Middlesex .

Tho: Quarrill< no role >

Tho: Smith< no role >

To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
Parish of St. Mary White Chapel
in the County of Middlesex
and to the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
parish of St. Ann Soho
in the Same County
Whereas Complaint hath been made by you the Church-wardens
and Overseers of the Poor of the said parish of St.
Mary White Chapel unto us whose Hands
and Seals are hereunto set, two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace
(whereof one is of the Quorum) for the County aforesaid,
That William Arnold< no role > with his Wife named Elizabeth < no role > and
their four Children vizt. William < no role > aged Nine years last
May Henry < no role > aged about Six years Hannah < no role > aged about
three years and an half and John < no role > aged about ten
Months
lately intruded and came into your said Parish of St.
Mary White Chapel
there to inhabit as Your Parishioner, contrary to the Laws relating to
the Settlement of the Poor, and are there like to become charge-
able, if not timely prevented: And Whereas, upon due Examinati-
on and Enquiry, made into the Premises upon Oath, it appears unto
us, and we accordingly adjudge, That the said William Arnold< no role >
& Wife and their said Children (all part of their
family) are
like to become chargeable unto the said Parish of St. Mary
White Chapel and that the last legal Place of
Settlement of the said William Arnold< no role > and his said Wife and
Children is in the said Parish of
St. Ann Soho
These are therefore in His Majesty's Name, to order and require you
the said Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish
of St. Mary White Chapel aforesaid, that you
or some of you, do forthwith remove and convey the said William
Arnold< no role > and his Wife and Children
from your said Parish of St. Mary
White Chapel to the said Parish of St. Ann
Sohe and them deliver
to the Church-warden s and Overseers of the Poor there, or some or
one of them, together with this our Warrant or Order, or a true
Copy hereof; whereby they are likewise required in His Majesty's
Name, and by Virtue of the Statutes in such Case made, forthwith
to receive the said William Arnold< no role > and his said Wife &
Children
into their said Parish and provide for them
as their own Parishioner, Given under our Hands and Seals, the
fifteenth Day of December in the Year of our
Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred andForty Sixty one.