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Image 354 of 38128th February 1781


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At the General Quarter Session of the peace of our Lord the King holden for the City
of London at the Guildhall within the said City on Monday the twenty third day of
April in the Twenty first year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third
King of Great Britain & Before Sir Watkin Lewes< no role > Knight Mayor of the City of
London John Sawbridge< no role > Esquire Sir James Esdaile< no role > Knight Alderman of the said
City James Adair< no role > Serjeant at Law Recorder of the said City William Plomer< no role >
Esquire Richard Clark< no role > Esquire Thomas Wright< no role > Esquire Evan Pugh< no role > Esquire other
of the Aldermen of the said City and others their Fellows Justices of our said Lord the
King assigned to keep the peace of our said Lord the King within the said City And
also to hear and determine divers Felonies Trespasses and other Misdeeds
Committed within the said City

Whereas by Virtue of a pass Warrant or Order of Removal under the
Hands and Seals of two of His Majesty< no role > 's Justices of the Peace for the City of London
and Liberties thereof (one being of the Quorum) bearing Date the Twenty eighth day
of February last George Crawford< no role > Mary< no role > his Wife and their four Children
namely Elizabeth< no role > This name instance is in set 3194. aged Twelve Years Mary Catherine< no role > aged Eight Years
George< no role > aged five Years and Richard< no role > aged Two Years were removed and
conveyed from and out of the parish of Saint Dunstan in the East in the City of London to the Parish of
Saint Mary Magdalen< no role > Old Fish Street in the said City as the place of their last legal
Settlement Now upon hearing the petition and appeal of the Church Wardens and
Overseers of the poor of the said Parish of Saint Mary Magdalen< no role > Old Fish Street (this day
Exhibited unto this Court) against the Warrant and Judgment of the said two Justices
in the presence and hearing of the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
Parish of Saint Dunstan in the East and having heard what could be alledged on
either Side by the said parties their Council and Witnesses in and concerning the
premisses It is thereupon Ordered that the Warrant and Judgment of the
said Two Justices be and the same is hereby confirmed and that the Appeal aforesaid
be and the same is hereby dismissed And that the Church Wardens and overseers
of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint Mary Magdalen< no role > Old Fish Street do
maintain and provide for the said George Crawford< no role > , Mary his Wife and their said
four Children Elizabeth, Mary Catherine, George and Richard until they can
free themselves from the Charge thereof by due Course of Law.

By the Court
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