Middlesex
At the GeneralSession 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 Twentyeth day of February in the Twelfth
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third King of Great Britain
Etc Before
Saunders Welch< no role >
William Shakespear< no role >
.
John Spencer Colepeper< no role >
Benjamin Cowley< no role >
Esquires
and others their Fellows Justices of our said
Lord the King assigned to keep the Peace of our said Lord the King in the County
aforesaid and also to hear and determine divers Felonies Trespasses and other
Misdemeanors committed in the same County
Whereas the Overseers of the Poor of the Liberty of Saffron Hill
Hatton
Garden
, and Ely Rents in the Parish of Saint Andrew Holborn
in
the County of Middlesex
Did at the General Session of the Peace held
in the Month of September last Exhibit their Petition and Appeal selling forth
That by Virtue of an Order or Pass Warrant under the Hands and Seals of Joseph
Girdler< 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 July last Hester Gibson< no role >
in the said Order
mentioned to be aged near Eight Years Daughter of James Gibson< no role >
Attorney at Law deceased by Elizabeth< no role >
his Widow
was removed from
that part of the Parish of Saint Andrew Holborn
which lies above the bars
in the County of Middlesex
to the Liberty of Saffron Hill
Hatton Garden
and Ely Rents in the said County as the place of the last legal settlement of
the said Hoster Gibson. Whereby the Petitioners conceived themselves to
be aggrieved which said Appeal was duly Adjourned unto this day Now upon hearing the said Appeal and what hath been
alledged on either side by the respective Churchwardens and Overseers their
Council and Witnesses in and Concerning the Premises It is Ordered that
the said Order or Pass Warrant of the said two Justices be and the same is
hereby Confirmed And it is further Ordered That the Overseers of the Poor
of the Liberty of Saffron Hill
Hatton Garden
and Ely Rents in the Parish
of Saint Andrew Holborn in the said County of Middlesex
Do maintain
and Provide for the said Hester Gibson until they can free themselves
from the Charge thereof by due Course of Law
By the Court.