Middlesex ss
Catherine Clifford< no role >
Singlewoman
maketh
oath That divers Years ago her late Father
Dennis Clifford< no role >
deced
rented a house of the yearly rent of Eighteen pounds in
Rosemary
Lane
in the Parish of Saint Botolph without Aldgate
in the Sd
County & was Charged to & paid Poors Rates for the Same & at which
time She this Deponent lived with him there as part of his Family
That her Said Father did not afterwards rent a house of Ten
pounds a year or upwards or Serve any Parish office or pay
any Poors Rates or Kings Taxes or do any Act to gain a Settlement
elsewhere he
& this Deponts Mother dying in the Sd house That
She this Deponent never was bound an Apprentice nor ever
lived as a hired servant for a year nor was ever married
nor ever did any Act to her knowledge or belief to gain a
Settlement in her own right
Sworn this 12 day of
October 1778
before
Jasper Clarkey< no role >
Catherin Clifford< no role >
Middlesex ss
Martha Lacey< no role >
the wife
of
William Lacey< no role >
maketh oath that her Said husband who is now Confined as a
Prisoner
for debt in Whitechapel Goal
lately rented a house
at the yearly Rent of Twenty five pounds in
Eastsmithfield
in the Parish of St Botolph without Aldgate
in the Sd County
& was Charged to & paid Poors Rates for the Same & thereby
gained a legal Settlement in the Said Parish & 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 her knowledge or belief to gain
a Settlement elsewhere That She has two Children namely
Ann < no role >
Aged about eight Years &
James < no role >
Aged about Six Years
the lawful Issue of this Deponent by her Said husband
to Whom She this Deponent was lawfully married
Sworn this 21 day of
October 1778
before
Jasper Clarkey< no role >
Martha Lacy< no role >