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to wit.}
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To the Constable,
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within the Liberty of
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to receive and convey. And to the Church-Wardens;
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Chapel-wardens, or Overseers of the Poor of the Parish,
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Place, or Precinct of Gotus in the County
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or either of them to receive
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and obey.
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WHEREAS Margaret Davy was
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apprehended in the said
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as a Rogue and Vagabond, (videlicet) Wandering &
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Begging
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and upon Examination of the said
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Margaret Davy
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taken before Me upon Oath (which Examination is hereunto annexed)
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it doth appear that her last legal Place of Settlemt.
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is in the Parish of Gotus in the County
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of
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These are therefore to require you the said Constable or other Officer
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to convey the said
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Margaret Davy
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to the
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head in the County of Berks
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that being the first Parish in the next Precinct through which She
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ought to pass in the direct Way to the said Parish of Gotus
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to which She is to be sent and to deliver her to the
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Constable or other Officer of such Parish in such next Precinct, together
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with this Pass, and the Duplicate of the Examination of the said
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Margaret Davy taking
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his Receipt for the same. And the said
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to be thence carried in like Manner to the said
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Parish of Gotus
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there to be delivered to some Church-warden, Chapel-warden, or Over-
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of the same Parish, to be there provided for according
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to Law. And you the said Churchwarden, Chapel-Warden, or Over-
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are hereby required to receive the said Person and
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provide for her as aforesaid. Given under my Hand and Seal
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this 3d Day of Jany in the Year
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of Our Lord 17 66
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G Wrighte
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Delivered the same Day of
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Mr Stephenson Keeper of Tothill
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fields
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by me
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