Middx
At the General
QuarterSession of the Peace of our Lord the King holden
for the County of Middlesex
at Hicks Hall
in Saint John Street
in the said
County (by Adjournment) On Thursday the Seventh day of September
in the Ninth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third
king of Great Britain Etc Before
John Hawkins< no role >
Saunders
Welch< no role >
,
Benjamin in Cowley< no role >
,
Bartholomew Hammond< no role >
Esquires
and others their Fellows Justices
of our said Lord the King
Assigned to keep the Peace in the County aforesaid and also to hear and
determine divers Felonies Trespasses and other Misdemeanors
committed in the same County
Whereas the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Saint Mary
Stoke Newington
in the County of Middlesex
Have at this Present Session Exhibited
their Petition and Appeal Setting forth that by Virtue of an Order or Pass Warrant under
the hands and Seals of two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace
for the said County of
Middlesex
(one being of the Quorum) bearing date the Nineteenth day of August One thousand
Seven hundred and Sixty Nine Elizabeth Verney< no role >
aged above Twenty six years Singlewoman
was removed and conveyed by the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of
Chelsea
in the said County from and out of the said Parish to the said Parish of Saint
Mary Stoke Newington
by the name of the Parish of Stoke Newington
in the County of
Middlesex
as the place of the last legal Settlement of the said Elizabeth Verney< no role >
whereby
the Petitioners conceived themselves to be Aggrieved Now upon hearing of the said Appeal
and what hath been Alledged on either side by the respective Churchwardens and
Overseers their Council and Witness in and concerning the premises It is Ordered
that the said Appeal be and the same is hereby Allowed And the said Order or Pass Warrant of
the said two Justices is hereby Vacated and set aside And it is Further Ordered that the
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint Mary Stoke
Newington
do Forthwith Convey and deliver back the said Elizabeth Verney< no role >
(together
with a Copy of this Order) unto the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
said Parish of Chelsea
or to some or one of them who are hereby required to receive
and provide for he until they can Free themselves from the Charge thereof by due
course of law And it is also Further Ordered that the Churchwardens and Overseers
of the Poor of the Parish of Chelsea
do forth with Pay or cause to be paid to the
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint Mary Stoke
Newington
or to some or one of them the sum of Seven Shillings and Six pence
for their charges and expences in releiving and maintained the said Elizabeth
Verney< no role >
since her removal.
By the Court
Waller.