Middx: ss:
[..] Smith:
John Steuart< no role >
Whereas Complt hath been made Unto
Us whose hands & Seales are hereunto Sett Two
of her Majesties Justices of the Peace
of the County.
of Middx
(quor Unus) by the Churchwardens & Overseers
of the poor of the pish of St: Sepuhres without in the
Said County that
Ann Newton< no role >
Aged abt. Nine Yeares
Sarah Newton< no role >
Aged abt. Six Yeares
William Newton< no role >
Aged abt. four Yeares &
Elizabeth Newton< no role >
Aged
abt. two Yeares being the Daughters & Son of
[..]
William Newton< no role >
by
Ann< no role >
his Wife
they being both
Deceased are lately Left in the Said pish of St.
Sepuhes
in the Said County And are become arha
[..]
Chargeable to the Same And whereas it Appeareth
Unto Us the Said Justices by the Oath of
Richard
Porter< no role >
Upon a Strict Enquiery by him Made that
the Said William Newton the Father of the Said
Children was Last Legally Settled in the pish
of Cheshunt
in the County of Heartford
where
he bought a Freehold Estate & Voted for a
Member to Serve in Parliament & Said Pish
Dutys to the Church & poor there & Never gained
any other Settlement Since And Upon a Strict
Examination we can find we other Settlement
therefore we doe Adjudge them to be Settled thers
These are therefore in her Maties. Name to Require
You Some or one of You Upon Sight hereof to remove
& convey the Said four children from the Said
Pish of St. Sepulcers wthout in the Said County to the
Pish of Cheshunt in the County of Hartford & deliver
them to the Churchwardens & Overseers of the
[..]
or to Some or one of them who are hereby required
them to receive & provide for According to Law
Hereof Sail not at Your Fills Given Under our
hands & Seales the Sixth day of February Anno
Dond 1710
To the Churchwardens & Overseers of the Poor of the
pish of St. Sepulcres without in the Said County and
to the Churchwardens & Overseers of the poor of the
pish of Cheshunt in the County of Hartford & to
all Constables & Headboroughs whom these
may Concern