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Settlement Papers for Joseph Nicholls & Family, dated 17
July & 7 August 1755
Cornwall to wit. To the Church-Wardens and
Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Luxillion in the said County
and to each and every of you to Remove and to convey
As also to the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of
Landlivery in the County of Cornwall aforesaid These to
Receive and Obey
WHEREAS Complaint has been made by you the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the
Poor of the Parish of Luxillion aforesaid, 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 said County of Cornwall, That Joseph Nicholls
Elizabeth his Wife Joan their Daughter aged about Eight years Joseph their Son
aged about Six years William their Son aged about three years and John their Son
about a half year have lately intruded themselves into your said
Parish of Luxillion there to inhabit as Parishioners contrary to the
Laws relating to the Settlement of the Poor, and are likely to become
chargeable there: And whereas upon due Examination and Enquiry made into the
premises by Us the said Justices, and on the Oath of the said Joseph
Nicholls as otherwise it appears unto us, and we accordingly adjudge, that
the said Joseph Nicholls and Elizabeth his Wife Joan their Daughter Joseph,
William and John their Sons are there likely to become Chargeable and that
their last legal place of Settlement was in the said Parish of
Landlivery where they ought to be Removed, as the Law in that Case
directs.
THESE are therefore, in His Majesty’s Name, to Order and Require you the
Church-Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of Luxillion aforesaid, That
you, or some of you, do Forthwith Remove and Convey the said Joseph Nicholls
and Elizabeth his Wife Joan their Daughter Joseph William and John their Sons
from your said Parish of Luxillion to the Parish of Landlivery
aforesaid, and them deliver to the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the
Poor there, or some or one of them, together with this our Order, or a true Copy
hereof; whereby they are likewise Required, in His Majesty’s Name, and by Virtue
of the Statutes in such Casemabe (sic), Forthwith to Receive the said
Joseph Nicholls and Elizabeth his Wife Joan their Daughter, Joseph, William
and John their Sons into their said Parish of Landlivery and
provide for them as their own Parishioners according to Law. Given
under our Hands and Seals, the Seventeenth Day of July in the
Twenty ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Second,
by the Grace of God of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, King, and so forth,
and in the Year of our Lord, One-Thousand, seven Hundred and Fifty five
(signed & sealed) Jno. Glanvill
(signed & sealed) J. Fortescue
N.B. Printed form with hand-written
insertions, shown in italics.
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. 130/13/3/1
Cornwall (To wit). We the Churchwardens and Overseers of the
Poor of the parish of Landlivery in the said County of Cornwall, do hereby own
and acknowledge Joseph Nicholls and Elizabeth his Wife Joan their Daughter
Joseph William and John their Sons to be Inhabitants Legally Settled in our said
Parish of Landlivery and do hereby promise for ourselves and Successors
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of our said Parish of Landlivery to
Receive the said Joseph Nicholls and Elizabeth his Wife Joan their Daughter
Joseph William and John their Sons into our said Parish of Landlivery whenever
they or either of them shall become Chargeable to your said Parish of Luxillion
and provide for them as our own Parishioners. In Witness whereof we have
hereunto set our Hands and Seals this Seventh Day of August in the twenty ninth
year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second now King of Great
Britain and so forth And in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and
five (sic)
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(signed & sealed) Peter Treleaven
(signed & sealed) William Treleaven |
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Churchwardens |
(signed) Lewis Blighe
(signed) Jos. Yonge |
(signed & sealed) Tho. Littleton
(signed & sealed) Norman Sears |
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Overseers |
Cornwall to wit. We whose Names are hereunto Subscribed, two
of his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace of and for the said County do allow of
the above written Certificate and do also certify that Joseph Yonge one of the
Witnesses who attested the Execution of the said Certificate hath made Oath
before us that he did See the Churchwardens and Overseers whose Names and Seals
are to the said Certificate Subscribed and Set Severally Sign and Seal the said
Certificate and that the witnesses Lewis Blighe and Joseph Yonge whose names are
above Subscribed as Witnesses to the Execution of the Said Certificate are of
their own proper Hand writing. Dated the Seventh day of August 1755
(signed) Jno. Glanvill
(signed) J. Howell
(Top left margin stamped Seven Pence Quire)
N.B. Hand-written document.
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. 130/13/1/4
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