb></lb>
to the said Parish of Coopersale<lb></lb>
and them deliver to the Church-Wardens and Overseers<lb></lb>
of the Poor there, or to some or one of them, together with<lb></lb>
this our Order, or a true Copy hereof, who are hereby requir-<lb></lb>
ed to receive and provide for them according to Law.</p>
<p n="1076">Given under our Hands and Seals this Twenty first<lb></lb>
Day of December in the Year of our Lord 1798.</p>
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