Midd Ss
Ra: Buchall< no role >
Tho: Ellis< no role >
Sam: Lost< no role >
Maior
Whereas Complaint hath been made unto as whose Hands & Seals
are hereunto sett Two of Her Maties: Justices of the Peace
for
the County of Middlesex
(Quromns) by the Churchwardens & Overseers
of the Poor for the Parish of St Giles in the feilds
in the said County
That
Elizabeth Hobbs< no role >
widow
is lately come into the Said Parish end
[..]
to Settle herselfe there Contrary to Law And Whereas it
[..]
unto as the said Justices that the said
Elizabeth Hobbs< no role >
is
[..] to
become chargeable to the Said Parish And upon Examination of the
said
Elizabeth Hobbs< no role >
taken upon Oath it
[..] farther
appeth unto as That
John Hobbs< no role >
late husband to her the
said Elizabeth in his life time & before Marriage was a hired
servant
by the year to: one Parish a Higher of the
Parish of
Cranfield
in the County of Bedford
wth: whom he has
one whole year & that since he came from & out of the said Ser
ve do not find the said
John Hobbs< no role >
had gained any Settle
elswhere Wee the Said Justices do adjudge the said
Elizabeth
Hobbs< no role >
to be legally Settled at
Cranfield
in the County of
Bedford
And Doe therefore will & require the Constables of
the Parish of St Giles in the Feilds
forthwth: to remove the said
Elizabeth Hobbs< no role >
from their Said Parish & convey her out of
the County of Middlesex
to the Town of
Barnet
in the County
of Hartford
wth: we thinke the most proper & direct way to the
Said Parish of
Cranfield
in the Said County of Bedford
to
be from thence conveyed to Cranfield aforesaid
delivered to the Churchwardens & Overseers of the Poor who
hereby required to receive her into their care & to provide for
her according to Law Given under our Hands & Seals the 9th
day of November Anno Die 1703
To the Constables of the Parish of st Giles in the
Feilds
aforesaid & to all other Offices whom it
may Concerne