Middlesex Sessions:
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February 1772

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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
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
Giles in the Fields in the said 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 Sir James Esdaile< no role > Knight and John Walford< no role > Esquire two of His
Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said County (one whereof being of the Quorum)
bearing Date the Seventh day of January last Mary Bird< no role > Widow of John Bird< no role >
deceased was removed and Conveyed from and out of the Parish of Saint Luke in
the said County to the said Parish of Saint Giles in the Fields as the place of the last
legal Settlement of the said Mary Bird< no role > Whereby the Petitioners conceived themselves
aggrieved Now upon hearing of the said Appeal in the presence and hearing of the
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Saint Luke in the said
County and they Consenting by Council to the Allowing of the said Appeal 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 Giles in the Fields Do forthwith Convey and deliver back the said Mary Bird< no role >
together with a Copy of this Order unto the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
said Parish of Saint Luke in the said County or to some or one of them who are hereby
required to receive and Provide for her untill they can free themselves from the Change
thereof by due Course of Law.

By the Court.




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