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May 1736

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Image 64 of 13724th March 1736


County of MID -
DLESEX, to wit,}


To the Churchwarden and Overseers of the Poor of theHamlet
ofBethnal Green in the said County of Middlesex ;
and to the Churchwarden, and Overseers of the Poor of theParish
ofChrist Church in the
said Countyand to every of them, and to all others,
whom these may concern.

Ralph Harwood< no role >
Nathl: Chandler< 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 and Overseers
of the Poor of the,HamletofBethnall Green in the said County,
thatElizabeth Johnson< no role > Single woman is
lately come, and intruded into the saidHamletofBethnal Green
endeavouring to gain a Settlement there contrary to Law,
andis likely tobecome a great Charge to the said Hamlet
which we adjudge to be true; and whereas,Upon Examinason on Oath
it appears unto us, That the saidElizabeth Johnson< no role > was
last legally settled in the saidParishofChrist Church in the County
of Middxand thatshe has 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 Settlement of the saidElizabeth Johnson< no role >
ofChrist Church and whither by Lawshe
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 of
the saidHamlet of Bethnal Green or either of you,
forthwith to remove and convey the saidElizabeth Johnson< no role >
from and out of your saidHamletofBethnal Green in and
to the saidParishofChrist Church
and deliverher(together with his Precept) to the Churchwardens and
Overseers of the Poor there, or some, or one of them, who are hereby required
to receive and provide forheraccording to Law.

Given under our Hands and Seals, the24thDay ofMarch
in the9thYear of the Reign of our SovereignLord George the [..]
by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland,King
Defender of the Faith, in the Year 1735




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