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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto Us, two of
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His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the
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Child named
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a Female Bastard Child named
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aged about
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Eighteen Months both born of the Body of
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Ann Gray
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are
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lately come into the said Parish, endeavouring to settle there con-
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trary to Law: And it appeareth unto Us the said Justices, and
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we do adjudge, That they are likely to become chargeable
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to the said Parish, and upon Examination of the said
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taken upon Oath, it
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farther appeareth unto Us, and we do likewise adjudge, That
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the Parish of
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aforesaid in the
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said County
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is the Place of the last Settlement of the said
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Robert & Barbara the said Two Bastard Children
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by reason of their Births
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These are therefore in His Majesty's Name, to Charge and Com-
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mand the Church-Warden and Overseers of the Poor of the said
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Parish of
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, forthwith to
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remove and convey the said Robert and Barbara the
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said Two Bastard Children
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from the said Parish of
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,
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to the said Parish of
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and deliver them
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to the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor there, or to
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some or one of them, who are hereby required to provide for
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them according to Law: Given under our Hands and
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Seals the 20th. Day of May One Thousand
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Seven Hundred and Sixty Two
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Printed by S. CHANDLER, at the Griffin-Tavern, Holborn.
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