To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor
and others his Majesties Justices of the Peace
for the City of London and Liberties therefore
at their General Quarter Sessions of the
Peace Assembled
The Humble Petition and Appeal of the
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
parish of Saint George
in the County of Middx
Sheweth
That by Virtue of an Order of Removal under the
Hands and Seals of Two of his Majesties Justices of the
Peace (to wit)
Thomas Hallifax< no role >
and
Richard Clark< no role >
Esquires
(one being of the Quorum) for the City of London
aforesaid
bearing Date the 23d. day of December now last past.
Ann
Head< no role >
a Singlewoman
was Removed from the parish of
Saint Catherine Cree Church
in the City of London
to the said
parish of Saint George
And the said Justices in and by the
said Order of Removal Adjudged the last Legal Settlement
of the said Ann Head to be in the said parish of Saint George
That your Petitioners are Advised and believe that the
last Legal Settlement of the said Ann Head< no role >
is not in the said
parish of Saint George
as by the said Order is Supposed and
therefore they Conceive themselves to be Aggrieved by the said
Order and Determination of the said Two Justices and Do
Humbly Appeal to your Worships against the same
Your Petitioners therefore as well on the part and
behalf of themselves as of the other Inhabitants and
Parishioners of the said Parish of Saint George
Do Humbly pray that the said Order of Removal
of the said Ann Head may be Quashed And that
your Petitioners may be further and otherwise
Relieved in the premises as to your Worships
shall seem Meet
And your Petitioners will ever pray Etc
Major Wright< no role >
[mark]
Sollicitor
for the Appellants