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To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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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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for the City of
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London and Liberties thereof, one being of the Quorum, by
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who hath devised him aged two Years
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had
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lately come to reside in their said Parish, not having obtained
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any legal Settlement there, and was 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 Ann as otherwise
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adjudge to be true; and we do also adjudge the last legal
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Settlement of the said
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to be in the said Parish of Saint Leonard Shereditch in
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and that thitherto he ought by Law to be sent.
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These are therefore in
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quire you the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor
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of the said Parish of Saint Sepulchre
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from and out of your said Parish, unto the said Parish of
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And him deliver unto the Church-Wardens and Overseers
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of the Poor there, or to some or one of them, together with
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this our Order, who is and are hereby required to receive
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and provide for him according to Law. Given under our
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Hands and Seals, this 24th. Day of April One Thousand
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Seven Hundred and Eighty one
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