Middx
et
Westmr.

ss.
To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor ofthe
Parish of St James within the Libty of Westmr in the
County of Middx, and to the Church Wardens and Overseers
of the poor of the parish of Chelsea in the County aforesd
and to each and every of them

Jn Ellis< no role >

WHEREAS Complaint hath been made by you unto us whose
Hands and Seals are hereunto settwo of hisMajesties
Justices of the Peace (Quorum unus) for thesaid Libty & County
aforesaid, thatMary Wood< no role > , Widow of Wm. Wood< no role > deced, and their
two Children vizt John < no role > Aged abt. 13 years & William < no role > aged 10 years or therein
havelately intrudedthemselves & are Cameinto your SaidParish of St James Westmr .
[..] there to inhabit asParishioners contrary to
the Laws relating to the Settlement of the Poor, andarethere likely
to become Chargeable, if not timely prevented. And Whereas up
on due Examination and Enquiry made into the Premissesas also upon
the Oath of the said Mary Wood< no role > & other Circumstancesit appears
unto us, and we accordingly Adjudge, That the saidMary Wood< no role >
and the said two Children are
likely to become chargeable, and thattheirlast Legal Place of Set-
tlement was in thesaid Parish of Chelsea in the County of
Middx aforesaid

T: Woodcock

THESE are therefore inhisMajesty's Name to Order and
Require you the said Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of
St. James Westmraforesaid, That you, or some of you do forth-
with remove and convey the saidMary Wood< no role > and the said
two Children out of andfrom your saidparish of St James Westmr .
to the parish of Chelsea in Middx aforesaid, andthemdeliver
to the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor there, or some or
one of them, together with this our Warrant or Order or a true
Copy hereof, whereby they are likewise requir'd inhisMajesties
Name, and by Virtue of the Statutes in such Case made, forthwith
to receive the saidMary Wood< no role > , and the said two Children
into their saidParish and Careand provide forthem
as their own Parishioners. Given under our Hands and Seals, the
twenty first Day of June Anno Regni Dom Nre
Georgy nunc Magnae Britanniae, Etc. Regis
Annoq; Dom. 1723.

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