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Perranarworthal Settlement Documents
Robert Ostler
(Printed form with handwritten insertions, shown in bold
text)
Cornwall (To Wit.) To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the
Poor of the Parish of Perranarworthal in the
said County and to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor
of the Parish of Kea in the said
County and to each and every of them.
Upon complaint of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
Parish of Perranarworthal aforesaid, in the said
County unto Us whose names are hereunto set, and seals affixed,
two of his Majesty’s Justices of the peace in and for the said County
and one of us of the Quorum, That Robert OSTLER ..th Jane his Wife and
Mark aged a…t fourteen years George aged ..out twelve years and Dewney aged
about six years his Children hath come .. inhabit in
the said Parish of Perranarworthal not having
gained a legal settlement there; nor produced any Certificate owning
them to be settled elsewhere; and that the said Robert OSTLER
and his said Wif. … Children are likely to become
chargeable to the said Parish of Perranarworthal
We the said Justices upon due proof made thereof, as well upon the examination
of the said Robert OSTLER upon Oath otherwise, and likewise
upon due consideration h….
Of the premises, do adjudge the same to be true; and We do likewise adjudge that
the lawful settlement of him the said Robert OSTLER and
his said Wife and Children is in the …ish of Kea in
the said County We do therefore require you the said
Churchwardens … …..eers of the Poor of the said Parish of
Perranarworthal for some or one of you, to convey the said
Robert OSTLER and his said Wife and Children from and … of your
said Parish of Perranarworthal to the said
Parish of Kea and them
deliver to the ….chwardens and Overseers of the Poor there, or to some or one ..
them, together with this our Order, or a true Copy thereof, at … same time
shewing to them the Original; and We do hereby require you the said
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of
Kea to receive and provide for them as
inhabitants of your said Parish of Kea
Given under our hands and seals the second day of
November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
eighty five
J Rogers (signed)
Tho. Glynes (signed)
(Two seals in left margin. Document has some minor damage.)
N.B. Words in italics within brackets
are inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed)
Source:
LDS Film Number 1596594
Loveday Skinner
(Printed form with handwritten insertions, shown in bold
text)
Cornwall (to wit.) To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
Parish
of Perranarworthal in the said County and to the Churchwardens and Overseers of
the Poor of the Parish of Kenwyn in the
said County and to each and every of
them.
Upon the complaint of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
Parish
of Perranarworthal aforesaid, in the said County unto Us whose names are
hereunto set, and seals affixed, two of his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace in
and for the said County
And one of us of the Quorum, That Loveday SKINNER Singlewoman hath come to
inhabit in the said Parish of Perranarworthal not having gained a legal
settlement there: nor produced any Certificate owning her to be settled
elsewhere: and that the said Loveday SKINNER is likely to
become chargeable to
the said Parish of Perranarworthal We the said Justices upon due proof made
thereof, as well upon the examination of the said Loveday SKINNER upon Oath, as
otherwise, and likewise upon due consideration ha.. of the premises, do adjudge
the same to be true; and We do likewise adjudge that the lawful settlement of
her the said Loveday SKINNER is in the said
Parish of Kenwyn in the said County
We do therefore require you the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of
the said Parish of Perranarworthal or some or one of you, to convey the said
Loveday SKINNER from and out of your said Parish of
Perranarworthal to the said
Parish of Kenwyn and her deliver to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor
there, or to some or one of them, together with this our Order, or a true Copy
thereof, at the same time shewing to them the Original; and We do hereby require
you the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of
Kenwyn to
receive and provide for her as an inhabitant of your
Parish of
Kenwyn. GIVEN
under our hands and seals, the fourteenth day of July in the year of our Lord
one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight.
Edward GILBERT (signed)
S SANDYS (signed)
N.B. Words in italics within brackets
are inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed)
Source:
LDS Film Number 1596594
John Bridgeman
(Handwritten Examination)
CORNWALL. The Voluntary Examination of John BRIDGEMAN of the Parish of Mylor in
the County of Cornwall Labourer taken on Oath this second day of May in the year
of our Lord one thousand seven Hundred and Ninety one Before Sir Michael NOWELL
Knight and Thomas TREWREN Esquire two of his majesty’s Justices of the peace in
and for the said County – who saith that he is about eighty two years of age
that he was Born in the Parish of Luxulion in the County of Cornwall and is the
son of Thomas and Mary BRIDGEMAN that his father resided in Luxulion and had an
Estate there his own property of about Thirty Pounds per year that when this
Examinant was about sixteen or seventeen years of age he went to live with Mr
Thomas PRYNN who then lived in Luxulion and carried on large concerns in the
Timber Trade that he lived with Mr PRYNN a great many years but was always a
weekly servant and received an half guinea a week for so long a time that he
lived with him That after living with Mr PRYNN for several years he had some
dispute with him whereupon he went and hired himself as a Covenant Servant to
Richard ANGOVE ( who was the Brother Law of Mr PRYNN and that he lived with Mr
ANGOVE on his farm in the Parish of Perranarworthal in the County of Cornwall
for one year and received Eight Pounds for his years wages that after living
with Mr ANGOVE for a year he married Catherine CARNE of Gluvias after which he
continued to work with the said Richard ANGOVE as a Day Labourer for some years
that he hath had seven children by his wife Viz. William, John, Mary, Martha,
Catherine, Priscilla and Frances and that Martha is married to John RICHARDS
Mariner of Flushing and Priscilla to William RULE of the Parish of Kenwyn that
William, Catherine and John died young and that Mary and Frances are still alive
and unmarried and this Examinant further saith that he hath never done any Act
whereby to gain a Settlement otherwise than is hereinbefore mentioned and sett
forth
SWORN at the Parish of Mylor in
the County of Cornwall the
day and year above said
Before us |
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The sign or mark of John BRIDGEMAN |
Michl. NOWELL (signed)
Thos. TREWREN (signed) |
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(Handwritten letter)
TIPPETS Letter respecting BRIDGMAN
To The Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor
Perranarworthal
Falmouth 2nd April 1791
Gentlemen,
I beg leave to inform you that Sir Michl. NOWELL & Mr TREWREN attended at Mylor
this day & have taken the Examination of John BRIDGEMAN whose Settlement appears
thereby to be in the Parish of Perranarworthal --- And as Mr CROXALL has been at
an Expense in relieving this family he hopes that you will at once reimburse him
and make the necessary provision for BRIDGEMAN’s family, as otherwise they must
be removed by an order.
You must repay Mr CROXALL all of his Expenses otherwise the order of Removal
will be applied for.
I am
Yr. hble. Servt.
James TIPPETS (signed)
The Examination in my Office -------------
N.B. Words in italics within brackets
are inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed)
Source:
LDS Film Number 1596594
Prudence Sarah
(Printed form with handwritten insertions, shown in bold
text)
DEVON
(to wit)
Borough of
Plymouth |
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To the Constables, Headboroughs, Tythingmen, and other Officers of the Peace, of the Parish of St. Andew, in the Town and
Borough of Plymouth, in the County of Devon; and also to all Constables and
Plymouth ] other his Majesty’s Officers of the Peace, to whom it may concern, to
receive and convey: And to the Church-wardens, Chapel-wardens, or
Overseers of the Poor, of the Parish, Place, or Precinct of Parranswells in
the County of Cornwall or either of them to receive and obey. |
Whereas Prudence SARAH apprehended in the Parish of
St. Andrews within the said
borough, as Vagabond (videlicet) wandering abroad and having no visible means of
living honestly & has been confined for seven days and upon examination of the
said Prudence taken before me one of his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, in and
for the said Borough, upon Oath, (which Examination is hereunto annexed) it doth
appear, that the place of her last legal Settlement is in the
Parish of Perranwell in the County of Cornwall These are therefore to require you, the
said Constables, or other Officers, to convey the said Prudence to the Parish of
Maker in the County of Cornwall, that being the first Parish in the next
Precinct, through which she ought to pass, in the direct Way to the Parish of
Perranwell to which Place she is to be sent, and to deliver her to the
Constables or other Officers of such first Parish in such first Precinct,
together with this Pass, and the Duplicate of the Examination of the said
Prudence taking their Receipt for the same. And the said
Prudence is to be
thence conveyed on in like Manner to the said Parish of Perranwell there to be
delivered to some Church-warden, Chapel-warden, or Overseer of the Poor, of the
same Place, to be there provided according to Law. And you the said
Church-wardens, Chapel-wardens, and Overseers of the Poor, are hereby required
to receive the said Person and provide for her as aforesaid.
Given under my Hand and Seal, this 8 day of November in the Year of our Lord One
Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Two.
T. Wm. CREES Mayor (signed)
(Printed form with handwritten insertions, shown in bold
text)
DEVON (to wit) Borough of Plymouth. The Examination of Prudence SARAH Widow of
Thomas SARAH taken on Oath, before me, One of his Majesty’s Justices of the
Peace, in and for the said Borough, this 8 Day of November
1792
This Examinant on her Oath says, That she was Lawfully married to her above
named Husband who often told her that his Last Legal Settlement was in the
parish of Perrenswell in the County of Cornwall & that since his Decease has
done no Act to gain a Settlement elsewhere
Sworn before me
P The mark of Prudence SARAH
T.Wm.CREES Mayor
N.B. Words in italics within brackets
are inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed)
Source:
LDS Film Number 1596594
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