Middlesex
AND
Westminster
.}
to wit.
To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the
Poor of the Parish of St. Clement Danes
in the County of Middlesex
and Liberty
of Westminster
; and to the Church wardens
and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish
of Saint James Clerkenwell
in the County of Middlesex
J Reeves
WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto us,
Two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace
in and for
the County of Middlesex
and Liberty of Westminster
aforsaid
(One whereof being of the Quorum) by the Church wardens
and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of St. Clements
Danes
, That
Elizabeth Higginbotham< no role >
aged about 15 years hath
lately intruded and come into the said Parish of St. Clement
Danes
, and become chargeable to the same; We the said
Justices upon Examination 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
Elizabeth to be in the said
Parish of Saint James
Clerkenwell
Saml Edward< no role >
THESE are therefore in His Majesty's Name to require
you the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor
of the said Parish of St. Clement Danes
on Sight hereof, to
remove and convey the said Elizabeth
from and out of your Said Parish of St. Clement Danes
to the
said Parish of Saint James
Clerkenwell
and her deliver unto the Church wardens and Overseers of
the Poor there, or to some or one of them, together with this
our Order, or a true Copy thereof; who are hereby required
to receive and provide for her according to Law. Given
under our Hands and Seals this 1st Day of June 1799