To the Worshipful his Majesty's Justices of the Peace
assembled at the General Quarter Session of the Peace
holden at Hicks's Hall in and for the County of
Middlesex .

The humble Petition and Appeal of the Church Wardens and
Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Carshalton in the County
of Surrey

Sheweth

That David Wilmot< no role > and Charles Digby< no role > Esquires two of
his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex aforesaid
upon Complaint made to them by the Church Wardens and Overseers
of the Poor of the Parish of Saint Matthew Bethnal Green in the County
of Middlesex that Elizabeth Whitbourne< no role > Wife of Francis Whitebourne< no role >
who was gone away and left her quite Destitute and unprovided for
had come to Inhabit in the said Parish of Saint Matthew Bethnal
Green not having gained a legal Settlement there nor
produced any Certificate owning her to be Settled elsewhere and
was become chargeable to the same Did by an Order or Warrant
of Removal under their Hands and Seals bearing Date the
Thirteenth Day of December last Order the said Elizabeth Whitbourne< no role >
to be removed and conveyed from and out of the said Parish of Saint
Matthew Bethnal Green to the said Parish of Carshalton as the
Place of her last legal Settlement.

That the said Elizabeth Whitbourne< no role > by virtue of the said
Order hath been removed and conveyed from the said Parish of Saint
Matthew Bethnal Green to the said Parish of Carshalton where
she now remains Chargeable to the same Parish

Your Petitioners Apprehending themselves
Aggrieved by the said Order or Warrant of Removal
made by the said two Justices as aforesaid do
therefore humbly Appeal against the same

John Brewster< no role >
Sollicitor for the Appellants
6th January 1774.