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to wit.}
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To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the
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Poor of the Parish of Saint Sepulchre
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London, and the
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Church Wardens and Overseers of the
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Pauls Wharf London
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and to every of them.
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Mayor
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto Us, two
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Justices of the Peace
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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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London, That
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three Children namely
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and upwards
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aged eight Years and upwards and
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Mary aged four Years and upwards had
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lately come to reside in their said Parish, not having obtain'd
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any legal Settlement there, and were likely 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 of the said sarah as 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 said sarah and hen said three
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to be in the said Parish of saint Benneld
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and that hitherto They ought by Law to be sent.
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These are therefore in
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'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 of
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London, forthwith to remove and convey the said Sarah and
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her said three children
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from and out of your Parish, unto the said Parish of
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saint Bennet Pauls Wharf London
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And there deliver unto the Church-Wardes 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 for then according to Law. Given under our Hands
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and Seals, this
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22 Day of August One Thousand
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Seven Hundred and Eighty one
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