Middlesex
ss.
To the Constable of the Parish of St. Botolph without Aldgate
, in
the County of Middlesex
, or the Heandborough 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 White
haven
in the County of Cumberland
or either of them to receive and obey.
WHEREAS Eleanor Read< no role >
Singlewoman
was
apprehended in the Parish of St. Botolph
wihtout Aldgate, aforesaid, as a Vagabond
Videlicit Wandering abroad & begging there
and upon Examination of the said Eleanor Read< no role >
taken
before me in Writing, and upon Oath: which Examination is hereunto annexed,
it doth appear that her last legal Settlement is at the parish of White haven
in the County of Cumberland
aforesaid: These are therefore to require you the said
Constable. or other Officer to convey the said Eleanor Read< no role >
to the House of Correction at Clerkenwell
, from
whence the said Contractor is to convey her to the Parish of Ruge
in the
County of Hertford
that being the first Parish in the next
Precinct, through which she ought to pass in the direct Way to the said Parish
of Whitehaven
to which Parish She is
to be sent, and to deliver her to the Constable,or other Officer of such Parish
in such next Precinct, together withthis Pass, and the Duplicate of the Examination
of the said Eleanor Read< no role >
taking his Receipt for the same: And
the said Eleanor Read< no role >
ifto be thence
conveyed on in the like Manner to the said Parish of Whitehaven
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 her as aforesaid. Given under my
Hand and Seal this Seventeenth Day of December1783
R. Davies