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Settlement Paper for William Downing, dated 19 June 1745
Cornwall To wit. To the Church-wardens and Overseers of the
Poor of the Parish of St Winnow in the County of Cornwall and
to the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Luxulyon
in the said County
Whereas Complaint hath been made by you the Church-wardens and Overseers of the
Poor of the said Parish of St Winnow 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 William Downing hath
lately intruded himself into your said Parish of St Winnow
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 upon Oath by us the said Justices, it appears unto us, and we
accordingly adjudge, That the said William Downing is likely to become
chargeable unto the said Parish of St Winnow and that the last legal
Place of Settlement of the said William Downing is in the said Parish
of Luxulyon
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 St Winnow
aforesaid, that you, or some of you, do forthwith remove and convey the said
William Downing from your said Parish of St Winnow to the said Parish of
Luxulyon, and him 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 William Downing into the said Parish and
provide for him as their own Parishioner. Given under our Hands and
Seals, the 19th Day of June in the eighteenth Year of
the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second now of Great Britain,
and so forth and in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and
forty five
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J. Williams |
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Tho. ? |
N.B. Words in italics are hand-written
insertions in a pre-printed form. Those 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. 130/13/3/3
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