Middlx. ss.
To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of
[..] eParishofSt James Clerkenwell
.in the
[..] id Countyof Middlx
and to the Churchwardens
and Overseers of the Poor of theParishof
[..]
Sepulchre withou
tof
[..] id Countyand to every of them, and to all other,
whom these may concern.
Thos: Pinar< no role >
.
Sd: Michael< no role >
WHEREA [..] it appeareth unto us, two of his Majesty's Justices of
the Peace
[..] r the said County of Midd.
(Quor' Unus) by the Com-
plaint of [..] e Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
Parish of St James Clerkenwell
in the said County, that
Richard Croker< no role >
with Elizabeth< no role >
his wife
and their four Children (vizt) -
Hannah< no role >
Aged bout Seven years and half Elizabeth< no role >
Aged about five
years and half Ann< no role >
Aged about two years and half and Mary< no role >
Aged
about Sixteen Weeks are
lately come, and Intended into the saidParishofSt James Clerkenwell
Edeavouring to gain a Settlement, there contrary to Law,
and arebecome a great Charge to the saidparish
which we ad [..] dge to be true, and, Whereas, upon the Examination of
Elizabeth< no role >
wife
of the said Richard croker< no role >
taken upon Oath, it appears to us, that the
saidRichard [..] was last legally Settled in theparish of
ofSt Sepulchre without
in theMiddlx
and,
thathehath not since obtained any legal Settlement elsewhere:
Therefore, We the said Justices, upon the Proof aforesaid, and other Circum-
stancs, do Adjudge and Deem the Place of the last legal Settlement of the
saidRichard [..] Childrento be in the said [..] ofSepulchre
without
in thehis of [..] and whither by
saw the said [..]
Hannah [..] Gon [..]
ought to be sent
THESE are therefore in his Majesty's Name, strictly to Charge and
Command you and every of you forthwith, upon Sight hereof, to re-
move and convey the saidRichard Croker< no role >
Elizabeth< no role >
his wife
and their
said four Children
from and out of the saidParishofSt James Clerkenwell
in and to the saidParishofSt Sepulchre withou
t
in thesaid County of Middlxand deliverthem
(together with this Precept) to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the
Poor, there or some, or one of them, who are hereby required to receive, and
provide forthemaccording to Law. Here of sail not at your Pe-
rills. Given under our Hands and Seals, thisSeventeenthDay ofFebruary
-in theEleventhYear of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE,
by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, King Defender
of the Faith, Anno Domini, 1724.