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they are required to doe, And are likely to become Chargeable to the same
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inhabitants for about halfe a yeare, and payd scott and Lott as the pest of ye
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payd neyther scott nor Lott, and then returned into Cloth Fayre in the
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the greate aforesaid and there stayed
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two yeares since which, he haveing Married the said Elizabeth by
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whome hee hath had two Children, and boath of them yett liveing
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but did not gayne any new Legall Settlemt. since hee left. Cloth Fayre
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the greate aforesaid, but hath
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are therefore in theire Majesties names to require and
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Comand you the Officers of the said Pish of
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with her
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said Three Children, out of your said Pish, to Clock Fayre in the
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Pish of St. Barthollomews the Greate aforesaid and there
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to deliver them to the Church Wardens or Overseers of the
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Poore, of the said Pish, or to some or one of them who are
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hereby likewise in theire Majesties names required the said
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Elizabeth Murrey and her three Children to receive and provide
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for according to Law And hereof your nor any of you and
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