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 twenty third
Day of Mayin the sixteenth Year of the
Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, King of
Great Britain, Etc.

Whereas The Churchwardens and Overseers of the poor of the parish
of Saint James Clerkenwell in the County of Middlesex Have at this
present Session exhibited these Petition and Appeal setting forth That by
virtue of an order or pass Warrant under the Hands and Seals of John
Walford< no role > Esquire and Sir James Esdaile< no role > Knight two of his Majesty's
Justices of the peace for the said County of Middlesex (one whereof being of
the Quorum) bearing date the third day of May one thousand seven
hundred and seventy six Elizabeth Cooke< no role > wife of Richard Cooke< no role > and
her three Children namely Robert< no role > aged about seven Years Eleanor< no role >
aged about six Years and John< no role > aged about four Years were
removed from the parish of Saint Luke Old Street in the said
County to the said parish of Saint James Clerkenwell alledging
that parish to be the place of their last legal settlement Whereby
the Petitioners conceived themselves aggrieved Whereupon at the
request of the said Petitioners It is ordered that the Benefit of these
said Appeal should be saved unto them and the hearing and
determining thereof be and the same is hereby adjourned until
the next General Quarter Session of the peace to be holden for the
said County and on Notice hereof in the mean time to be given
to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the poor of the parish of Saint
Luke Old Street they and all persons concerned do attend this Court
at Hicks Hall aforesaid on Thursday the eleventh day of July
next at the hour of eight in the forenoon of the same day to
hear and abide the Judgment and determination of the said
Court touching the said Appeal

By the Court