Middlesex Sessions:
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January 1791

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To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
Parish of St, Mary Whitechapel , in the County of
Middlesex , to convey; and to the Church-Wardens and
Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Saint John
Wapping in the said County 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 Middlesex , (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
Mary Atkinson< no role > Widow
lately came to inhabit in the said Parish of St. Mary,
Whitechapel , not having gained any legal Settlement there,
not produced any Certificate acknowledging her to be
settled elsewhere, and is likely to become chargeable
to the said Parish: We, the said Justices, upon Examina-
tion 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
Mary Atkinson< no role >
to be in the Parish of Saint John Wapping in the
said County

THESE are therefore, in his Majesty,s Name, and by
Virtue of the Statutes in that Behalf, to require you
on Sight hereof, to remove and convey the said
Mary Atkinson< no role >
from and out of yor said Parish of St. Mary, Whitechapel ,
to the said Parish of St. John Wapping
and her deliver to the Church-Wardens and Overseers of
the Poor there, or to some or one of them, together with
this our Order, or a true Copy hereof, who are hereby re-
quired to receive and provide for her
according to Law.
Given under our Hands and Seals this 23d
Day of November in the Year of our Lord One
Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety.




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