Middlesex Sessions:
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December 1771

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At theGeneral Session of the Peace of our Lord the
King holden for the County of Middlesex at Hicks Hall in Saint John
Street in the same County (by Adjournment) on Thursday the Fifth day
of December in the Twelfth 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 > Saunders Welch< no role >
Esqrs. and other their Fellow Justices of our Lord the KIng Assigned
to keep the Peace of our said Lord the King within the said County
and also to hear and determine Divers Felonies Trespasses and other
Misdemeanors committed in the said County.

Whereas the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of
Saint Martin in the Fields within the Liberty of Westminster in the County of
Middlesex Did at the General Session of the Peace held for this County in the
Month of September last Exhibit their Petition and Appeal Setting forth
That by Virtue of a pass Warrant or Order under the Hands and Seals of
Two of this Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the City and Liberty of Westminster
(one whereof being of the Quorum) bearing date the Tenth day of September
last Mary Wright< no role > singlewoman aged fourteen Years and upwards was
removed from the Parish of Saint Margaret in the City of Westminster
to the Parish of Saint Martin in the Fields aforesaid as the place of her last
Legal Settlement by which the Petitioners apprehended themselves aggrieved which said appeal was duly adjourned unto this day
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 forth with Convey and
deliver back the said Mary Wright< no role > (together with a Copy of this Order unto
the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint Margaret
in the City of Westminster or to same or one of them who are hereby required
to Receive and Provide for her untill they can free themselves from the Charge
thereof by due Course of Law

By the Court.




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