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October 1795

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To the Worshipful his Majesty's Justices of the Peace
for the County of Middlesex at their General Quarter
Sessions assembled.

The Humble Petition of the ChurchWardens
and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of
Wandsworth in the County of Surrey .

Sheweth

That by an Order bearing date the 26th. day of August
1795 under the Hands and Seals of Mich. Downs< no role > and R. Johnson
Esquires two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace within the
City and Liberty of Westminster in the County of Middlesex grounded
on the Complaint of the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor
of the Parish of Saint James within the said City and County, for
that Dessemay Peckford< no role > widow of John Peckford< no role > had lately
intruded and come into the said Parish of Saint James and
become chargeable.

That the said Mich. Downs< no role > and R. Johnson upon
examination of the Premises upon cath and other Circumstances
did adjudge the same to be true and did also adjudge the Place
of the last legal Settlement of the said Dessmay Peckford to be in
your Petitioners said Parish of Wandsworth By which said order
your Petitioners think themselves Aggrieved

Your Petitioners humbly pray, That your Worships
will take th same into consideration, and grant
them such relief as the nature of their case
May require.

And

Your Petitioners Shall ever pray.




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