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To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
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to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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the Parish of
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in the
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to wit.
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Wm Clappeson
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Jno Robinsy
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto us, two of his Majesty's
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Justices of the Peace in and for the said
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, (one whereof
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being of the Quorum,) by the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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the said
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Martha Mathewson
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aged Ten Years or thereabout and
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Eleanor
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aged 9 Years or thereabouts neither of whom hath
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gained any Settlement in their own eight
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lately intruded and came into the said
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, and became
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chargeable to the same. We the said Justices, upon Examination of the
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Premises, upon Oath, and other Circumstances, do adjudge the same to be
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true; and do also adjudge the Place of the last legal Settlement of the said
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to be in the Parish of
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in the said
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These are therefore in his Majesty's Name to require you, the said Church-
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wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
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, on sight
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hereof to remove and convey the said
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Martha and Eleanor
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from and out of your said
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, to the said Parish
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of Saint Paul Shadwell and them to deliver unto the Church-
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wardens and Overseers of the Poor there, or to some or one of them, toge-
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ther with our Order, or a true Copy thereof: who are to receive and
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provide for them according to Law. Given under our Hands and Seals,
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the 27th. Day of September in the Year of our Lord One
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thousand Seven hundred and ninety Eight.
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