Middlesex
At a General Session of the Peace of our Lord the King
holden in and for the County of Middlesex
at Hicks Hall
in Saint John Street
(by Adjournment) on Thursday the
seventh Day of December in the twenty first Year of
the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third King
of Great Britain Etc Before the Reverend Sir
George Booth< no role >
Baronet
William Mainwaring< no role >
George Attcock< no role >
William
Wright< no role >
Esquires
and other their Fellow 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 Anne
within the Liberty of Westminster
Have at their
present Session Exhibited their Petition and Appeal setting Forth that
by Virtue of an Order under the hands and Seals of Sir James Esdaile< no role >
Knight
and William Blacborow< no role >
Esquire
two of his Majestys Justices of
the peace
in and for the County of Middlesex
(one whereof being of the
Quorum) bearing Date the twenty Eighth day of November last Elizabeth
Harper< no role >
Single Woman
was removed and Conveyed from the parish
of Saint Luke
in the said County to the said parish of Saint Anne
as the
place of her last legal Settlement whereby the petitioners conceived
themselves Aggrieved Now upon hearing the said Appeal and what
hath been Alledgd by the respective Churchwardens and Overseers of
the poor of the said parishes their Council and Witnesses in and
Concerning the premises It is Ordered that the said Appeal be
and the same is hereby Allowed and the said Order 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 parish
of Saint Anne within the Liberty of Westminster
Do forthwith convey &
deliver back the said Elizabeth Harper< no role >
(together a Copy of this Order)
unto the Churchwardens and Overseers of the poor of the parish
of Saint Luke in this County or to some or one of them who are hereby
required to receive and provide for the said Elizabeth Harper< no role >
until they can free themselves from the Charge thereof by due
Course of Law.
By the Court.