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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
Nicholas deptford in the County of Kent Have at this present Session Exhibited
their petition and appeal setting forth That by an Order under the Hands and
Seals of two of His Majestys Justices of the peace in and for the said County of
Middlesex (one of whom is of the Quorum) bearing date the Twelfth day of July
last Ann Downes< no role > was removed from the Hamlet of Poplar and Blackwall to the
said Parish of Saint Nicholas deptford aforesaid as the place of her last legal
settlement whereby the petitioners conceived themselves aggrieved

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 Nicholas deptford do maintain
and provide for the said Ann Downes< no role >
until they can free themselves from the Charge thereof by due course of Law.

By the COURT,




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