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To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
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Whereas Complaint hath been made by you the Churchwardens
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and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint
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Margaret
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unto Us whose Hands
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and Seals are hereunto set, two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace
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(Whereof one is of the Quorum) for the City and Liberty aforesaid,
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That
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Philip Willis
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his Wife have
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lately intruded and come into your said
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Parish of Saint
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Margaret Westminister
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there to inhabit asParishioner s contrary to the Laws relating to
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the Settlement of the Poor, and are there
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like to
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become charge-
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able,
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if not timely prevented
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And Whereas, upon due Examina-
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tion and Enquiry made into the Premises, upon Oath and
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other Circumstances
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it appears unto Us, and We accordingly adjudge, That the said
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Philip Willis and Mary his Wife are
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like to
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become chargeable unto the said Parish of Saint
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Margaret
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Westmr. And also do Adjudge
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and
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that the last legal Place
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of Settlement of the said Philips Willis and Mary
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his Wife is in the said Parish of
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Saint
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in
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These are therefore in his Majesty's Name, to order and require you
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the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of
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Saint Margaret
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aforesaid, that you,
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or some of you, do forthwith remove and convey the said
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Philip
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and Mary his Wife
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from your said
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to the said Parish of Saint
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and them deliver
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to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor there, or some or
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one of them, together with this our Warrant, or Order, or a true
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Copy hereof; whereby they are likewise required in his Majesty's
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Name, and by Virtue of the Statutes in such Case made, forthwith to
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receive the said
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and Mary his Wife
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into their said Parish & Care and provide for them
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as their own Parishioners. Then under our Hands and Seals, the
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Twenty Second Day of September in the Year of our
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Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Six
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Sold by J. COLES, Stationer, in
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