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in
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and to each and every of them.
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G Johnson
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WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto Us, two
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of His Majesty's
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Justices of the Peace
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, (one whereof being of the
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Quorum) by the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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the said
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, That
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Mary Beale
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hath
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lately intruded and came
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into the said
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, and is become
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chargeable to the same: We, the said Justices, upon Exami-
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nation of the Premises, upon Oath, and other Circumstances,
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do adjudge the same to be true; and do also adjudge the Place
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of the last legal Settlement of the said
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Mary Beale
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and her illegitimate Child to wit Edward
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born the 25th. day of October last to be in the
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in the
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THESE are therefore, in His Majesty's Name, to require
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you, the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of
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the said
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, on Sight hereof, to remove
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Mary Beale
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and her
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said iIlegitimate Child Edward
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from and out of Your said Parish of Saint James, to the said
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Parish of
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and them deliver unto the Churchwardens and Overseers
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of the Poor there, or to some, or one of the, together with
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this our Order, or a true Copy thereof, who are hereby required
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to receive and provide for them according to Law. Given
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under our Hands and Seals, this Twenty sixth Day of
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November One THousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Two
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