Middlesex ss}

Lawrence Shaw< no role > maketh oath That his Fathr
Thomas Shaw< no role > has informed him & Which he believes to be true
That his Said Father was duly bound Apprentice to a person
who Carried on the Trade of a Cordwainer (but whose Name
he Cant recollect in the Parish of Andley in the County
of Stafford & Continued with him there for the Space of a Year & by
means thereof gained a legal Settlement there That this
Deponts Father to his knowledge or belief hath not Since
Rented a house of the Yearly Rent of Ten pounds or Served
any Parish office or paid any Poors Rates or Kings Taxes
or done any Act to gain a Subsequent Settlement That he
this Depont. never was bound Apprentice nor ever lived
as a hired Servant for a year nor ever Rented a house of
the Yearly Rent or Value of Ten Pounds nor ever Served
any Parish office or paid any Poors Rates or Kings Taxes
nor ever did any Act to gain a Settlement for himself

Sworn this 5th day
of December 1775 before}