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not having gained a legal Settlement there, nor produced any Certi
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that the said Elizabeth Lighton and the said Seven Children
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Ann, Eleanor, Charlotte, Susanna, David, George,
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, We the said Justices upon the
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Proof made thereof, as well upon Oath, as otherwise, and likewise
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upon due Consideration had of the Premises, do adjudge the same to
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be true; and we do likewise adjudge, that the lawful Settlement of
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George, and William
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, or some or one of you, to
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George and William
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from and out of your said Hamlet of
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said Parish of Saint Mary Islington and them
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to deliver to the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor there,
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or to some or one of them, together with this our Order, or a true
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Copy thereof. And we do also hereby require you the said Church
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Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said parish of
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Saint Mary Islington to receive and provide for them
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according to Law. Given under our Hand and Seals the Nineteenth
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Day of October in the Year of our Lord One Thousand
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Seven Hundred and Eighty four.
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Printed by J. SKIRVEN, No. 65,
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Ratcliff-Highway
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