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<p n="547">To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and<lb></lb>
Court of Aldermen of the City of London in their<lb></lb>
General Session of the Peace Assembled</p>
<p n="548">The humble Petition and Appeal of the Churchwardens and<lb></lb>
Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of West Ham in the County of Essex</p>
<p n="549"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Sheweth</note>
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That by Virtue of an Order under the hands and<lb></lb>
Seals of Two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace for<lb></lb>
the City of London and Liberties thereof (one being of<lb></lb>
the Quorum) bearing Date the Eighth Day of December<lb></lb>
instant <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15078_n549-1">Mary Woodward</rs>
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and <rs type="persName" id="LMSLPS15078_n549-2">Sarah Woodward</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSLPS15078_n549-2" type="surname" value="Woodward"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSLPS15078_n549-2" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSLPS15078_occ241">Singlewomen</rs>
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were removed from the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15078_geo428">Saint<lb></lb>
Bridget London</rs>
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unto the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15078_geo429">Parish of West Ham</rs>
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in the<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSLPS15078_geo430">County of Essex</rs>
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as the Place of their last legal Settlement</p>
<p n="550">Your Petitioners Conceive themselves<lb></lb>
aggrieved by the said Order Appeal to this<lb></lb>
honourable Court against the same And<lb></lb>
humbly Pray Your honours to<lb></lb>
Appoint a Day for to hear and<lb></lb>
Determine the same</p>
<p n="551">And Your Petitioners shall ever pray Etc</p>
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