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<p n="595"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">LONDON ss.</note>
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To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor<lb></lb>
of the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15032_geo366">St. Mary Somersett<lb></lb>
London</rs>
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, and the Churchwardens and<lb></lb>
Overseers, of the Poor of the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15032_geo367">St. Nichas<lb></lb>
Cole Abbey London</rs>
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respectively.</p>
<p n="596"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15032_n596-1">John Fryer</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15032_n596-1" type="surname" value="Fryer"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15032_n596-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15032_occ254">Mayr</rs>
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</note>
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WHEREAS Complaint hath this Day been made<lb></lb>
unto us two of His Majesty's Justices of the<lb></lb>
Peace for this City, and the Liberties thereof (Quorum<lb></lb>
unus) by You the Churchwardens and Overseers of<lb></lb>
the Poor of the Parish of St. Mary Somerset<lb></lb>
London, That <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15032_n596-2">Elizabeth</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15032_n596-2" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
<del>the wife of Richard Mortarshell</del>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15032_occ255">Widow</rs>
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of <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15032_n596-3">Richard Mortarshell</rs>
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deced is now resident<lb></lb>
in<lb></lb>
your said Parish not having obtained any<lb></lb>
legal Settlement there, and is likely to become charge-<lb></lb>
able thereto by reason of her age and poverty<lb></lb>
unless timely prevented,<lb></lb>
which Complaint we adjudge to be true. And forasmuch<lb></lb>
as it appears unto us by the Oath of the said Elizabeth<lb></lb>
Mortars hell that shedwell in the Parish of St. Nicholas<lb></lb>
Cole abbey London by the Space of forty daies and upwards<lb></lb>
next imediately, before the nineteenth day of May one thousands<lb></lb>
Six<obscured></obscured>
hundred eighty and five and hath<lb></lb>
not obtained any subsequent Settlement. We the said Ju-<lb></lb>
stices are therefore of Opinion, and do adjudge the last<lb></lb>
legal Settlement of the said Elizabeth Mortars hell<lb></lb>
to be in the said <lb></lb>
Parish of St. Nichas Cole Abbey London and<lb></lb>
that thitherto she ought by Law to be sent.</p>
<p n="597"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15032_n597-1">Jno. Ward</rs>
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</note>
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THESE are therefore in His. Majesty's Name to re-<lb></lb>
quire You to remove and convey the said Elizabeth & Mortarshell<lb></lb>
from and out of your said Parish of St. Mary Somerset<lb></lb>
London, to the said Parish of St. Nicholas Cole Abbey<lb></lb>
London and her leave with the Churchwardens and<lb></lb>
Overseers of the Poor there, or one of them, who is and<lb></lb>
are hereby required to receive and provide for her<lb></lb>
according to Law. Hereof fail not, and this shall be your<lb></lb>
Warrant. Given under our Hands and Seals the <rs type="date" id="LMSLPS15032_date85">fourth<lb></lb>
Day of Aprill Anno Domini 1721</rs>
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.</p>
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