Middx ss:
To ye. churchwardens & Overseers of ye. poor of ye. parish of
St. Leonard
Shoreditch
in ye. County of Middx
:And alsoe to ye. churchwardens
Overseer of ye. poor of ye. Hamlet of
Bethnall Green
in yr. parish
of St. Dunston Stepney
in ye. sd County.
Sam benson< no role >
J Poulson
Whereas it appeareth unto as Two of his Maties of ye. peace
for ye. sd County (Quor unus) upon ye. Complt. of yr. churchwardens
& Overseers of ye. poor of ye. parish of St. Leonard Shoreditch
aforesd. That
Dorothy Glass< no role >
widow
Late wife
of
Robert Glass< no role >
dated. & whoe dyed about Six weeks agoe, 10th . her & her sd Late
husbands Five children (vizt:)
Robert< no role >
about Thirteen Years
Old,
Anne< no role >
about Eight Years Old;
John< no role >
about four Years old,
Edward< no role >
about Three Years old; &
Sarah< no role >
about Six months old;
is Lately intended & Come into theirxs sd parish Endeavoring
[..]
She herselfe & her sd children there she nor her sd Late
husband not haveinge any Legalls Setlemt: there And Whereas
it. appeareth unto as ye. Sd Justices of ye. peace that by reason of ye.
poverty of ye. Sd
Dorothy Glass < no role >
she haveing nothing where wthin.
to maintaine herselfe & her Sd five children She yor.
Dorothy
Glass< no role >
& her Sd five children, now are & unvoidably will
Continue & be a great charge to ye. Sd parish of St. Leonard
Shoreditch
(if not Speedily prevented) And Whereas it alsoe
appeareth unto our ye. Sd Justices upon ye examinacon of ye. Said
Dorothy Glass< no role >
upon Oath That about five Months agoe
She & her Sd Late husband
Robert Glass< no role >
Came from & out of ye.
Hamblet of
Bethnall Green
aforesd. in ye. Parish of St: Dunston
Stepney
aforesd in ye. County of Middx
aforesd & there they Lived,
for ye. Space of Twenty Years & upwards; & there they Lived in
[..]
or Tenemt. at. ye. Yearely rent of Ten pounds; & Continued in ye; Sd
house or Tenemt. Six Months & then & there they paid to ye. Rate
or Tax made for ye. relief of ye. poor of ye. Sd Hamblet, Nor Can
We now upon a Strict examinacon finde that he ye. Sd
Robert
Glass< no role >
deced or his sd. Late wife Dorothy Since his decease hath
Gained any other place of Legall Settlemt. Since, Wherefore We go Sd
Justices doe adjudge & Seem ye. Sd. Hamlet of Bethnalls Green
to be
ye. Last place of ye. Legall Settlemt. of ye sd
Robert Glass< no role >
deced &
his sd Late wife
Dorothy Glass< no role >
; their sd five children; & that
She ye. sd
Dorothy Glass< no role >
& ye. sd five children, ought to be Sent to ye
sd Hamlet of Bethnall Green
These are therefore in his Maties name to reguire You on Sight hereof to pass removed County
ye. sd Dorothy Glass< no role >
widow
& her sd five children from & out of ye. sd parish of [..]
[..] Humble of [..] Green, & them deliver to [..]
Warden & Overseers of ye. poor there or one of the together wth. this prayer whoe or [..]
hereby required them to receive & provide for, as their on actions shall require, as they
doe for other poor of their sd Hamlet, untill they Can otherwise free themselves
of ye. charge thereof by due Course of Law, And this is Your Warrtt. Given under
our hands & Seals this 18th: Day of December Ano Dom 1714
.