Middlesex

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 Sixteenth, day of
Mayin the Eleventh Year of the Reign of our
Sovereign Lord George King of Great Britain Etc
Before John Hawkins< no role > Benjamin Cowley< no role > , Saunders
Welch< no role > , William Timbrell< 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 Saint
George Hanover Square Did at the last General Quarter Session of the Peace
held in the Month of April last Exhibit their Petition and Appeal Settingforth
That by Virtue of a Pass Warrant or Order under the hands and Seals of John
Cox< no role > and Stephen Clarke< no role > Esquires two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for
the County of Middlesex (one whereof being of the Quorum) bearing date the
Tenth day of April 1771 Matthew Mutch< no role > aged about Seventy six years was
removed from the Parish of Saint Giles in the fields in the said County of Middlesex to the said Parish of Saint George Hanover Square in the said County
as the Place of his last legal settlement Whereby the Petitioners thought them
selves Aggrieved Which, said Appeal was duly Adjourned unto this day Now
upon hearing of the said Appeal in the presence and hearing of he Church
wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint Giles in the
Fields 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 in hereby vacated and set
aside And it is further Ordered that the Churchwardens and Overseers of the
Poor of the said Parish of Saint George Hanover Square do forthwith Convey
and deliver back the said Poor man (together with a Copy of his Order) unto the
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint Giles in
the Fields of to some or one of them who are hereby required to receive and
Provide for him until they can Free themselves from the charge thereof by due
Course of law.

By the Court
Butler.