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Perranarworthal Settlement Documents
Elizabeth Read
(Printed form with handwritten insertions, shown in bold
text)
CORNWALL to wit. To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor
of the Parish of Gwennap in the said County and to the
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Perranarworthal
in the County aforesaid and to each and every of them.
Upon complaint of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
Parish of Gwennap aforesaid, in the said County unto Us, whose names
are hereunto set, and seals affixed, being two of his Majesty’s Justices of the
Peace, and one of us of the Quorum, That Elizabeth READ singlewoman
hath come to inhabit in the said Parish of Gwennap
not having gained a legal settlement there; nor produced any Certificate owning
her to be settled elsewhere; and that the said
Elizabeth READ is likely to become chargeable to the
said Parish of Gwennap We the said Justices upon due proof
thereof, as well as upon examination of the said Elizabeth READ
upon Oath, as otherwise, and likewise upon due consideration had of the
premises, do adjudge the same to be true; and We do likewise adjudge that the
lawful settlement of her the said Elizabeth READ is in the said
Parish of Perranarworthal in the said County
We do therefore require you the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
Parish of Gwennap or some or one of you, to convey the said
Elizabeth Read from and out of your said Parish
of Gwennap to the said Parish of
Perranarworthal and her to 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 also hereby require you the Churchwardens and
Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of
Perranarworthal to receive and provide for her as an
inhabitant of your Parish.
GIVEN under our hands and seals, the seventh day of
August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
eighty one.
Francis GREGOR (signed)
Henry ROSEWARNE (signed)
N.B. Words in italics within brackets
are inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed)
Source:
LDS Film Number 1596594
Ann Martin
(Printed form with handwritten insertions, shown in bold
text)
CORNWALL to wit. To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
Parish
of Gwennap in the said County and to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor
of the Parish of Perranarworthal 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 Gwennap aforesaid, in the said County unto Us, whose names are hereunto set,
and seals affixed, being two of his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, in and for
the said County and one of us of the Quorum, That Ann MARTIN singlewoman hath
come to inhabit in the said Parish of Gwennap not having gained a legal
settlement there; nor produced any Certificate owning her to be settled
elsewhere; and that the said Ann MARTIN is become chargeable to said Parish of
Gwennap. We the said Justices upon due proof thereof. as well upon the
examination of the said Ann MARTIN upon Oath, as otherwise, and likewise upon
due consideration had of the premises do adjudge the same to be true; and We do
likewise adjudge that the legal settlement of the said Ann MARTIN is in the said
Parish of Perranarworthal in the said County. We do therefore require you the
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of
Perranarworthal or
some or one of you, to convey the said Ann MARTIN from and out of your
parish of
Gwennap to the said parish of Perranarworthal and
her to 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, .. … …. …. …wing to them
the Original and We do also hereby require you the said Churchwardens and
Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Perranarworthal to receive and
provide for her as an inhabitant of your
Parish of Perranarworthal
GIVEN under our hands and seals, the first day of September in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty four.
J ROGERS (signed)
S SANDYS (signed)
(Manuscript has slight damage)
N.B. Words in italics within brackets
are inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed)
Source:
LDS Film Number 1596594
Elizabeth Gray
(Printed form, headed by royal cipher, with handwritten
insertions, shown in bold)
Middlesex to wit. To Mr ADAMS and the Contractor for
removing vagrants and To the Constable, Tythingman or other Officer of the Peace
of the Parish of Saint John of Wapping in the said
County of Middlesex ; and
also to all Constables, and other Officers, whom it may concern, to remove and
convey:
And to the Church Wardens, Chapel Wardens or Overseers of the Poor of the
Parish
of Perranarworthal in the County of Cornwall or either of them, to receive and
obey.
Whereas Elizabeth GRAY singlewoman was apprehended in the
@ Parish of St John of
Wapping as a Rogue and Vagabond, viz.
wandering about the streets & lying in the
open Air and upon examination of the said Elizabeth GRAY taken before
me one of
his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of
Middlesex upon
Oath (which Examination is hereunto annexed) it doth appear, that the place of
her last legal settlement is in the Parish of Perranarworthal in the County of
Cornwall
These are therefore to require you the said Constable, Tythingman or other
Officer of the Peace of the said Parish of Saint John of Wapping to convey the
said Elizabeth GRAY to the Parish of Egham (St.Clement Danes crossed out)
in the
County of Surrey that being the first Parish in the next Precinct, through which
she ought to pass in the direct way to the said Parish of
Perranarworthal to
which she is to be sent, and deliver her to the Constable or other Officer of
such first Parish in such next Precinct, together with this Pass, and the
Duplicate of the Examination of the said Elizabeth GRAY taking his Receipt for
the same.
And the said Elizabeth GRAY is to be thence conveyed on in like manner to the
said Parish of Perranarworthal there to be delivered to some of the Church
Wardens or Overseers of the Poor of the same to be there provided for 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 the 28th day of
November in the Year of our Lord
1785.
Robt. SMITH (signed)
(Annexed)
(Printed form with handwritten
insertions, shown in bold)
Middlesex. to wit The Examination of Elizabeth GRAY singlewoman a Rogue and
Vagabond, taken on Oath before me one of his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace in
and for the said County of Middlesex this Twenty eighth day of
November in the
Year of our Lord 1785 who on Oath saith, That she is the apprentice of James
POLE a taylor in the Parish of Perranarworthal in the County of Cornwall with
whom she hath lived as his apprentice for the space of Four Years or thereabouts
and that she absconded from her said Master about five months ago And lastly
saith she never was married … …. ….. …. ….. a subsequent settlement and that she
hath been reduced to such Distress as to be obliged to wander about the streets
and lay in the open Air.
Taken and sworn the day above written) Eliz. GRAY (her mark)
before Robt. SMITH)
(A few words lost due to creasing)
(Handwritten note)
County of Southton {To the Tythingman of Hawley Convey the Within Mentioned
Vagrant. To the Parish of Winterslow in the County of Wilts.
N.B. Words in italics within brackets
are inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed)
Source:
LDS Film Number 1596594
William & Elizabeth Taylor
(Printed form with handwritten insertions, shown in bold
text)
CORNWALL. To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of
Gwennap in the said County and to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of
the Parish of Perranarworthal 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 Gwennap aforesaid in the said County unto Us, whose Names are hereunto set
and seals affixed, being two of his Majesty’s Justices of the Peace in and for
the said County and one of us of the Quorum, That William TAYLOR Elizabeth his
wife and Catherine his daughter aged about four years have come to inhabit in
the said Parish of Gwennap not having gained a legal settlement there; nor
produced any Certificate owning them to be settled elsewhere; and that the said
William TAYLOR Elizabeth his wife and Catherine his daughter are chargeable to
the said Parish of Gwennap We the said Justices upon due proof thereof, as well
as upon examination of the said William TAYLOR upon Oath, as otherwise, and
likewise upon due consideration had of the premises do adjudge the same to be
true; and We do likewise adjudge that the lawful settlement of the said William
TAYLOR Elizabeth his wife and Catherine his daughter is in the said
Parish of
Perranarworthal in the said County We do therefore require you the said
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of
Gwennap or some or
one of you, to convey the said William TAYLOR Elizabeth his wife and Catherine
his daughter from and out of your said Parish of
Gwennap to the said Parish of
Perranarworthal and them to 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 also
hereby require you the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said
Parish of Perranarworthal to receive and provide for
them as inhabitants of your
Parish.
GIVEN under our hands and seals, the twelfth day of May in the year of our Lord
one thousand seven hundred and ninety.
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
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