Middlesex
ss.
To the Constable of the Parish of St. Botolph without Aldgate
, in
the County of Middlesex
, or the Headborough there: And also
to the Contractor employed for the passing and conveying of
Rogues and Vagabonds within the said County; and to all
Constables and other Officers whom it may concern, to receive
and convey; and to the Church-wardens, Chapel-wardens, or
Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Saint Nicholas
in the
County City of Bristol
or either or them to receive and obey.
WHEREAS Freeman Phelps was
apprehended in the Parish of St. Botolph without Aldgate
, aforesaid, as a Vagabond
Videlicit Wandering abroad & begging
and upon Examination of the said Freeman Phelps< no role >
taken
before me in Writing, and upon Oath; which Examination is hereunto annexed,
it doth appear that his last legal Settlement is at the Parish of St. Nicholas
in the
City of Bristol
aforesaid: These are therefore to require you the said
Constable, or other Officer to convey the said Freeman Phelps
to the House of Correction at Clerkenwell
, from
whence the said Contractor is to convey him to the Parish of
that being the first Parish in the next
Precinct, through which he ought to pass in the direct Way to the said Parish
of Saint Nicholas to which Parish he is
to be sent, and to deliver him to the Constable, or other Officer of such Parish
in such next Precinct, together with this Pass, and the Duplicate of the Examination
of the said Freeman Phelps taking his Receipt for the same: And
the said Freeman Phelps is to be thence
conveyed on in the like Manner to the said Parish of St Nicholas
there to be delivered to some Church-warden, Chapel-warden, or Overseer of the
Poor of the same Parish, to be there provided for according to Law. And you the
said Church-warden, Chapel-warden, or Overseer of the Poor are hereby required
to receive the said Person and provide for him as aforesaid. Given under my
Hand and Seal this twenty Seventh Day of November 1783
R Davies