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To wit.}
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To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
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Wilmor
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto Us,
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two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace, in and for
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the
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said
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Judith Petter
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and ur Two
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Bastard Children Namely
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Catharine
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aged
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Four years and upwards and
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William
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aged
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Fourteen months and up wards have come
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to in habit in the parish of Saint Leonard
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not having gained any legal
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settlement there and are
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become Chargeable to the same: We the said Justices
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upon Examination of the Premises upon Oath, and other
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Circumstances. do adjudge the same to be true, and do also
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adjudge the Place of the last legal Settlement of the said
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Judith Petter
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is in the
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parish of
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London aforesaid
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asper Clarke
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THESE are therefore in his Majesty's Name to require
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you the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor
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of the Said
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, on
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Sight here of, to remove and convey the said
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Judith
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Petter
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and her Two
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Bastard Children for
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ture
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from and out of your said Parish of
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St. Leonard,
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unto the
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said Parish of
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Saint Michael.
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and then deliver unto the Church-Wardens and Overseers
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of the Poor there, or to some or to one of them, together
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with this our Order, or a true Copy hereof, who are here by
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required to receive and provide for them according to
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Law.
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Given under our Hands and Seals this Ninth
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Day of July1779
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