Middlesex Sessions:
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May 1763

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At the General Session of the Peace of our Lord the king holden for
the County of Middlesex at Hicks Hall in Saint John street in the said
County by Adjournment on Thursday the Nineteenth day of May one
thousand Seven hundred and Sixty three in the Third year of the Reign
of our Sovereign Lord George the Third king of Great Britain Etc
Before Thomas Lane< no role > Esqr . The Right Honourable John Lord< no role > Viscount Dudley and ward
George Errington< no role > Merry Teshmaker< no role > Esquires and others their Fellows Justices Assigned
to keep the Peace of our said Lord the king within the County aforesaid
and also to hear and Determine divers Felonies Trespases and other
Misdemeanours committed in the said County

Whereas the Churchwardens and said Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of
Saint James within the Liberty of Westminster in the County of Middlesex
have exhibitted their Petition and Appeal at this present Session setting
forth that by an order under the hand and Seals of Philip Dyott< no role > and Stephen
Clarke
< no role > Esqiures two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County
of Middlesex (one where of being of the Quorum) bearing date the Ninth
day of this Instant May Sarah Hill< no role > Widow of John Hill< no role > deceased was
removed from the parish of Saint Giles in the Fields in the said County
of Middlesex to the said parish of Saint James within the Liberty of
Westminster as the place of her last legal Settlement Whereby the Petitio-
-ners conceived themselves to be aggrieved Now upon hearing of the said
Petition and Appeal in the presence and Hearing of the Churchwardens
and Overseers of the poor of the said parish of Saint Giles in the Fields
Who consented by their Council to the Allowing of the said appeal It is
Ordered that the said Appeal be and the same is hereby allowed and
the said Order or the said two Justices is hereby vacated and set aside
And it is further Ordered that the Church warden and overseers of the
poor of the said parish of Saint James within the Liberty of Westminster
do send back and deliver the said poor Woman to the Churchwardens and
Overseers of the poor of the said parish of Saint Giles in the Fields together
with a Copy of this Order who are hereby required to receive and provide for
her until they can free themselves from the Charge thereof by due Course
of Law.

By the Court
Waller




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