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To the Churchwardens and Overseers
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto
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us, Two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace
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in and for the
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aforesaid (One
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whereof being of the Quorum) by the Churchwardens
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Thomas Wesley
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aged 12
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years or thereabouts
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Catherine Wesley
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aged
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9 Years or thereabouts illegitimate
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Children have
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lately intruded and come into the said Parish of
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, and is become Chargeable to the
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same: We the said Justices upon Examination of the
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Premises upon Oath, and other Circumstances, do
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adjudge the same to be true, and do also adjudge the
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Place of the last legal Settlement of the said
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Thomas
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THESE are therefore, in his Majesty's Name
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to require you the said Churchwardens and
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St. Clement
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, on Sight hereof, to remove and convey the said
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from and out of your said Parish of
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,
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to the said Parish of Saint Mary
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Overys
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and them deliver unto the Churchwardens and Over-
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seers of the Poor there, or to some or one of them, to-
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are hereby required to receive and provide for them
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according to Law. Given under our Hands and Seals
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this 15th Day of Febry 1785
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both illegitimate Children born at Mr. Cuthberts in
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in the Parish of Saint Mary Overys are the Son and Daughter of
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one
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