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Image 169 of 24823rd December 1776


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 >
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Sollicitor for the Appellants




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