To Right Honorable the Lord Mayor & the rest of His Majesty's Justices
of the Peace for the City of London
& the Liberties thereof in General Quarter
Session of the Peace at the Guildhall
of the said City Assembled
The Humble Petition & Appeal of the Church Wardens &
Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Saint Anne
Within the
Liberty of Westminster
in the Country of Middlesex
Sheweth
That by Virtue of an Order under the Hands & Seals of
Robert
Peckham< no role >
Esqr. Lord Mayor and
John Boydell< no role >
Esqr
. one other of
His Majesty's Justices of the Peace
for the City of London
& the Liberties
thereof bearing date the third day of February last Elizabeth the
Widow
of
Thomas Lewis< no role >
with her four Children
namely
Sarah< no role >
Aged fourteen Years
John< no role >
aged Twelve years Elizabeth aged Ten
years &
Thomas< no role >
aged Eight years & upwards were Removed and
Conveyed from & out of the Parish of Alhallows
in Honey Lane
London
to the said Parish of Saint Anne
as the Place of the last
Legal Settlement of the said
Elizabeth Lewis< no role >
whereby your Petitioners
conceive themselves to be aggrieved
Your Petitioners therefore humbly Appeal to this
Court against the Adjudication of the said two Justices
& their said Order and Pray that your Worships
will please to hear & determine the same according
to Law
And your Petitioner
s shall pray
Etc
Jno. Allison< no role >
Geo: Js: Soward< no role >
}
Church Wardens
John Elcock< no role >
William Thomas< no role >
}
Overseers
of the
Poor of the said
Parish of Saint Anne