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October 1796

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MIDDLESEX .

AT the General Quarter Session of the Peace of our Lord the King, holden for the County of
Middlesex , at the Guildhall in King Street , Westminster , in the said County on Wednesday
the Nineteenth Day of October in the Thirty sixth 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 Dean< no role > , Richard Holbrook< 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 Misdemeanors
committed in the same County. That Session of the Peace is adjourned, by the aforesaid Justices of
our said Lord the King abovenamed and others their Fellows aforesaid, here until Monday
the Twenty fourth day of the same Month of October at the hour of Ten in the Fornoon
of the Same Day, to be holden at the Session House upon Clerkenwell Green , in and for the said County,
and that at the same Session of the Peace being holden by Adjournment aforesaid, at the Session House
aforesaid, in and for the said County, on the said Monday the Twenty fourth Day of
October in the Year aforesaid before the said Justices of our said Lord the King
abovenamed, and others their Fellows aforesaid. That Session of the Peace is adjourned by the afore-
said Justices of our said Lord the King above named, and others their Fellows aforesaid, here until
Tuesday the twenty fifth Day of the same Month of October at the Hour and
Place last abovesaid, and that at the same Session of the Peace, being holden by Adjournment afore-
said, at the Session House aforesaid, in and for the said County, on the said Tuesday the
Twenty fifth Day of October in the thirty seventh Year of the Reign of our said Sovereign Lord George the ThirdKing of Great Britain Etc before the Said Justices of our
Said Lord the King abovenamed, and other their Fellows aforesaid. That Session of the Peace is ad-
journed by the aforesaid Justices of our said Lord the King abovenamed, and others their Fellows
aforesaid, here until Wednesday the twenty Sixth Day of the Same Month of October
at the Hour and Place last abovesaid, and that at the same Session of the Peace being holden by Ad-
journment aforesaid, at the Session House aforesaid, in and for the said County, on the said
Wednesday the Twenty sixth Day of October in the Year last aforesaid before the
said Justices of our Said Lord the King abovenamed, and others their Fellows aforesaid, that Session
of the Peace is adjourned by the aforesaid Justices of our said Lord the King abovenamed, and
other their Fellows aforesaid here until Thursday the Twenty seventh Day of the same Month
of October at the Hour and Place last above said. And that at the same Session of the Peace
being holden by Adjournment aforesaid, at the Session House aforesaid, in and for the said County, on
the said Thursday the Twenty seventh Day of October in the Year last aforesaid before
the said Justices of the said Lord the King abovenamed, and others their Fellows aforesaid.

WHEREAS the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Saint Mary Lewisham in
the County of Kent did at the last General Session of the peace held in and for this County Exhibit their
Petition and appeal setting forth That by a pass Warrant or order under the Hands and Seals of Richard Clark< no role >
Esqr. and William Bleamire< no role > Esqr. two of His Majestys Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Middlesex
bearing date the 5th. day of August 1796 Margaret Baker< no role > Widow and her three Children Vizt. Edward Beckwith< no role >
aged about nine years, Mary Ann< no role > aged about 5 Years and a half and thomas< no role > aged about Two Years and a half
were removed from and out of the Liberty of the Rolls to the said Parish of Saint Mary at Lewisham ; whereby the
Petitioners conceived themselves aggreived: which said Appeal stood duly adjourned until this day

NOW, upon hearing the said Appeal, and what hath been alledged by the respective Churchwardens and
Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish aged Liberty 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 Mary Lewisham
do maintain and provide for the said Margaret Baker< no role > Widow and her said three Children
until they can free themselves from the Charge thereof by due course of Law. And it is further ordered that the
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Said Parish of Saint Mary Lewisham do forthwith pay or
cause to be paid unto the Overseers of the poor of the said Liberty of the Rolls the Sum of Thirty Shillings for and
towards the Charges and Expences by them incurred in defending the said Appeal

By the Court.




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