Five or Six Weeks and then his Master Agreed to hire him by the
Year which he accordingly did and he Continued with his Master
as a Yearly Servant
in Leadenhall Street
about Two Years and
then his Master Removing into Bishopgate
the Responant's
Parish He there Continued to live with his Master Six Months
or upwards and Lodged with his Master during the said
Time when by Reason of Infirmity and Old Age he left
His Service.
That his Daughter form the time of her going out of
White Chapel Workhouse
as above to this time hath not been
in the least Dependant upon her Father but on the Contrary
Hath Continued intirely Seperate from him and Maintained
Herself by her own Industry and at Times helped her
Father and is near Twenty three years of Age.
And the Father from the time he left White Chapel
Workhouse
till his Incapacity to work as above also
Maintained himself by his said Seperate Service and
Industry Except as to the little Assistance he had from his
Daughter at times as above which she endeavoured to lend as
being her Father.
The Question on the Hearing at the last Quarter
Session at Guild Hall
for the City of London
was, Whether
the Pauper upon the Circumstances of the above Case
did or did not gain a Settlement in the Parish of
Bishopgate
by his Service with Mr. Wilkes on the
Construction and within the Meaning of the 3d. of
W. and Mr. Ch. 11. S.7.