PUBLIC OFFICE, WHITE CHAPEL ;
Established pursuant to the Statute, 32 Geo. III.

To the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish
of St Mary Stratford Bow in the County of
Middlesex , to convey; and to the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the
Poor of the Parish of St Mary Lambeth
in the County of Surrey to receive and obey.

Middlesex
to wit.}

R Davies

WHEREAS Complaint hath been made unto Us, whose Hands
and Seals are hereunto set, being Two of his Majesty's
Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Middlesex (One whereof
being of the Quorum) by the Church-Wardens or Overseers of the
Poor of the Parish of St Mary Stratford Bow
in the said County, That Sarah Thornton< no role >
lately came to inhabit in the said Parish of St Mary Stratford Bow
not having gained any legal Settlement there, nor produced
any Certificate acknowledging herself to be settled elsewhere,
and is become chargeable to the said Parish We, the
said Justices, upon Examination of the Premises upon Oath, and other
Circumstances, do adjudge the same to be true, and do also adjudge the
Place of the last legal Settlement of the said Sarah Thornton< no role >
to be in the Parish of St Mary Lambeth in the
County of Surrey

Danl Williams< no role >

THESE are therefore, in his Majesty's Name, and by Virtue of the
Statutes in that Behalf, to require you on Sight hereof, to remove
and convey the said Sarah Thornton< no role >
from and out of your said Parish of St Mary Stratford Bow to the said
Parish of St Mary Lambeth
and her deliver to the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor
there, or to some or one of them, together with thisout our Order, or a
true Copy hereof, who are hereby required to receive and provide for
her according to Law.

Given under our Hands and Seals this 24th
Day of Jany in the Year of our Lord One
Thousand Seven Hundred and ninety seven