St Martin's Settlement Exams:
St Martin in the Fields Pauper Examinations, 1725-1793
30th November 1753
| Unique Project ID | 56229 |
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| Examination Text | John Bird aged 29 years and upwards in the workhouse of and in the Parish of St Martin in the Fields passed as a vagrant from the Parish of St. George Southwark in the County of Surry upon his oath saith that he never was bound an apprentice kept house rented a tenement of 10 pounds by the year paid any parish taxes nor hath been a yearly hired servant in any one place for 12 months together, that his Father Francis Bird was a Glasier by trade and lived in and rented an house in that part of Burleigh Street in the Strand which is in the said Parish of St Martin in the Fields for the space of one year and upwards at the yearly rent of 20 pounds besides taxes, and there broke and never kept house rented tenement of 10 pounds by the year or paid any parish taxes afterwards. Sworn the 30th Day of November 1753 before J. Fielding. |
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| Manuscript Reference | F5044 |
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| Forename | John |
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| Surname |
Bird< no role >
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| Male OR Female | male |
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| Age | 29 |
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| Date of Examination | 30/11/1753 |
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| Examination Outcome | S.W. |
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| Page Number | 115 |
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| Signed OR Marked | signed
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