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To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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the Parish of
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; and to the Churchwardens and
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Overseers of the Poor of the
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in the
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto us, two of
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His Majesty's
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Justices of the Peace
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acting in and for
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, (one whereof being of the
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Quorum,) by the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor
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of the said Parish of
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St. John of Wapping
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, that
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Ann
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Peacock
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lately intruded and came into the said Parish of
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St. John of
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Wapping
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, and is
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likely to
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become chargeable to the same:
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We the said Justices, upon Examination of the Premises
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upon Oath, and other Circumstances, do adjudge the same
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to be true; and do also adjudge, that the last legal Set-
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tlement of the said
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is in the said
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in the
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said
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Geo Story
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We do therefore require you, the said Church wardens
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and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of
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St.
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, or some or one of you, to remove and
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convey the said
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Ann Peacock
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from and out of your said Parish of
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,
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to the said
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and her to deliver, (together with this our Order, or a true
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Copy hereof,) unto the Church wardens and Overseers of
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the Poor of the said
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Parish of Westham
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or to some or one of them, who are hereby required to
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receive and provide for her according in Law. Given
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under our Hands and Seals, the 18th Day of June
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in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred and
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ninety nine
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