Middlesex

The Examination of Edward Acion< no role > a
Rogue a Vagabond-to wit-for running
away and leaving Ann< no role > his Wife and
Sarah< no role > his Daughter aged Ten years or
thereabouts chargeable to the Parish of
Saint Andrew Holborn above the Bare is
the said County

Who being upon Oath saith that upwards of Twenty-
Years ago (being then Single and unmarried) he lived
an hired Yearly Servant with one Mr Holt a Victualler
at the Sign of the Grey Horse in Stop Alley Baldwins-
Gardens in the said Parish of Saint Andrew Holborn
above the Bars for near Two years at the Yearly
Wages of Three Pounds And that since he quitted-
such Service he never lived an hired Yearly Servant
for one whole Year Rented any Tenement of Ten Pounds
a year Paid any Parish or other Taxes or did any-
Act whereby to gain a legal Settlement in any other-
Parish or place to the best of his knowledge or belief-

Sworn the 9th: Day of
September 1771 before
Jno: Burnfather< no role >

the Mark of
[mark]
Edward Acton< no role >