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WHEREAS Complaint has been made unto us, two
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of his Majesty's
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Poor of the
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Margaret Chanter
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William Chanter
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(gone from her and now
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in actual Service in the Middlesex Militia
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as a Substitute for
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John Guildroy
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in the said County) and her two Children
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by her said Husband Vizt.
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Catherine
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aged about three years and
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William
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aged
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about one year and Seven Months have lately come into the said
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; and that the allowance that might
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and that she hath no other means of procuring support, but is willing and
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desirous to be Removed to the Place of the last legal Settlement of her said Husband.
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And it appeareth unto us the
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said Justices, and we do adjudge that they are likely
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to become chargeable to the said
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and upon Exa-
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wise adjudge, that the
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within
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the
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in the said County
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is the Place of the last legal
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Settlement of the said
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William Chanter
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and of his said
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Wife and two Children.
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These are therefore in his Majesty's Name to Charge and
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Command the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor
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of the Said
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to remove and convey the said
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Margaret Chanter
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and
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her said two Children
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from the Said
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to the
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Said
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and deliver them to the Church-wardens and Overseers
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of the Poor there, or to Some or one of them, who are
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hereby required to provide for them according to Law.
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Given under our Hands and Seals the 14th Day
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of April 17 80
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To the Church-wardens and Overseers of
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the Poor of the respective Parishes of
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in the
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Middlesex
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, and
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Saint James within
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the Liberty of Westminster
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in the
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said County
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and to all other Officers whom it may
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