DLESEX, to wit,}
To the Churchwarden s and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish
of St Leonard Shoreditch
in the said County of Middlesex
;
and to the
Churchwarden and
Overseers of the Poor
of the Liberty
of the Old Artillery Ground
in the
said County and to every of them, and to all others,
whom these may concern.
Nathl: Chandler< no role >
Ralph Harwood< no role >
WHEREAS it appeareth unto us, two of his Majesty's Justices of
the Peace
for the said County of Middlesex
(whereof one is of the
Quorum) by the Complaint of the Churchwarden s and Overseers
of the Poor of the Parish of St. Leonare Shoreditch
in the said County,
that Elizabeth Wilford< no role >
the Wife
of Richard Wilford< no role >
is
lately come. and intruded into the said Parish [..]
[..] eneavouring to gain a [..]
and is 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 Elizabeth Wilford< no role >
was
last legally settled in the said Liberty of the Old artillery Ground
in the County of Middx and that she has not since
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 Settlement of the said Elizabeth Wilford< no role >
to be in the said Liberty
of The Old Artillery Ground
and whither by Law she
ought to be sent.
THESE are therefore, in his Majesty's Name, strictly to Charge and
Command you the said Churchwarden and Overseers of the Poor [..]
the said Parish of St. Leonard Shoreditch
- or either of you,
forthwith to remove and convey the said Elizabeth Wilford< no role >
from and out of your said Parish of St. Leonard Shoreditch
in and
to the said Liberty of the Old Artillery Ground
and deliver her (together with this Precept) to the [..]
Overseers of the Poor there, or some, or one of them, who are hereby required
to receive and provide for her according to Law.
Given under our Hands and Seals, the 16th Day of August
in the 9th Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the 2d:
by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King
Defender of the Faith, in the Year 17 35.