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WHEREAS Complaint has been made to Us, Two of
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his Majesty's
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their Child aged about Eighteen Months Have
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lately come into the said Part of the said Parish of Saint Andrew,
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Holborn, endeavouring to settle there contrary to Law: And it ap-
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peareth unto Us the said Justices, and we do adjudge, That they an
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likely to become chargeable thereto; and upon Examination of
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taken upon Oath, it
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farther appeareth unto Us, and we do likewise adjudge, That
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is the Place of the last Settlement of the said
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Sarah his Wife and their and
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Child John
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THESE are therefore in His Majesty's Name to charge and command
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the Churchwarden and Overseers of the Poor of the said Part of the
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said Parish of Saint Andrew, Holborn, forthwith to remove and
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convey the said
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Sarah Lewis and her said Child John
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from and out of the said Part of the said Parish, to the said Parish
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of Saint Dunstan in the West in the City of London
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and deliver them to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the
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Poor there, or to some or one of them, who are hereby required to
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provide for them according to Law: Given under our Hands
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and Seals the 31st Day of May
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One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Four
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