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To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto
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Us, two of His Majesty's
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aforesaid
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(one whereof being of the Quorum) by the
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Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
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Mary Baker
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and aged Eleven Weeks
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born of her by Body a Bastard out of lawful Matrimony in the
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hath lately intruded, and
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came into the said Parish of
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and
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is likely to become chargeable to the same;
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We the said Justices, upon Examination of the Premisses
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upon Oath, and other Circumstances, do adjudge the
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same to be true, and do also adjudge the Place of the
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last legal Settlement of the said
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tor
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hundred his few Naytike
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to be in the said Parish of
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And that that the said Child was with her for Nurture not having acquired any Settlement in the said
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parish of St Catherine
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Rob Pell
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THESE are therefore, in his Majesty's Name, to
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require you, on Sight hereof, to remove and
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convey the said
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Mary Baker
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and the said Child with
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her for Nurture
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from and out of your said Parish of
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to the said Parish of
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and the said Mary with her said Child
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and
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deliver unto the Church-Wardens and
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Overseers of the Poor there, or to some, or one of them
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together with this our Order, or a true Copy hereof,
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who are hereby required to receive and provide for
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them according to Law. Given under our
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Hands and Seals this 25th,, Day of May 1762.
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