Middx
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 Twentyeth day of
Februaryin 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 Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Saint
Bartholomew the great
London Have at this present Session exhibited their Petition
and Appeal setting forth That by Virtue of an Order or Pass Warrant under the
Hands and Seals of Two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace
for the County of
Middlesex
bearing date the Tenth day of January last Deborah Fisher< no role >
Single woman
and her female Bastard Child namely Mary< no role >
aged five Weeks or thereabouts were
removed from and out of the Parish of Saint Leonard Shoreditch
in the said County
of Middlesex
into our said Parish of Saint Bartholomew the Great London as
the Place of their last legal Settlement Whereby the Petitioners conceived themselves
aggrieved 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 Premisses It is Ordered that the said
Pass Warrant or Order of the said two Justices be and the same is hereby
Confirmed And it is further Ordered that the Churchwardens and
Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint Bartholomew the Great
London Do maintain and provide for the said Deborah Fisher< no role >
and Mary her
Bastard Child until they can free themselves from the Charge thereof by due Course
of Law
By the Court.