Westminster
To wit
To the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
Parish ofSaint Martin in the Fields
in the Liberty of the City of
Westminster
in theCountyofMiddlesex
and to the Church-wardens and
Overseers of the Poor of the Parish ofSaint Ann Westminster
in theCounty of Middlesex
aforesaid and to each and every of them.
Saml. Grey< no role >
Thomas Deveil< no role >
Whereas Complaint hath been made by you the Church-wardens
and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish ofSaint Martin
in the Fieldsunto us whose Hands
and Seals are hereunto set, two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace
(One where of being of the Quorum) for the Chyantr Liberty aforesaidThat
Mary
Allen< no role >
aged about thirty five years wife of
John Allen< no role >
gone from her and their three Children that is to say
Elizabeth < no role >
aged about thirteen years
Henrietta < no role >
Eight
years and
Ann < no role >
upwards of Two years are
lately intrudedand comeinto your said Parish of
Saint Martin in the Fields
there to inhabit asParishionerscontrary to the Laws relat-
ing to the Settlement of the Poor, andarethere like to be-
come chargeable, if not timely prevented: And Whereas, upon due
Examination and Enquiry made into the Premises,as also on Oath
and other Circumstances
it appears unto us, and we accordingly adjudge, That the said
Mary Allen< no role >
and the said three Children are
likely to become chargeable unto the said Parish ofSaint Martin
in the Fieldsand that the last legal Place of
Settlement of the said
Mary Allen< no role >
and the said three Children
is in the said Parish of
Saint Ann Westminster
in the said County of Middlesex
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 of
Saint Martin in the Fieldsaforesaid, that you,
or some of you, do forthwith remove and convey the saidMary Allen< no role >
and the said three Children
from your said Parish ofSaint Martin in
the Fields
to the said Parish ofSaint Ann
Westminster
in the County of Middlesex
aforesaidandthemdeliver
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 required in his Majesty's
Name, and by Virtue of the Statutes in such Case made, forthwith to
receive the saidMary Allen< no role >
and the said three Children
into theirsaidParishand provide forthem
as their own Parishioners Given under our Hands and Seals, the
FourteenthDay ofJuly in the year of our Lord
One thousand seven hundred and thirty three
.
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