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to wit.
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To the Churchwardens and Overseers of
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the Poor of the
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: And to
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the Churchwardens and Overseers of
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the Poor of the
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in the said Liberty & County, and to
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each and every of them
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Thos. Edwards
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G Wrights:
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto us,
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Two of his Majesty's
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Justices of the Peace
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for the
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, aforesaid (One whereof
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being of the Quorum) by the Churchwardens and Over-
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seers of the Poor of the said
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, That
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Elizabeth Portgate
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hath
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lately intruded and come into the said
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and is become Chargeable to the same. We the
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said Justices, upon Examination of the Premises upon
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Oath, and other Circumstances, do adjudge the same to
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be true, and do also adjudge the Place of the last legal
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Settlement of the said Elizabeth Portgate to be
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in the
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within the
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THESE are therefore in his Majesty's Name to require
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you on Sight hereof, to remove and convey the said
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Elizabeth Portgate
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from and out of your said
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, to the
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said Parish of
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and her deliver unto the Churchwardens and Over-
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seers of the Poor there, or to some or one of them, together
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with this our Order, or a true Copy hereof, who are here-
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by required to receive and provide for her according
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to Law. Given under our Hands and Seals this 22d
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Day of May 17 67
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