Middx

At the General Quarter Session of the Peace of our Sovereign Lord the King holden for the
County of Middx at Hicks Hall in St. John Street in the County aforesaid by adjournment on
Friday the twenty sixth day of April in the twenty seventh Year of the reign of our Sovereign
Lord George the second King of Great Britain Etc before Thomas Lane< no role > George Errington< no role >
Boulton Mainwaring< no role > Thomas Jervis< no role > Esquires and others their Follows Justices of our said
Lord the King assigned to keep the Peace in the County aforesaid and also to hear and
determine divers Felonies Trespasses and other Misdeeds committed in the same County.

Upon hearing of the Appeal of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish
of Chatham in the County of Kent against an Order or Pass Warrant under the Hands and
Seals of Walter Berry< no role > and Christopher Scott< no role > Esquires two of his Majestys Justices of the Peace
for the County of Middx (one whereof being of the Quorum) bearing date the eighteenth day
of March One thousand seven hundred and fifty four whereby Edward Mills< no role > Elizabeth< no role > his
Wife and Edward< no role > their Son aged about two Months were removed from the Hamlet of Poplar
and Blackwall in the said County of Middx unto the said Parish of Chatham alledging the said
Parish of Chatham to be the place of their last legal Settlement And upon hearing of what
was alledged by Mr. Serjeant Hayward of Council for the Churchwardens and Overseers of the
Poor of the said Hamlet of Poplar and Blackwall and also by Mr. Mr. Pheadris of
Council for the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Chatham
This Court doth allow of the said Appeal and doth vacate and discharge the aforesaid
Order or Pass Warrant of the said two Justices of the Peace and the same is hereby
vacated and discharged accordingly And this Court doth Order that the Churchwardens and
Overseers of the Poor of the said Hamlet of Poplar and Blackwall or some or one of them
do forthwith pay or cause to be paid unto the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of
the said Parish of Chatham or one of them the Sum of twenty four shillings adjudged and
allowed to them by this Court for the Charges which they have been at in and about the
Maintaining the said Edward Mills< no role > Elizabeth his Wife and Edward their Son since the
time of their said Removal thither by virtue or colour of the aforesaid Order or Pass
Warrant of the said two Justices of the Peace

By the Court
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