To the Right Honorable the Lord
Mayor and the Right Worshipfull the other
his Majestys Justices of the Peace
for the
City of London
and the Libertys thereof
The Appeal of the Churchwardens & Overseers of
the Parish of St. Michael at Queenhithe London
Sheweth
That on Complaint made the 15th day of Febry 1743. to Sir
Wm. Billers< no role >
Knight
and
George Arnold< no role >
Esqr
. two of his Majestys Justices of the Peace
for the
said City and the Libertys thereof one being of the Quorum by the Churchwardens &
Overseers
of the Parish of St. Dunstan
in the East London that
Mary Myers< no role >
Widow
of
David Myers< no role >
deceased were then lately come to reside in their said Parish not having
obtained any legal settlement there and were likely to become chargeable thereto
unless timely prevented which Complaint the said Justices did Judge to be true and for as much
as it appeared to them by the Oath of the said
Mary Myers< no role >
that about one and twenty
Years ago the said
Mary Myers< no role >
's said Husband
David Myers< no role >
rented a House in the said
Parish of St. Michael at Queenhithe London
of the Value of £10 a Year & lived in
the same for several Years and no other Subsequent Settlement appearing unto them
they the said Justices did adjudge the last legal Settlement of the said
Mary Myers< no role >
to be in the said Parish of Saint Michael at Queenhithe
London and by Warrant under
their Hands and Seals bearing date the said 15th day of Febry 1749 did Cause the said
Mary Myers< no role >
to be removed out of the said Parish of St. Dunstan
in the East into the said
Parish of Saint Michael
at Queenhithe
as her last legal Settlement
That the Churchwardens and Overseers of the said Parish of Saint Michael at
Queenhithe
are advised
that the said Parish of Saint Michael
at Queenhithe
is not the place of the last
Legal Settlement of the said Mary Myers< no role >
And therefore the Churchwardens & Overseers of the said Parish
of Saint Michael
at Queenhithe
do Appeal against the said Order so
made as aforesaid for the removeal of the said Mary Myers< no role >
into the
said Parish of Saint Michael Queenhithe
and pray to be reimbursed
the Costs they have been at on Account of providing for the said Mary
Myers since her said removeal together with the Costs sustained by them
the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the said Parish of Saint
Michael