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February 1792

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MIDDLESEX .


AT the GeneralSession of the Peace
of our Lord the King, holden in and for the
County of Middlesex , at the Session-House for the said
County, () on Tuesday
the Fourteenth Day of February
in the Thirty second Year of the Reign of our
Sovereign Lord George the Third, King of Great
Britain, Etc. Before William Mainwaring< no role > , Richard
Tayler
< no role > , William Bleamire< no role > , Edward Read< 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 Misdemeanours com
mitted in the same County.

WHEREAS the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Saint
James within the Liberty of Westminster in the said County Have at this present
Session Exhibited their Petition and Appeal setting forth That by virtue of an Order under
the Hands and Seals of Sir William Gibbons< no role > Baronet and Richard Tayler< no role > Esquire two
of His Majestys Justices of the Peace acting in and for the County of Middlesex (one
where of being of the Quorum) bearing date the 28th. day of November 1791 Thomas
Ward
< no role > and Rebecca< no role > his wife were removed and conveyed from the Parish of Staines in
the said County of Middlesex to the said Parish of Saint James as the place of their
last legal settlement whereby the Petitioners conceived themselves aggrieved

Now, upon hearing the said Appeal, in the presence and hearing of the Churchwardens
and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Staines
and they consenting by their Counsel to the allowing the said Appeal, IT IS ORDERED,
that the said Appeal be, and the same is hereby allowed, and the said Order of the said two Jus
tices is hereby vacated and set aside; and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Church
wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint James Westminster
do forthwith convey and deliver back the said Thomas Ward< no role > and Rebecca< no role > his Wife
(together with a Copy of this Order) unto the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor
of the said Parish of Staines who are hereby required to
receive and provide for the said Thomas Ward< no role > and Rebecca< no role > his Wife
until they can free themselves from the Charge thereof by due course of Law.

By the Court
Selby




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