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September 1793

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MIDDLESEX .


AT the GeneralSession of the Peace
of our Lord the King, holden in and for the
County of Middlesex , at the Session-House for the said
County, () on Monday
the Ninth Day of September
in the Thirty third Year of the Reign of our
Sovereign Lord George the Third, King of Great
Britain, Etc. Before William Mainwaring< no role > , William
Bleamire
< no role > , David Walker< no role > , Thomas Gordon< no role >
Esquires , and others their Fellows, Justices of our said
Lord the King, assigned to keep the Peace in the County
aforesaid; and also to hear and determine divers
Felonies, Trespasses, and other Misdemeanours com
mitted in the same County.

WHEREAS the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of that part of the Parish of Saint
Andrew Holborn which lies above the Barrs in the said County did at the
last Session of the peace held in and for this County Exhibit their petition and
Appeal setting forth That by an Order or pass Warrant under the Hands and
Scals of J. Floud and William Gascoigne< no role > Esquires two of His Majestys Justices of
the peace in and for the County of Middlesex (one whereof being of the Quorum)
bearing date the 29th. day of May 1793 Ann Brathwaite< no role > (Widow of William
Brathwaite
< no role > deceased) and her Four Children lawful Issue of the said William
Brathwaite
< no role > namely Ann < no role > Aged 7 Years or thereabouts, Maria < no role > aged 5 Years, Sophia < no role > aged
2 Years and William < no role > aged 3 Weeks were removed and conveyed from and out of the
Parish of St. Matthew Bethnal Green in the said County of Middlesex to the said part of the
said Parish of St. Andrew Holborn as the place of their last legal settlement whereby the
petitioners conceived themselves aggrieved which sd. Appeal stood duly adjd. until this Session

NOW, upon hearing the said Appeal, and what hath been alledged by the respective
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parishes their Counsel and Witnesses
in and concerning the Premises. IT IS ORDERED, that the said Appeal be, and the
same is hereby dismissed, and that the said Order of the said two Justices be, and the same is
hereby confirmed; And IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Churchwardens and
Overseers of the Poor of that part of the said Parish of St. Andrew Holborn which lies above the Barrs do maintain
and provide for the said Ann Brathwaite< no role > and her said Four Children
until they can free themselves from the Charge thereof by due course of Law.

By the COURT,




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