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Settlement Paper for Anne Downing, dated 27 April 1743
Cornwall To Wit. To the Church-Wardens and
Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Luxullion in the said County
to Execute and to the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
Parish of Egloshayle in the said County to Receive and Obey
WHEREAS Complaint hath been made by you the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the
Poor of the said Parish of Luxullion unto us whose Hands and Seals are
hereunto set, Two of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace (One being of the
Quorum) for the County aforesaid, That Anne Downing spinster
lately intruded herself into your said Parish of Luxullion
there to inhabit as a Parishioner contrary to the Laws relating to the
Settlement of the Poor, and is there like to become Chargeable, if not
timely prevented: And, whereas, upon due Examination and Enquiry made into the
Premises as well upon the oath of the said Anne Downing as otherwise it
appears to us, and we accordingly adjudge, That the said Anne Downing is
likely to become Chargeable unto the said Parish of Luxullion, and that
the last Place of Settlement of the said Anne Downing is in the said
Parish of Egloshayle & whither by Law she ought to be sent
THESE are therefore, in His Majesty’s Name, to order and require you the said
Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Luxullion
aforesaid, that you, or some of you, do forthwith remove and convey the said
Anne Downing from your said Parish of Luxullion to the said
Parish of Egloshayle and her deliver to the Church-Wardens and
Overseers of the Poor there, or some or one of them, together with this our
Warrant or Order, or a true Copy hereof; whereby they are likewise required, in
His Majesty’s Name, and by Virtue of the Statutes in such Case made, forthwith
to receive the said Anne Downing into the said Parish of Egloshayle
and provide for her \as their own Parishioner. Given under our Hands
and Seals, the Twenty Seventh Day of April in the
Sixteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second
now of Great Britain, and so forth, King, and in the Year of our Lord one
Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty Three
(In left margin, signed & sealed) Tho. Graham
(signed & sealed) Jo. D. Birkhead
N.B. Words in italic are hand-written
insertions in a pre-printed form.
Words in both italics and brackets are
inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed). Spellings are as
found.
Source: LDS Film No. 1596594, CRO Ref DDP. 130/13/2/2
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