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To the Right Honourable the
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Humbly Sheweth
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Hands and Seals of Sir
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one of the
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in the East in the
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and to your Petitioners stating therein That complaint had
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been made unto the said
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the Peace for the said City and one of them of the Quorum) by the said Church wardens and
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and not having obtained any legal Settlement there were
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likely to become chargeable thereto unless timely prevented which complaint the said Justices
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upon due proofs made thereof upon Oath did Adjudge to be true and did also adjudge the last legal,
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Settlement of the said
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Parish Saint
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old Fish Street in the said City and that hitherto
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they
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the said George
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and Family ought to be sent They the said Justices did therefore order the said Churchwardens
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and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint Dunstan in the East forth with to remove and
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convey the said
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said Parish of
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unto the said Parish of Saint
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aforesaid and deliver them unto your Petitioners together with the said order and did thereby require
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your Petitioners to receive and provide for them according to Law
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That your Petitioners in Compliance with the said orders did receive the said
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and have provided for them ever since the Receipt of the said Order as the Law in such Cases directs
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That the said order was obtained by misrepresentation to the said Justices Because as your Petitioners are
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advised the said
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and Children had obtained a legal Settlement in the said Parish of
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having rented and occupied a Dwelling House
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of more than ten Pounds Mr. Ann
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situate in Coppins Court Saint Dunstan's Hill in the said
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Parish belonging to Mr.
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type
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value
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"male"
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</
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</
p
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<
p
n
=
"1672"
>
Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray your Lordship and the rest of the sd. Justices
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that the said order may be quashed and that the said Church Wardens and
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Overseers of the said Parish of Saint Dunstan in the East may be
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ordered to pay your Petitioners the Expences of maintaining and
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providing for the said
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rs
type
=
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id
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"LMSLPS15092_n1672-1"
>
George Crawford
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inst
=
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type
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"given"
value
=
"George"
>
</
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interp
inst
=
"LMSLPS15092_n1672-1"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Crawford"
>
</
interp
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interp
inst
=
"LMSLPS15092_n1672-1"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
his
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type
=
"occupation"
id
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>
wife
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rs
>
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interp
inst
=
"LMSLPS15092_occ638"
type
=
"occupation"
value
=
"wife"
>
</
interp
>
and Family
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</
obscured
>
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</
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since the said twenty eighth Day of February last together with
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the Costs of this Appeal
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p
>
<
p
n
=
"1673"
>
And your Petitioners shall ever pray Etc.
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p
>
</
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