To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish
of St. Mary Whitechapel
in the County of Middlesex
, to con-
vey, and to the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of
the Parish of St Olave Southwark
in the County of
Surry
to receive and obey.
Middlesex
,
to wit.}
John Staples< no role >
Saml. Hawkins< no role >
WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto Us, whose
Hands and Seals are hereunto set, being two of His
Majesty's Justices of the Peace, in and for the County of Mid-
dlesex, (one whereof being of the Quorum) by the Church
Wardens or Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of St. Mary
Whitechapel
, in the said County,
That
Ann Habersham< no role >
Widow of
James Habersham< no role >
Deceased and her three Children Vizt
James< no role >
Aged
about five years
Ann< no role >
Aged about three years and
a last and
William< no role >
Aged about fourteen Months
have
lately come to inhabit in the said Parish of St. Mary White-
chapel
, not having gained any legal Settlement there, nor pro-
duced any Certificate acknowledging them to be settled else-
where, and are likely to become chargeable to the said Parish:
We, the said Justices, upon Examination of the Premises upon
Oath, and other Circumstances, do adjudge the same to be true,
and do also adjudge the Place of the last legal Settlement of the
said
Ann Habersham and her said three
Children
to be in the Parish of St Olave
in Southwark
in the
County of Surry
THESE are therefore in His Majesty's Name, and by Virtue
of the Statutes is that Behalf, to require you, on Sight
hereof, to remove and convey the said
Ann Habersham and her said three
Children
from and out of your said Parish of St. Mary Whitechapel
, to
the said Parish of St. Olave Southwark
and them deliver to the Church Wardens and Overseers of the
Poor there, or to some or one of them, together with this our Or-
der, or a true Copy hereof, who are hereby required to receive
and provide for them
according to Law. Given under our Hands and Seals this
19 Day of Septmr in the Year
of our Lord 17 83