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September 1774

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MIDDLESEX .


AT the GeneralSession of the Peace
of our Lord the King, holden in and for the County
of Middlesex , at Hicks=Hall , in Saint John=Street,
(by adjournment) on Thursday the Eighth
Day of September in the FourteenthYear of the
Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, King of
Great Britain, Etc. Before Sir John Hawkins< no role > Knight
Sir Charles Whitworth< no role > Knight Benjamin Cowley< no role > John
Brettell
< no role > Esquires and others their fellows Justices of
our said Lord the King assigned to keep the peace in the
County aforesaid and also to hear and determine divers
felonies trespasses and other Misdemeanours commit
ted in the same County.

Whereas the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of
Saint George Hanover Square within the Liberty of Westminster 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 James Hibbins< no role > and George Mercer< no role > Esquires Two of his Majesty's
Justices of the Peace acting in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid (one
whereof being of the Quorum) bearing date the eighth day of July one thousand
seven hundred and Seventy four Elizabeth Robinson< no role > Single Woman
and her three Bastard Children Namely David< no role > and James< no role > aged about
three Years and a half and Ann aged about a Year and three Months
were removed from and out of the Parish of Saint Mary le bone in the said
County to the said Parish of St George Hanover Square as the place of their
last legal Settlement whereby [..] the Petitioners conceived themselves
aggrieved Now upon hearing the said Petition and Appeal in the presence
and hearing of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
Parish of Saint Mary le bone and they consenting by their Counsel 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 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 Parish of Saint George Hanover Square do
forthwith Convey and deliver back the said Elizabeth Robinson< no role > and her said
three Bastard Children together with a Copy of this order unto the Churchwardens
and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint Mary le bone or to some
or one of them who are hereby required to receive and provide for the said
Elizabeth Robinson< no role > and her said three Bastard Children until they can free themselves
from the Charge thereof by due Course of Law.

By the Court.
Butler




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