County of MID
-
DLESEX, to wit}
Nathl:Chandler< no role >
To the Church Warden
and Overseers of the Poor
of theParish
ofSt. Leonard Shoreditch
in the said County of Middlesex
:
and to the Church Warden and Overseers of the Poor of theparish
ofSt. Faith
in theCitty of London
and to every of them, and to all others, whom these
may concern.
Calph Harwood
Chiden
WHEREAS it appeareth unto us, two Majesty's Justices of
the Peace for the said County of Middlesex
(whereof one is of
the Quorum) by the Complaint of the Church Wardens and Over-
seers of the Poor of theparishofSt. Leonard
Shoredith
in the said
County, that
Benjamin Jackson< no role >
with
Mary < no role >
his wife
and two Children
(Namely)
Ann Jackson< no role >
aged about three years and
Benjamin
Jackson< no role >
aged about One year are
lately come, and intruded into the saidParish ofSt. Leonard
Shoreditch
endeavouring to gain a settlement there contrary to Law,
andare likely to become a great Charge to the said parish
which we adjudge to be true: and whereas,upon Examinacon On
Oath
it appears unto us. That the said
Benjamin Jackson< no role >
mary his Wife & their
said two children
[..] last legally settled in the saidparish
ofSt. Faith
In the Citty of Londonand thatthey
have notsince gained any legal Settlement
elsewhere: Therefore, we the said Justices, upon the Proof aforesaid, and
other Circumstances do adjudge and deem the Place of the last legal Settl-
ment of the said
Benjamin Jackson< no role >
Mary his wife & their said
[..]
to be in the saidparishofSt. Faith
and whither by Lawtheyought to be sent.
THESE are therefore, in his Majesty's Name, strictly to Charge and
Command you the said ChurchWardens and Overseers of the Poor
of the saidparish of St. Leonard Shoreditch
or either of you,
forthwith to remove and convey the saidBenjamin Jackson< no role >
mary< no role >
his wife
and their said two Children
from and out of your saidparishofSt. Leonard Shoreditch
in and
to the saidparishofSt. Saith
and deliverthem(together with this precept) to the Church Warden and
Overseers of the Poor there,or some or of them, who are hereby re-
quired to receive and provide forthemaccording to Law.
Given under our Hands and Seale, the22d Day of may
in the 7th Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the 2d
by the Grace of God of Great- Britain. France and IrelandKingDefen-
der of the Faith, in the Year 1734.