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To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the
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Poor of the Parish ofSaint Giles Cripplegate
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withoutLondon, and the
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Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor
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of the Parish ofSaint Ann Soho. in the County of
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Middlesex
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and to every of them.
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John Sawbridge
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto Us, two
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of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the City of
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London and Liberties thereof, one being of the Quorum, by
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the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
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Elizabeth Coward
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George Coward
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deceased and
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George
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her son Aged Ten years are
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lately come to reside in their said Parish, not having obtain'd
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any legal Settlement there, andarelikely to become charge-
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able thereto, unless timely prevented, which Complaint We
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the said Justices, upon due Proof made thereof, as well upon
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the Oath ofthe said Elizabeth Cowardas otherwise, do
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adjudge to be true; and we do also adjudge the last legal
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Settlement of the saidElizabeth Coward and
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her son
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to be in the said
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These are therefore in His Majesty's Name to will and re-
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quire you the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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the said Parish ofSaint Giles Cripplegate without
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London, forthwith to remove and convey the saidElizabeth
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Coward and John her Son
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from and out of your said Parish, unto the said Parish of
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Saint Ann Soho in the County of Middlesex
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Andtheydeliver unto the Church-Wardens and Overseers
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of the Poor there, or to some or one of them, together with this
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our Order, who is and are hereby required to receive and pro-
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vide forthemaccording to Law. Given under our Hands
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and Seals, this
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19th Day of December One Thousand
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seven Hundred and Seventy five
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