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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 the Parish of Saint
George in the Borough of Southwark in the County of Surrey Did at the last
Session of the peace held in and for this County Exhibit their petition and Appeal setting
forth That by virtue of an Order or pass Warrant under the Hands and Seals of C.J.
Kerby and Thos. Gordon< no role > Esquires two of His Majestys Justices of the peace for the County of
Middlesex (one whereof being of the Quorum) bearing date the 18th. day of June 1793
Edward Edwards< no role > and Jane < no role > his Wife and their three Children namely Elizabeth< no role >
aged about 10 Years Harriott < no role > aged about 9 Years and Ann < no role > aged about 7 Years were
removed from the parish of Kensington in the said County of Middlesex unto the
said Parish of Saint George in the Borough of Southwark in the said County of
Surrey , Alledging the said Parish of Saint George in the Borough of Southwark
to be the place of their last legal settlement whereby the petitioners conceived
themselves aggrieved, which said Appeal stood duly adjourned 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 the said Parish of Saint George Southwark do maintain
and provide for the said Edward Edwards< no role > Jane< no role > his Wife and their said 3 Children
until they can free themselves from the Charge thereof by due course of Law.

By the COURT,




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