London,
to wit.

THE Examination of Thomas
Mellrose< no role > a
Rogue and Vagabond apprehended by
George Wardley< no role > Constable
in theparish of St Catherine
Creechurch in the said City, and brought
before Me one of His Majesty's Justices of
the Peace for the said City. Taken this
Day of December 175 2

Who on his Oath saith, that About Eleven Years ago
he Rented a House of ten pounds a Year and upwards
in the parish of Sunderland by Sea in the County
of Durham for the Space of three years
And hath not since obtained any subsequent Settlement to this
Examinant's Knowledge and Belief.

Sworn the Day and Year
first above written before me}

F: Cokayne

Thos Melrose< no role >