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To the Keeper of the Workhouse
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in the
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to all Constables, and other Officers
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whom it may concern, to receive
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and convey. And to the Church-
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to wit.
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F. Cokayne
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as a Rogue and Vagabond wandring abroad in the
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open air and giving no good Account of
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taken before me upon Oath, (which Examination is hereunto
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annexed) it doth appear, that the last legal Settlement of the said
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These are therefore to require You and said
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to the said parish of Saint Luke
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there to be delivered to some Church-warden, Chapel-warden, or
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, there to be provided for according to Law.
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And You the said Church-warden, Chapel-wardens, and Overseers of
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the Poor, are hereby required to receive the said
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and provide for him
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as aforesaid. Given under my Hand and Seal this
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Day of August in the Year of our Lord 17 52.
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