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<p n="430"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> (No. 13.)</note>
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To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the<lb></lb>
Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50490_geo312">Saint John of Wapping</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50490_geo313">County of Middlesex</rs>
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and to the<del>Churchwardens and</del>
Overseers of the Poor<lb></lb>
of the<del>Parish of</del>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50490_geo314">Precinct of Saint Catherines<lb></lb>
near the Tower</rs>
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in the said County</p>
<p n="431"> <note type="authorial" place="margin"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50490_geo315">Middlesex</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50490_n431-1">Chris: Scott</rs>
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<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50490_n431-2">Thos: Smith</rs>
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</note>
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made by you the<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50490_occ170">Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor</rs>
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of the<lb></lb>
said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50490_geo316">Parish of Saint John of Wapping</rs>
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unto us whose Hands and Seals are<lb></lb>
hereunto set, two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace (where-<lb></lb>
of one is of the Quorum) for the County afore-<lb></lb>
said, that <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50490_n431-3">Ann Elliott</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50490_occ171">Widow</rs>
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of <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50490_n431-4">Edward Elliott</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50490_n431-4" type="surname" value="Elliott"></interp>
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Deceased<lb></lb>
and her three Children (to wit) <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50490_n431-60">Edward </rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50490_n431-60" type="surname" value="Elliott"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50490_n431-60" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
Aged about<lb></lb>
Six Years <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50490_n431-65">Mary </rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50490_n431-65" type="surname" value="Elliott"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50490_n431-65" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
Aged near three Years and <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50490_n431-69">Martha </rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50490_n431-69" type="surname" value="Elliott"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50490_n431-69" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
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Aged about Ten Months have<lb></lb>
lately intruded into your said Parish of Saint John of Wapping<lb></lb>
<lb></lb>
there to inhabit as Parishioner s contrary to the Laws relating to<lb></lb>
the Settlement of the Poor, and are there<del>likely to</del>
become char-<lb></lb>
geable,<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
AND WHEREAS, upon due<lb></lb>
Examination and Enquiry made into the Premisses, upon the<lb></lb>
Oath of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50490_n431-5">Ann Elliott</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50490_n431-5" type="surname" value="Elliott"></interp>
<interp inst="LMSMPS50490_n431-5" type="gender" value="female"></interp>
and other Circumstances<lb></lb>
<lb></lb>
it appears unto Us, and we accordingly adjudge, that the said <lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50490_n431-6">Ann Elliott</rs>
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and her said three Children are<lb></lb>
<lb></lb>
<del>like to</del>
become chargeable unto the said <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50490_geo317">Parish of Saint John<lb></lb>
of Wapping</rs>
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and that the last legal Place of<lb></lb>
Settlement of the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50490_n431-7">Ann Elliott</rs>
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and here three<lb></lb>
Children is in the said<del>Parish of</del>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50490_geo318">Precinct of Saint Catherines</rs>
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<p n="432"> THESE are therefore in his Majesty's Name, to order and re-<lb></lb>
quire you the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of<lb></lb>
the Parish of Saint John of Wapping aforesaid, that you<lb></lb>
or some of you, do forthwith remove and convey the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50490_n432-1">Ann<lb></lb>
Elliott</rs>
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and hered three Children<lb></lb>
from your said Parish of Saint<lb></lb>
John of Wapping to the said<del>Parish of</del>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50490_geo319">Precinct<lb></lb>
of Saint Catherines</rs>
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and them to deliver<lb></lb>
to the<del>Churchwardens and</del>
Overseers of the Poor there, or some<lb></lb>
or one of them, together with this our Warrant or Order, or a<lb></lb>
true Copy hereof; whereby they are likewise required, in his<lb></lb>
Majesty's Name, and by Virtue of the Statutes in such Case<lb></lb>
made, forthwith to receive the said <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50490_n432-2">Ann Elliott</rs>
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<interp inst="LMSMPS50490_n432-2" type="surname" value="Elliott"></interp>
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and her said<lb></lb>
three Children<lb></lb>
<lb></lb>
into their said Precinct and provide for them<lb></lb>
as their own Parishioner s GIVEN under our Hands and Seals the <lb></lb>
13th Day of November in the Year of our<lb></lb>
Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty</p>
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