|
Return to
Perranarworthal Parish Page
Perranarworthal Settlement Documents
William Harris
(Handwritten note)
These are to Certify that the Bearer William HARRIS is a parishoner of the
parish of Gwenap and in Case he or his family shall become chargeable to the
parish of Perran Arwitholl we will take them without putting the parish of
Perran Arwitholl to the charge of an Order to remove them as Witness our hands
this 15th day of April 1753
Henry PHILIPPS Vicr. Francis BEAUCHAMP Churchwarden.
N.B. Words in italics within brackets
are inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed)
Source:
LDS Film Number 1596594
Blanche
Mitchell
(Printed form with handwritten insertions, shown in bold
text)
Cornwall (to witt) To the Church-wardens and Overseers of the
Poor of the Parish of Perranarworthal in the said county – and
to each and every one of you to Remove and convey. As also to the Church-Wardens
and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Stythians in the
said County of Cornwall – These.
Whereas Complaint has been made by you the Church-Wardens and Overseers of the
Poor of this parish of Perranarworthal 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
Blanche MITCHELL of the said parish of Stythians Widow hath
lately intruded herself into your said Parish of
Perranarworthal there to inhabit as a Parishioner contrary to the Laws
relating to the Settlement of the Poor, and is 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 her the said
Blanche MITCHELL it appears unto us, and we accordingly adjudge, that
the said Blanche Mitchell is likely to become Chargeable and
that the last legal place of Settlement was in the Parish of
Stythians whence she 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 the parish of
Perranarworthal aforesaid, That you, or some of you, do Forthwith
Remove and Convey the said Blanche MITCHELL from your said
Parish of Perranarworthal to the Parish of Stythians
aforesaid and her deliver to the Church-Wardens and Overseers
of the Poor there, or some 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 Case mabe, Forthwith to Receive the said
Blanche MITCHELL into their said Parish of Stythians
and provide for her as their own Parishioner according to Law.
Given under our Hands and Seals the Seventeenth day of
April the Twenty Sixth 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 fif……
Hen. FOOTE (signed) Jno. THOMAS (signed)
(Last part of date missing, torn document. Signed and sealed in left-hand
margin.)
N.B. Words in italics within brackets
are inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed)
Source:
LDS Film Number 1596594
Grace Lugg
(Handwritten note)
CASE
Grace LUGG now an Inmate in the Parish of St Kevern in the
County of Cornwall , at the age of twenty Intermarried with George LUGG of that
Parish, who lived with her about Ten years and then left her and went to Sea,
and after some years returned again and lived with her some time, after which he
again left her and went to Sea, and being wanting and not heard of by her for
Fifteen years she Intermarried with one Francis BENNY of the Parish of Mawgan,
but some time after her Second Marriage hearing her first Husband was at
Falmouth she went there in quest of him, but he had set sail before her Arrival
there and she never saw him; soon after which time she left her Second Husband
BENNY and removed to the Parish of Perranarworthal in the same County and there
bought a Leasehold Tenement of four pounds a year for Thirty Seven Pounds, which
after few years, and the Loss of two Lives, she sold again for Twenty One
Pounds, and falling poor she came back to St.Kevern where she now is.
It is admitted that the first Husband was alive at Falmouth after the Second
Marriage – he died in One Thousand Seven Hundred and forty four – the Estate in
Perranarworthal was bought after his death in One Thousand Seven Hundred and
Forty nine – Her Second Husband is still living – and she has had only one Child
by her first Husband, which is dead long since and no Child by her second
Husband – And neither of her Husbands was ever possessed of a Sufficient Estate
in any Parish to gain a Settlement. If the Second Marriage was good, would the
Purchase of the Estate in Perranarworthal by her gain both him and her a
Settlement in that Parish or not?
But as the first Husband was living after the Second Marriage, is not such
Second Marriage void? And will she not be considered as a Widow, and to have
bought the Estate in Perranarworthal in her own Right, and Consequently to have
gained a Settlement there, or to what Parish does she belong?
ANSWER
The Second Marriage was clearly void, and her Purchase in
Perran after the Death of her first Husband has gained her a Settlement in that
Parish.
R HUSSEY (signed)
Temple Decbr 16th 1765
N.B. Words in italics within brackets
are inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed)
Source:
LDS Film Number 1596594
Grace Wynne and Children
(Handwritten note)
We the Minister, Churchwarden, Overseer of the Poor & principal inhabitants of
the Parish of Mabe do acknowledge Grace WYNNE & her children Nathaniel WYNNE,
and Ann WYNN to be inhabitants legally settled in our Parish of Mabe, & we do
promise to receive them, or to maintain them whenever they shall become
chargeable to the Parish of Perran – arworthal in wch. Parish they are desirous
to continue for their better support & Employment. Witness our hands this 20th
day of January 1771.
Wm.OSBORNE (Minister), Peter WILLMETT (Churchwarden), James ROYLE (Overseer)
(made his mark), Thomas SPARGO, Henry SARA, Wm. HALVOSO, Caleb KNOWLES.
N.B. Words in italics within brackets
are inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed)
Source:
LDS Film Number 1596594
|
