Middlx
George Bohun< no role >
Robt Constable< no role >
Whereas Complaint hath been made unto us whose
hands and seals are hereunto set, Two of their
Majesties Justices of Peace
of the County of Middlx
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(Quorum unns) by the Church Wardens and Overseers of
the Poor of the Hamblet of
Bethnall green
wth: in
the pth. of Stepny
in the said County that
Mary
Greethurste< no role >
wife
of
Thomas Greethurste< no role >
dec'd with
two Children viz
Anne< no role >
and the other not Christner
is Latly come into the said hamblet endeavouring to
settle herselfe and Children there without giving
Notice in Writing to the said Church wardens or
Overseers of the Poor or any one of them of the
house of herabode in the said Hamblet
according to the Statute in that Case made and
provided and that the fd Mary and her two
Children are Likely to become chargeable to the said
Hamblet and whereas it appeareth unto us the said
Justices upon the oath of the said
Mary Greethurste< no role >
that
her husband Thomas was last legally settled in the
parish of
St Peters
in the Citty of Canterbury
where
he was an Apprentice
with
Peter Endway< no role >
weaver
and never had any other legall settlement since
These are therefore in & Their Majesties name strictly
to Charge and Command you and every of gone for
[..]
upon sight hereof to remove and convey the said
Mary Greethurste< no role >
together with her two Children from
the said Hamblet off
Bethnall green
wthin the parish
of stepney
in the said County and so from Constable
to Constable, the next and directest way to the said
parish of
St Peters
wthin the Citty of Canterbury
above
mentioned and deliver them unto the Church Wardens
and Overseers of the Poor there, who are hereby
required to provide for them according to law : Hereof
fail not at your perils Given under our Hands and Seals
the seaventh day of January Anno Dom 1693
Auno qrs
PrRr et Reg Wiilim et Mar Auge Quinto
To all Constables, Headboroughs, and
other Their Majesties Officers and
Ministers, whom these may concern