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To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto us, two of his
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Majesty's Justices of the Peace for this City and the Liber-
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ties thereof (one being of the Quorum) by you the Church-
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lately come to reside in your said Parish not having obtained any legal
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timely prevented; which Complaint we judge to be true and for as much
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as it appears unto us by the Oath of the said.
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alwayes declared that he
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London And Saith that She is the rather
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Induced to believe her sd Husbands Declaration to be true
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And no other subsequent Settlement appearing unto us, we the said Justi-
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ces are of Opinion, and do adjudge the last legal Settlement of the said
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And that thitherto she ought by Law to be sent
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These are therefore in his Majesty's Name, to Will and Require you
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the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of St
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Michael at
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convey the said
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from and out of your said Parish unto the said
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Abchurch London
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And her deliver unto the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor
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there, or one of them, who is and are hereby required to receive and pro-
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vide for her according to Law. Given under our Hands, and Seals,
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this 17th Day of December in the Year of our Lord 17 36
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