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 May in the Eleventh Year of the Reign
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
Martin in the Fields in the County 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 John Cox< no role > and Stephen Clarke< no role > Esquires two of his
Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Middlesex (one whereof
being of the Quorum) bearing date the Eighteenth day of April 1771 Thomas
Jeffery< no role > aged Fifty eight Years was removed from the Parish of Saint Giles in
the Fields in the County of Middlesex to the Parish of Saint Martin in the Fields
in the said County of Middlesex as the place of his last legal settlement Whereby
the Petitioners conceived themselves to be Aggrieved Now upon hearing of the said
Appeal and what hath been Alledged on either side by the respective Church
wardens and Overseers their Council and Witnesses in and concerning the
Premisses 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 Ordered that the Churchwardens and
Overseers of the poor of the said Parish of Saint Martin in the Fields Do
Forthwith convey and deliver back the said Poorman (together with Copy of
this Order) unto the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
Parish of Saint Giles in the Fields or to some or one of them who are hereby
required to receive and provide for his until they can Free themselves from
the Charge thereof by due course of law,

By the Court
Butler.