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To the Worshipfull his Majesty's Justices of the Peace
for the City of London at the Quarter Sessions of the Peace
of our Lord the King holden for the said City

The humble Petition and Appeal of the Churchwardens
and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Saint Martin Outwich in
the City of London

Sheweth


That by [..] of an Order of Removal or Pass Warrant
under the Hands and Seals of the Right Honourable Sir Thomas Hallifax< no role >
Knight Lord Mayor of the City of London and William Lee< no role > Esquire one of the
Aldermen of the said City bearing date the eleventh day of December one thousand
seven Hundred and Seventy Six a Woman in the said Order called Rebecca
Seager
< no role > Singlewoman with her three Children named Jonathan< no role > , Sarah< no role > and
Robert< no role > for Nurture were removed and Conveyed from and out of the Precinct
of White Fryers in the City of London unto the said Parish of Saint Martin
Outwich the said Justices thereby adjudging the Place of the last last legal
Settlement of the said Rebecca Seager to be in the said Parish of Saint
Martin Outwich

That the said Woman called Rebecca Seagor is
the lawfull Wife of John Warwick< no role > and your Petitioners apprehend that her
Settlement is not in the said Parish of Saint Martin Outwich and therefore your
Petitioner think themselves aggrieved by the said Order of Removal or Pass Warrant

Your Petitioners therefore appeal
from the said Order of Removal of the said
two Justices and humbly pray that the Healing
of the said Appeal may be adjourned unto
the next Sessions of the Peace and that your
Worships will be pleased to appoint a Day in
that Sessions to hear and determine the said
Appeal




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