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At the General Quarter 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 Twentyninth
day of June in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord
George the third King of Great Britain Etc Before John Hawkins< no role >
Benjamin Cowley< no role > Bartholomew Hammond< no role > John Spencer Colepeper< no role >
Esquires and others their fellows 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 Misdemeanors
committed in the same County

Whereas the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Bitton
in the County of Gloucester Have at this present Session Exhibited their
Petition and Appeal Setting forth That by Virtue of a Pass Warrant or Order
under the Hands and Seals of Cadwallader Coker< no role > and Benjamin Cowley< no role >
Esquires two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace in and for the County
of Middlesex (one whereof being of the Quorum) bearing date the twelfth
day of April One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Nine Joseph Beast< no role >
and Lucy< no role > his wife and their illegitimate Child Elizabeth< no role > aged about
thirteen Months were removed and Conveyed from the Parish of Saint
Luke in the said County of Middlesex to the said Parish of Bitton in the
County of Gloucester as the place of the last legal Settlement of the said Joseph Beast< no role >
and Elizabeth his wife and their Child Whereby the Petitioners thought
themselves Aggrieved Now upon hearing of the said Appeal in the
presence and hearing of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor
of the said Parish of Saint Luke and they Consenting 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 pass Warrant or Order of the said two Justices is hereby Vacated and set Aside and it is further
Order that the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
said Parish of Bitton do forthwith Convey and deliver back the
said Joseph Beast< no role > and Elizabeth his wife and Child (together with
a Copy of this Order) unto the Churchwardens and Overseers of the
Poor of the said Parish of Saint Luke or to Some or one of them
who are hereby required to receive and provide for them until
they can free themselves from the Charge thereof by One Course
of Law

By the Court
Waller.