| Examination Text | William Sharpe aged about 45 years lodging in Church Lane in the Parish of St Martin in the Fields upon his oath saith that he lived in and rented an house in Lumley Court in the Strand in the Parish aforesaid the space of three quarters of the year at the yearly rent of 10 pounds besides taxes, quitted the same about 12 years ago, that he hath not kept house rented a tenement of 10 pounds by the year nor paid any parish taxes since, that he was married his present wife Dorcas at the Parish Church of St Martin in the Fields 18 years ago by whom he hath three children to wit Elizabeth aged 11 years and upwards, Susannah aged three years and Frances aged 10 months now with this Examinant. Sworn the 27th Day of May 1785 before William Hyde. |
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