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regard to
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as had been with respect
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to the other Examinants-Vizt. & whether she
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duly qualified to have been nominated and put
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the almshouses of this Parish or not? and resolve
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she was not duly qualified
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Mr. Bird then moved and was secondd. by Mr. Rust
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as Elizabeth Coman had been so long in the Almshouse
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should be continued these, and the Question being put
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whether she should be continued or not? it was carried
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Affirmative Nem: Con:
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The Examination of
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That she was married to
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late husband at may fair that she lived with the
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said Husband in a House in Portugal Street
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this Parish for about Fifteen Years that her said
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being dead and this Examinant a
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she this Examinant was put into the
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Alms house of this Parish by Mr. Wingrove at
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Instance and by the Recommendation of Mr.
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Rainforth and that she went directly from
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House in Portugal Street aforesaid to the Almshouse
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without ever having Rented any other House
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living elsewhere and that she is now Sixty seven
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Years of Age
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The Examination being read and d
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considered-the Churchwarden by the re
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of several of the Inhabitants put the Question
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was upon the several facts appearing in h
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Examination aforesaid duly qualified to have
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nominated and put into the Almshouses of
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Parish or not? and it was thereafter
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