St Botolph Aldgate Parish:
Pauper Settlement, Vagrancy and Bastardy Exams
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31st August 1776 - 10th December 1777

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Image 84 of 11625th June 1777


Middlesex ss}

Frances Coot< no role > the widow of William Coot< no role > deced
maketh oath that her said late husband has informed her & which She belie [..]
& be true that divers years ago he was hired & lived as a hired Servant by the year
at Certain Wages by & with one Henry Jones< no role > of Mansion House Street in
the parish of St Mary Wool church in the City of London & continued in
Such Service for the Space of a year & upwards & by means there of gained
a legal Settlement there That to this Deponents knowledge or belief her
said husband never rented a house of Ten pounds a year or upwards nor
ever Served any Parish office or ever paid any Poors Rates or Kings
Taxes nor ever did any act to gain another Settlement nor hath She this
Depont Since his death done any act to gain a Settlement for herself
That She hath a child named Jane < no role > aged about Fourteen years.
the lawful Issue of this Deponent by her said husband to whom
She was lawfully married.


Sworn this. 18. day
of June 1777 before
Parkr Rowlands< no role > Jasper Clarkes< no role >

The Mark of
[mark]
Frances Coot< no role >

Middlesex ss}

John Bartlett< no role > maketh oath That many years
ago he rented a house in Baileys Place (now occupied by James Donneh< no role >
in the parish of Saint Botolph without Aldgate in the Said County
& lived there in for year the Space of two years & during Such his
Residence therein he was charged to & paid Kings Taxes for the same
& by means thereof gaine a legal Settlement there That he has not
Since rented a house of Ten pounds a year or upwards or Served any
Parish office or paid any Poors Rates or Kings Taxes or done any
act to gain a Settlement else where.


Sworn this 25. day
of June 1777 before
Jasper Clarkes< no role > John Bartlett< no role >




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