To the Churchwardens and
others, the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of
WHEREAS Complaint has been
made by you the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Barrington aforesaid, unto us, whose
Hands and Seals are hereunto set, two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace,
in and for the County of Somerset aforesaid, (whereof one is of the Quorum,)
that Ann MALE singlewoman
lately intruded herself into your
said parish of Barrington there to
inhabit as a Parishioner contrary to
the Laws relating to the Settlement of the Poor; and is become chargeable to your said Parish of Barrington
We therefore upon due Examination
and Enquiry made into the Premises aforesaid, and on oath of the said Ann MALE this Day taken before us in Writing
or otherwise, do find and adjudge the same to be true: And we do also adjudge
that the last place of the legal settlement of her the said Ann MALE
was and is the parish of Curry Rivell aforesaid.
These are therefore, in his
Majesty's name, to order and require you the Churchwardens and Overseers of the
poor of the Parish of Barrington
aforesaid, that you, some, or one of you, do forthwith remove and convey her the said Ann MALE from your said parish of Barrington to the Parish of Curry
Rivell aforesaid, and her deliver to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor or some
or one of them there, together with this our order, or a true copy thereof.
AND you the Churchwardens
and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Curry
Rivell aforesaid, are likewise hereby required in
his Majesty's name, to receive and provide for her the said Ann MALE as
an Inhabitant of your said Parish of
Curry Rivell
until from thence she shall be
discharged by due course of law. Given
under our Hands and Seals, the twenty sixth?
day of December in the second Year of the Reign of our
Sovereign lord GEORGE the fourth, by
the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King,
Defender of the Faith and in the Year of our Lord one Thousand, eight Hundred
and twenty one.
W. MOULD???
N? W? DENNARY???