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March 1792

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MIDDLESEX .


At the General quarter Session of the Peace
of our Lord the King, bolden in and for the
County of Middlesex , at the Session-House for the Said
county, (by Adjournment) on Thursday
the Twenty Ninth Day of March
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 > William
Bleamire
< no role > John Pownall< no role > Nathaniel Conant< 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 bear 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 Higham
Ferris in the County of Northampton Have at this present Session Exhibited their Petition
and appeal Setting forth That by virtue of an under a Pass Warrant or Order under the
Hands and Seals of John Spiller< no role > Esquire and R Davies Esquire two of his Majesties
Justices of the Peace acting in and for the said County of Middlesex bearing date the 13th day
of February last past Ann Rice< no role > Singlewoman daughter of Elizabeth< no role > and Richard Rice< no role > and
their Lawful Issue was removed from and out of the Parish of Saint John at Hackney in the
said County of Middlesex in and to the Said Parish of Higham Ferris Whereby the
Petitioeners Conceived themselves aggrieved

Now, upon hearing the Said Appeal, and what hath been alledged by the respective
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Said Parishes, their Counsel 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 Said Parish of Higham Ferrisdo Forthwith convey and
deliver back the said Ann Rice< no role >
(together with a Copy of this Order) unto the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor
of the Said Parish of Saint John at Hackney Who are hereby required to
receive and provide for the Said Ann Rice< no role >
until they can free themselves from the Charge thereof by due course of Law. And IT IS
FURTHER ORDERED, that the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Said
Parish of Saint John at Hackney do Forthwith pay or Cause to
be paid unto the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Said Parish of Higham
Ferris the Sum of
for their Charges and Expences in relieving and maintaining the said

By the COURT,




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