London ss

1691/92
1st Feb

Tho: Stamp< no role > Major

Robt Goffery< no role >

Whereas Complaint was this day made unto us Sr . Thomas
Stampe< no role > Knt . Lord Maior of the City of London and
to Robert Geffery< no role > two of their Maties. Justices of
the peace within the said City and libties Gore of (Quor
unus) by the Churchwardens & Overseers of ye Poore
of ye Pish of ye. Michael Cornhill That Sarah a [..]
Child about two yeares old the Father & Mother whereof
are unknowne was lately brot. & left in their said
Pish & is likely to become chargeable to them And
forasmuch as itt appeares unto us by the Oath of
Richard Easton< no role > & Theophilus Reading< no role > that the Carl
legall settlemt. of ye said Sarah was in the Pish
of St. Mary Woolnoth London These are therefore
in their Maties. names strictly to charge & comand
you forthwith upon sight hereof to convey the do die
of ye said Sarah to the said parish of St. Mary
Woolnoth and her there leave with the Churchwardens & Overseers
of ye poore of ye said Pish, who are hereby
likewise required to receive & provide for
her according to Law And hereof fagle not And
this shall be your Warrt. Given under our hands
& Seales the First day of February 1691

To the Overseers of ye Poore
of ye Pish of St. Michaell
Cornhill & other Officers
whom this may concerne