To the Church [..] ens and Overseers of the Poor of the
Parish ofMonken Hadleyin the County of
Middlx; and to the Church-wardens and
Overseers of the Poor of the Parish ofClavering
in the County ofEssex

Middlx: ss
John Austen< no role >

WHEREAS Complaint hath been made by you, the Church-
wardens and Overseers of the said Parish
ofMenken Hadleyunto us whose Hands and Seals are
hereunto set, Two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace (Quarum
unus) for the County aforesaid, thatMary Ruden< no role > Wth. one
Child named Richard< no role > aged about Six Months
have
lately intrudedthemselvesinto your said Parish of
Monken Hadley there to inhabit asyor.Parishioners. contrary to
the Laws relating to the Settlement of the Poor, andarethere likely
to become Chargeable if you timely prevented. And whereas up
on due Examination and Enquiry made into the Premissesupon
Oath of the Sd Mary Ruden< no role > it appears
unto us, and we accordingly Adjudge, That the saidMary
Ruden< no role > and her said Child are
likely to become chargeable unto the said Parish ofMonken
Hadley and that the last Legal Place of Settlement of the said
Mary Ruden< no role > was in the said Parish of Clavering in the
5d County of Essex and that She and her said
Childe (by Law) ought to be sent thither

W: Smith

THESE are therefore in his Majesty's Name to Order and
Require you the said Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of
the Parish ofMonken Hadleyaforesaid, That you, or fome
of you do forthwith remove and convey the saidMary Ruden< no role > &
her Sd Childefrom your said Parish ofMonken Hadley
to the said Parish ofClavering 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 in his Majesties
Name, and by Virtue of the Statutes in such Case made, forthwith
to receive the saidMary Ruden< no role > and her said Childe
into their saidParish of Clavering and provide forthem there
as their own Parishioner Given under our Hands and Seals, the
seventeenth,Day ofJanuaryAnno RegniDin uri
Georgy Regisnunc Magnx Britannix,EtcDuodecimo
Annoq; Dom. 1725

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