Westminster
, To wit.
To the Constable
, Headborough
, Tythingman, and other
Officer of the Peace
of the Parish of St. Margaret
in the City of Westminster
, to receive and convey.
And to the Church-Wardens, Chapel-Wardens, or
Overseer of the Poor of the Parish, Place or Pre-
cinct of Stoke in the County
of Hants or either of them to re-
ceive and obey
WHEREAS Elizabeth Thompson< no role >
, Widow, was
apprehended in the said Parish of St. Margaret, Westminster
, as a Rogue
and Vagabond, (Videlicet) by her own Confession and other
Circumstances
and upon Examination of the said Elizabeth Thompson< no role >
taken before Me upon Oath (which
Examination is hereunto annexed) it doth appear that her last Legal
Settlement is in the Parish of Stoke
in the
County of Hants
These are therefore to require you the said Constable and other Officer.
to Convey the said Vagrant to the parishl of Colesbrook
in Bucky
that being the first parish in the next Precinct thro which she
ought to pass in the direct Way to the said Parish of Stoke
to which she is to be sent and to deliver her to
the Constable or other Officer of such Parish in Such next Precinct,
together with this Pass, and the Duplicate of the Examination of the said
Vagrant taking his Receipt for the same.
And the said Vagrant to be thence conveyed on in like Manner to the said
Parish of Stoke
there to be delivered to some
Church-Warden, Chapel-Warden, or Overseer of the Poor
of the same
Parish to be there provided for according to Law. And you the
said Church-Wardens, Chapel-Wardens, and Overseers of the Poor are here-
by required to receive the said Person and provide for her as aforesaid
Given under my Hand and Seal this 20th Day of December
in the Year of our Lord 17 58.