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wilton the present overseers of the poor for the said
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Liberty desireing them that they would reimburse the
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petrs. the sd. Sume of thirty four pounds seventeen
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shillings & four pence see by them expended & laid
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out as aforesaid, which they refused to doe, And to
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petrs. praying releife in the premisses, It was ordered
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by this Court that the present overseers of the poor of
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the said Liberty of the Rolls should forthwith pay
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unto the Petrs. the said Sume of thirty four pounds
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seventeen shillings & four pence, Or show unto this Court
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on this day good cause to the Contrary
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or why they
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should not make a rate upon the Inhabitants of
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the sd. Liberty for reimburseing the petrs. the said sume,
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Now upon hearing of what was insisted Upon by Mr
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Corbett of Councell for the petrs. & alsoe by the sd Copeland you one of the present
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over Seers of the poor of the said Liberty who admitted
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in this Court that the petrs. accompts touching the
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moneys by them reced & disbursed for releife of the
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poor of the said Liberty were fair & instant that the
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same were audited & allowed by two of his Maties. Justices
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of the peace for this County, and that the sd sume of thirty
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four pounds seventeen shillings & four pence was due
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to the Petrs. Upon the ballance of their said accompts
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And stored much as itt
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appealed this Court that the said Petrs
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as publique moneys
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(Wth. Ought to have been pd. to the Petrs.
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Dureing their continuance in their se.
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Offices of Overseers of the poor for
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releife of the poor there)
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by the expended
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were prevented fair receiveing the same
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Sume of 34s 17d
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4d and that
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the petrs.
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cheif and principle Inhitants of the said
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under prevence
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that the same Debls were not fully adjusted and on
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that the said petrs. should be remibursed wt. they had depended
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as aforesaid by the prsent oversers of the poore of the
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Libty wth the said present overseers & more obsolutely
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were prevented in
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This Court is of opinion that the petrs
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ought in Justices
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& equity to be reiw bursed the said sume of thirty four
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pounds seventeen shillings & four pence, And doth
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order that the
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of the Libty
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& antient Inhabitants of the said Liberty who are
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Usually present at makeing of the publique rates
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there doe forthwith make an equall & subscribedrate upon all & every the Inhabitants within the
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said Liberty who are ratable to the releife of the
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poor there (respect being had to the severall
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abilitys of such Inhabitants) for raiseing & paymt.
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of the sd. sume of thirty four pounds seventeen
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shillings & four pence Unto the petrs; And that where
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such rate shall be made they doe therewith attend
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two of his Maties Justices of the peace for this County
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(Quorum unns) inhabiting in or neare the said
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Liberty for the apprebacon & allowance therby
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And that after the said rate shall be see apprebacon
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& allowed of they doe
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cause the moneys thereby
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assessed to be speedily collected, and that they doe
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out of the moneys to be collected on the said rate
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reimburse & pay or cause to be reimbursed and
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due forthwith reimburse & pay on raise to be reimbursed & pd unto the Petrs. the sd sumo of
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£34. 17s. 4d. remaining due to them as aforesd or indifanst the roof that the prsent
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Overseers of the poor
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