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January 1799

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MIDDLESEX .


AT the General Quarter Session 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 Monday
the Seventh Day of January
in the Thirty ninth Year of the Reign of our
Sovereign Lord George the Third, King of Great
Britain, Etc. Before William Mainwaring< no role > . Thomas
Robinson
< no role > . Rupert Clarke< no role > ; Frederick Matthew< 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 Misdameanours com-
mitted in the same County.

WHEREAS the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Saint Martin
in the fields within the Liberty of Westminster in the County of Middlesex Have at this
present Session Exhibited their Petition and Appeal setting forth That by virtue four Order
or Pass Warrant under the Hands and Seals Stephen Cosser< no role > This name instance is in a workspace. and Joseph Moser< no role > Esquires
two of His Majestys Justices of the peace acting in and for the City and Liberty of Westminster
(one whereof being of the Quorum) bearing date the 10th day of December 1798 Sarah Wiggins< no role >
Wife of John Wiggins< no role > and her three Children vizt. Elizabeth < no role > born 6th July 1790 John < no role > born
15th May 1795 and Sarah < no role > born 18th. december 1798. were removed and conveyed from and
out of the Parish of Saint Margaret in the City and Liberty of Westminster to the said
Parish of Saint Martin in the fields as the place of their last legal settlement
whereby the Petitioners 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 dismissed, and that the said Order of the said two Justices be, and the same is
hereby confirmed; And IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Churchwardens and
Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint Martin in the fields do maintain
and provide for the said Sarah Wiggins< no role > and her said three Children
until they can free themselves from the Charge thereof by due course of Law.
Exd.

By the COURT,




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