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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 the
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Parish of Saint Faiths under Saint Pauls
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in the
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every of them
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to wit.}
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Wm Rugge
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WHEREAS Complaint has been made unto Us,
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two of His Majesty's
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Justices of the Peace
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in and
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for the City and Liberty of
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aforesaid, (one
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whereof being of the Quorum) by the Churchwardens
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and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint
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, That
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Elizabeth Bewell
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aged about 50 years the
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of
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Edward Bewell
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who died Ten or Eleven Years ago hath
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lately intruded, and come into the said Parish of Saint
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and us
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become Chargeable to the same, We the said Justices,
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upon Examination of the Premises upon Oath, and other
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Circumstances, do adjudge the same to be true, and do
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also adjudge the Place of the last legal Settlement of the
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said
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to be in the
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Parish of St Faith under St.
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Pauls in the
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Charles Marsh
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THESE are therefore, in His Majesty's Name, to
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require you the said Church-Wardens and Over-
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seers of the Poor
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, on Sight hereof, to remove and convey
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the said
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from and out of your said Parish of Saint George, Hano-
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ver-Square, to the said Parish of
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St. Faith
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under St Pauls
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and her deliver unto the Churchwardens and
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there, or to some or one of them,
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together with this our Order, (or a true Copy hereof,)
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who are hereby required to receive and provide for
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Hands and Seals this
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16th. Day of January 1778
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