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October 1798

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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 Seventeenth Day of October in the Thirty eighth 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 > , Rupert Clarke< 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
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 second day of the same Month of October at the hour of Ten in the Forenoon
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 second 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 third 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 third 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 ad-
journed by the aforesaid Justices of our said Lord the King abovenamed, and others their Fellows
aforesaid, here until Wednesday the twenty fourth 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-
jornment aforesaid, at the Session House aforesaid, in and for the said County, on the said
Wednesday 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 aforesaid Justices of our said Lord the King abovenamed, and
others their Fellows aforesaid here until Thursday 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 aforesaid, at the Session House aforesaid, in and for the said County, on
the said Thursday the twenty fifth Day of October in the thirty ninth Year of the Reign of our said Sovereign Lord George the third King of Great Britain etc before
the said Justices of our said Lord the King abovenamed, and others their Fellows aforesaid.

WHEREAS the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of West Ham in the County
of Essex Have at this present Session Exhibited their Petition and Appeal setting forth That by
virtue of an Order under the Hands and Seals of I. Merceron and Daniel Williams< no role > Esquires two of His
Majestys Justices of the Peace acting in and for the County of Middlesex (one being of the Quorum) bearing
date the third day of September 1798. Joseph Murrell< no role > and his two lawful Children namely Edward< no role > aged
Three Years or thereabouts and Frances< no role > aged Nine Weeks or thereabouts by his late Wife Elizabeth< no role > deceased
were on the said third day of September removed from the Parish of Saint Matthew Bethanal Green in the
County of Middlesex unto the said Parish of Westham in the County of Essex as the place of their 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 West Ham , Essex
do maintain and provide for the said Joseph Murrell< no role > and his said two Children
until they can free themselves from the Charge thereof by due course of Law.

By the COURT,




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