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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
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unto us whose Hands and Seals are
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hereunto set, two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace (where-
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of one is of the Quorum) for the County afore-
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said, that
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Martha
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lately intruded into your said Parish of Saint John of Wapping
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there to inhabit as Parishioner s contrary to the Laws relating to
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the Settlement of the Poor, and are there
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AND WHEREAS, upon due
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Examination and Enquiry made into the Premisses, upon the
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Oath of the said
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it appears unto Us, and we accordingly adjudge, that the said
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like to
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and that the last legal Place of
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Settlement of the said
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quire you the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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the Parish of Saint John of Wapping aforesaid, that you
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from your said Parish of Saint
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John of Wapping to the said
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or one of them, together with this our Warrant or Order, or a
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true Copy hereof; whereby they are likewise required, in his
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Majesty's Name, and by Virtue of the Statutes in such Case
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three Children
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into their said Precinct and provide for them
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as their own Parishioner s GIVEN under our Hands and Seals the
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13th Day of November in the Year of our
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Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty
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