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 Holy Trinity
Minories in the Liberty of the Tower
of
London or in the County of Middlesex
to receive and obey.
Middlesex
,
to wit.}
Tho Barnard< 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
Rachael Holt< no role >
widow
of
Theophilus
Holt< no role >
deceased and their Child
Jane< no role >
lately came to inhabit in the said Parish of St. Mary,
Whitechapel
, not having gained any legal Settlement there,
nor produced any Certificate acknowledging them to be
settled elsewhere, and are actually
likelyto 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
Rachael Holt< no role >
and their said Child
to be in the Parish of Holy Trinity
in the Minories
in the Liberty of the Towns of London in the County of Middx
[..]
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
Rachael Holt< no role >
and their said Child
from and out of your said Parish of St. Mary, Whitechapel
,
to the said Parish of Holy Trinity
and them deliver to the Church-Wardens and Overseers of
the Poor there, or to some or one of them, together with
this out Order, or a true Copy hereof who are hereby re-
quired to receive and provide for them
according to Law.
Given under our Hands and Seals this 9th
Day of April in the Year of our Lord One
Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Six