To Mr. Mainwaring Esqr
. Chairman
and the Rest of his Majestys
Justices of the Peace
for the County of Middlesex
at their Quarter Session Assembled on
Monday the 14th. day of July 1794
The Petition and Appeal of the Church Wardens and
Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of
Saint Mary Staining
London
Sheweth
That by an Order or Pass Warrant under the hand and
Soul of P. Colqhoun and
Wm. Browne< no role >
& Esquires
Two of his Majesty's Justices of the
peace for the County of Middlesex
bearing date the Thirtieth day of June last
Wm< no role >
.. aged
six years and upwards the Illigitimate Child of
Sarah Jones< no role >
wife
of
Richard Jones< no role >
(late
Sarah Jackson< no role >
Singlewoman
) was removed and Conveyed from and out of the
Parish of Saint Leonard Shoreditch
in the said County to the said
Parish of Saint Mary
Staining
London
as the Place of the last legal Settlement of the said Illigitimate Child
That your Petitioners conceive themselves
aggrieved by such Order of Remove
and therefore pray your Worships to examine
into hear and determine the circumstances
of the Birth and settlement of the said
Illigitimate Child And that the said Order
of Removal of the said P. Colquhoun and
Wm. Browne< no role >
may be Quashed and that a
day may be appointed in this present Session
for hearing and determining this Appeal