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April 1770

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Middx in appeal


For Respondts.


Between the Churchwardens & Overseers of the poor
of the Parish of Maidstone in the Coy
of Kent }
&
The Churchwardens & Overseers of the Poor
of the Parish of St. Mary Whitechapel
in the Coy of Kent Middlesex -}
Respondent

7 Feb 1776


By order of that date under the hands & Seals of David Wilmot< no role >
Burford Camper< no role > Esqr . two Justices of middx (Quo: Unne) M [..]
[..] child born of her Body of aged act in the
were removed from the sd Parish of St Mary Whitechapel to the
sd Parish of Maidstone as the place of their Last legal Settlement
agt which order the present appeal is brought

The Order is grounded uponon the paupers Examination where
Oath which sess forth in sentsubstance that Robert Fletcher< no role >
the Paupers Father was the living at & Legally Settled in Maidstone
both by renting & payment of Taxes & that the proper have
himself camed last settlemt. took one derivatively [..]
further in the sd Parish of Maidstone . The
was married and that a male Bastd. Child was born of her
Body on the 10th day of April then Last which had been
Baptized by the Name of William < no role >

The Mother was therefore passedremd. to maidstone as to the place
of her Settlemt. & the child (intended to be) for nature, but by the
annexed Duplicate of the order of removal you will above that it is may
improperly filedas an order me and for the pupose assd.very
improperly field as and he apprehended that the (the not
known) by respondts. that such improperily in the [..]
Present appeal and that appeldt . mean therely only to Naac [..]
Order so far as it tend (as you will observe it does) to adjudge
Settlemt of the child to be in maidstone & thereby Fix its sore [..]
their-

Respondt. have [..] relied on the Appedt. production
of the pauper without serving any Notice, of they shed
not - please to [..] move to adjourn - otherwise
Hameni in support of the Order the Pauper }
Mary Whitechapel




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