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Settlement Documents for Eleanora Goudge

Document 1

Certificate of Chargeability (Eleanora Goudge) 21st December 1859
 
CERTIFICATE OF CHARGEABILITY
7 and 8 Vict. C.101, sec 69

THE CORPORATION OF GUARDIANS OF THE POOR of the Town of Plymouth in the County of Devon Do hereby Certify that
Eleanora Goudge wife of Henry Goudge absent from her and her six children namely Henry Philip Goudge, John Goudge, Mary Susan Goudge, Eleanora Goudge, Evangelina Goudge and Perchard Goudge have become chargeable to the Parish of Charles in the said Town and Borough of Plymouth, and are now chargeable to and in receipt of relief from the said Parish
In Testimony whereof the Common Seal of the said Corporation of Guardians, is hereunto affixed, at a Court of their Corporation, this twenty first day of December One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty nine

1859 Decr. 29 Guildhall Plymouth
Exhibited to us
(signed) John Burnell    James Skardon

N.B. Printed form with handwritten insertions, shown in bold italics

Source: LDS Film 1596594, CRO Ref: DDP 198/13/3/6

Document 2

Authorization of Peter Adams (Eleanora Goudge) 27th December 1859

To Mr Peter Adams one of the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Charles in the Borough of Plymouth in the County of Devon
WE, the undersigned being the majority of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Charles in the Borough of Plymouth, in the County of Devon, hereby authorize and empower you, the said Peter Adams (being one other of the Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Charles) to make an Application and Complaint to two of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, of, in, and for, and acting in and for the said Borough of Plymouth, and having jurisdiction within the said Parish of Charles (in which said Borough of Plymouth, the said Parish of Charles is situate), at the said Borough of Plymouth in the said County of Devon (one of the said Justices being of the Quorum), at a Petty Sessions, to be holden on Thursday next the twenty ninth day of December One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty nine by eleven of the Clock in the Forenoon of the same day, at the Guildhall, of and in the said Borough of Plymouth, respecting the Inhabitancy in, and chargeability to, and receipt of relief from the said Parish of Charles of Eleanora Goudge wife of Henry Goudge absent from her and her six children in order that the said Eleanora Goudge may be duly examined as to the place of his or her last legal settlement, and further dealt with according to Law; and further, to do or cause to be done all other acts which may be necessary in relation to the premises
Dated this twenty seventh day of December One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty nine

(signed) Richd. Luscombe (signed) Wm. Davey (signed) James Hawken (signed) R. Evens

Majority of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Charles

1859 Decr 29. Guildhall Plymouth
Exhibited to us
(signed) John Burnell
(signed) James S. Rawdon

N.B. Printed form with handwritten insertions, shown in bold italics

Source: LDS Film 1596594, CRO Ref: DDP 198/13/3/13

Document 3

Complaint for Removal Order (Eleanora Goudge) 29th December 1859

DEVON TO WIT, BOROUGH OF PLYMOUTH. The Complaint of Peter Adams one of the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Charles in the Borough of Plymouth, in the County of Devon, made on behalf of himself, as one of such Overseers as aforesaid, and also on behalf of Richard Luscombe and William Davey the Churchwardens and James Hawker and Richard Evens two of the other Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Charles and by their authority and with their consent unto us, the undersigned John Burnell Esquire Mayor and James Skardon Esquire two of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace of, in, and for, and acting in and for the said Borough of Plymouth, and having jurisdiction within the said Parish of Charles in which said Borough of Plymouth, the said Parish of Charles is situate, at the said Borough of Plymouth in the said County of Devon (one of us, the said Justices, being of the quorum), this twenty ninth day of December in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty nine who saith: That Eleanora Goudge wife of Richard Goudge absent from her and her Six children namely Henry Philip Goudge, John Goudge, Mary Susan Goudge, Eleanora Goudge, Evangelina Goudge and Perchard Goudge have lately come to inhabit, and are now inhabiting in the said Parish of Charles endeavouring to settle there contrary to Law, not having resided or inhabited in the said Parish of Charles for Five Years next before this complaint exclusive of the time of receiving relief; and they not having, nor any or either of them having, gained a legal settlement there, and she or they not having, nor any or either of them having produced any certificate acknowledging her or them, or any or either of them, to be settled elsewhere; and that the said Eleanora Goudge and her six children have become and are actually chargeable to the said Parish of Charles and have been relieved by, and are now actually receiving relief from the said Parish of Charles and that she or they have not become so chargeable to the said Parish of Charles in respect of relief made necessary by sickness or accident, and are not by any provision of the law exempt from being removed from the said Parish of Charles the said Peter Adams therefore prays that the said Eleanora Goudge may be duly examined as to the place of her legal settlement, and further dealt with according to Law.

(signed) Peter Adams OVERSEER

Exhibited before us, at Plymouth, the Day and Year first above written

(signed) John Burnell (signed) James Skardon

N.B. Printed form with handwritten insertions, shown in bold italics

Source: LDS Film 1596594, CRO Ref: DDP 198/13/3/8

Document 4

Evidence given in relation to Removal Order application (Eleanora Goudge) 29th December 1859

DEVON To Wit. BOROUGH OF PLYMOUTH. The Examinations of Eleanora Goudge wife of Henry Goudge absent from her now residing at No.6 Parade in the Parish of Charles in the Borough of Plymouth in the County of Devon, Mary Goudge and Hampden Watton touching the place of the last legal settlement of the aforesaid Eleanora Goudge and her six children namely Henry Philip Goudge, John Goudge, Mary Susan Goudge, Eleanora Goudge, Evangelina Goudge and Perchard Goudge taken on oath before us the undersigned John Burnell Esquire Mayor and James Skardon Esquire, two of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace of, in, and for, and acting in and for the said Borough of Plymouth, and having jurisdiction within the said Parish of Charles (in which said Borough of Plymouth, the said Parish of Charles is situate) at the said Borough of Plymouth (one of us being of the Quorum) this twenty ninth day of December One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty nine upon the application and complaint of Peter Adams one of the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Charles made on behalf of himself as one of such Overseers, and also on behalf of the other Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Charles to the effect that the said Eleanora Goudge and her six children (no one of the said six children having gained a legal settlement in his or her own right) had lately come to inhabit and were then inhabiting in the said Parish of Charles endeavouring to settle there contrary to Law, not having resided or inhabited in the said Parish of Charles for five years next before the said application and complaint exclusive of the time of receiving relief, she or they not having nor any or either of them having gained a legal settlement in the said Parish of Charles and she or they not having nor any nor either of them having gained a legal settlement there, and she, or they, not having, nor any nor either of them having produced any certificate acknowledging her or them, nor any nor either of them to be settled elsewhere, and that the said Eleanora Goudge and her six children had become actually chargeable to the said Parish of Charles and had been relieved by and were then actually chargeable to and receiving relief from the said Parish of Charles that she, or they had not become so chargeable to the said Parish of Charles in respect of relief made necessary by sickness or accident and were not by any provision of the Law exempt from being removed from the said Parish of Charles
The said Eleanora Goudge on her oath saith: I am about twenty nine years of age. I am the wife of Henry Goudge who is now absent from me. My Husband the said Henry Goudge quitted my [sic] about the month of October 1859. I was lawfully married to the said Henry Goudge at the Parish Church of Saint Martin in the Island of Jersey on or about the eighth day of January in the year 1848. I have six children by my Husband the said Henry Goudge namely Henry Philip now aged nine years or thereabouts John Goudge now aged eight years or thereabouts Mary Susan Goudge now aged six years or thereabouts Eleanora Goudge now aged four years or thereabouts Evangelina Goudge now aged three years or thereabouts and Perchard Goudge eight months old. All my six children were born in lawful wedlock and none of them have done any act to gain a settlement in their own right. My Husband the said Henry Goudge as I have heard and verily believe was born in the parish of Roche in the County of Cornwall in about the year 1823. I have heard and verily believe that Henry Goudge the father of my said Husband ..... years before his the father’s death rented and occupied an estate in ..... parish of Roche at the yearly rent of thirty pounds .... to and duly paid the poor rates and other rates and taxes in respect of the said estate and ..... during the
period of that renting and .... thereof as aforesaid. I have heard and verily believe that the said Henry Goudge the father resided and slept in the said parish of Roche during the whole period of his renting and occupying the said estate as aforesaid and that the said Henry Goudge the father resided and slept forty days and upwards in the said parish of Roche during the period of his renting .... the said estate ... and to the best of my knowledge and belief he .... any act to gain a settlement in his own right. I and my said .... are all now actually .... chargeable to and receiving relief .... the parish of Charles in the .... Plymouth in the County of Devon. I have not resided in the said parish of Charles or elsewhere in the said Town of Plymouth for five years next before this day

(signed) Eleanora Goudge

N.B. Printed form with handwritten insertions, shown in bold italics

Source: LDS Film 1596594, CRO Ref: DDP 198/13/3/11

Document 5

Mary Goudge on her oath saith. I am about fifty nine years of age. I am the Widow of Henry Goudge deceased. I was lawfully married to the said Henry Goudge at the Parish Church of the Parish of St Stephens in the County of Cornwall about the month of February 1819. I had a son by my said husband namely Henry Goudge who is the Husband of Eleanora Goudge now present. My son the said Henry Goudge was born in lawful wedlock in the parish of Roche in the County of Cornwall about thirty six years ago. My said son Henry Goudge was never bound apprentice was never hired as a yearly servant or rented a tenement at the rent of ten pounds a year and upwards and to the best of my knowledge and belief never did any act to gain a settlement in his own right. My Husband the said Henry Goudge died about .... since. For some years previous my Husband the said Henry Goudge .... rented and occupied an .... Colvreth situate in the parish of Roche in the County of Cornwall aforesaid at the yearly rent of thirty pounds .... estate was rented as aforesaid .... Mr William .... paid the said rent of thirty .... and was duly .... poor rates .... estate .... of his renting .... occupation thereof as aforesaid. My Husband the said Henry Goudge resided and slept in the parish of Roche in the County of Cornwall aforesaid during the whole period of his renting and occupying the said estate as aforesaid. My Husband the said Henry Goudge resided and slept forty days .... upwards in the said Parish .... occupying .... estate aforesaid ....

(signed) John Burnell
(signed) James Skardon

N.B. Handwritten document

Source: LDS Film 1596594, CRO Ref: DDP 198/13/3/11B

Document 6

The said Hampden Watton on his Oath saith: I am Assistant Clerk to the Corporation of Guardians of the Poor of the Town of Plymouth, in the County of Devon. I was present at a Court or Meeting of the Corporation of Guardians of the Poor of the Town of Plymouth, in the County of Devon in which the Parish of Charles is situate, held at their Council Chamber, in the Workhouse, in the said Borough the twenty first day of December One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty nine and did then and there affix the Common Seal of the said Corporation of Guardians of the Poor to a Certificate of Chargeability of Eleanora Goudge wife of Henry Goudge absent from her and her six children now present and which said Certificate of Chargeability is now produced and marked A and did see William Truman Harris Governor and then presiding Chairman of the said Court of Guardians sign, and I did as such Clerk countersign the said Certificate of Chargeability, the names W.T. Harris and Hampden Watton at the foot of the said Certificate of Chargeability are of the proper hands writing of William Truman Harris as such Governor and Chairman, and of myself, as such Clerk as aforesaid

(signed) Hampden Watton

Sworn before us –

(signed) John Burnell
(signed) James Skardon

N.B. Printed form with handwritten insertions, shown in bold italics

Source: LDS Film 1596594, CRO Ref: 198/13/3/11C

Document 7

Removal Order (Eleanora Goudge) 29th December 1859

Devon to wit, Borough of Plymouth. To the Churchwardens, Overseers, and Guardians of the Poor of the Parish of Charles in the Borough of Plymouth in the County of Devon, and to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Roche in the County of Cornwall and to each and every of them
Whereas Complaint hath this day been made unto us, the undersigned, whose Names are hereunto set and Seals affixed, being two of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, of, in, and for, and acting in and for the Borough of Plymouth in the County of Devon aforesaid, and having jurisdiction within the said Parish of Charles (in which said Borough of Plymouth, the Parish of Charles is situate) at the said Borough of Plymouth (one of us the said Justices being of the Quorum) by Peter Adams Overseer of the Poor, of the Parish of Charles of the Town of Plymouth, in the County of Devon, made on behalf of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Charles in Plymouth aforesaid, that Eleanora Goudge (Wife of Henry Goudge absent from her) and her Six children namely Henry Philip Goudge Nine years of age or thereabout John Goudge Eight years of age or thereabout Mary Susan Goudge Six years of age or thereabout Eleanora Goudge Four years of age or thereabout Evangelina Goudge Three years of age or thereabout and Perchard Goudge Eight months old have lately come to inhabit, and are now inhabiting in the said Parish of Charles endeavouring to settle their contrary to law, and they not having resided or inhabited in the said Parish of Charles for Five Years next before the application of this warrant (exclusive of the time of receiving relief) not having nor any or either of them having gained a legal settlement there, and they not having, nor any or either of them having produced any Certificate acknowledging them nor any or either of them to be settled elsewhere; and that the said Eleanora Goudge and her six children are now actually chargeable to and receiving relief from the Parish of Charles and that they have not become so chargeable in respect of relief made necessary by sickness or accident, and are not by any provision of the law exempt from being removed from the said Parish of Charles
We, the said Justices, upon due proof thereof, as well by examination of witnesses to wit, of the said Eleanora Goudge and also of Mary Goudge and Hampden Watton, upon oath or otherwise and upon due consideration of the premises do adjudge the same to be true, and that the place of the last legal settlement of the said Eleanora Goudge and her six children is in the Parish of Roche in the said County of Cornwall
These are, therefore, in Her Majesty’s Name, to require and order that you, the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Charles and in the manner prescribed by Law, remove and convey by yourselves, or by some proper person or persons to be employed by you, the said Eleanora Goudge and her six children from and out of your said Parish of Charles to the said Parish of Roche and them there shall deliver, together with this our order, or a Duplicate, or True Copy thereof, unto the Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Roche or one of them who are hereby required to receive and provide for them the said Eleanora Goudge and her six children according to Law.
Given under our Hands and Seals, at Plymouth, in the County of Devon aforesaid, the twenty ninth day of December in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty nine

N.B. Printed form with handwritten insertions, shown in bold italics

Source: LDS Film 1596594, CRO Ref: 198/13/3/2B

Document 8

Notice of Removal (Eleanora Goudge) 4th January 1860
 
BOROUGH OF PLYMOUTH
In the County of Devon

As to the Removal of Eleanora Goudge (Wife of Henry Goudge now absent from her) and her Six children namely Henry Philip now aged Nine years or thereabout John now aged Eight years or thereabout Mary Susan now aged Six years or thereabout Eleanora now aged Four years or thereabout Evangelina now aged Three years or thereabout and Perchard now aged Eight months or thereabout
To the CHURCHWARDENS AND OVERSEERS of the Poor of the Parish of Roche in the County of Cornwall
TAKE NOTICE that the above-named Eleanora Goudge (Wife of Henry Goudge now absent from her) and her Six children namely Henry Philip now aged Nine years or thereabout John now aged Eight years or thereabout Mary Susan now aged Six years or thereabout Eleanora now aged Four years or thereabout Evangelina now aged Three years or thereabout and Perchard now aged Eight months or thereabout have come to inhabit and are now inhabiting in our Parish of Charles not having ....... resided or inhabited in the said Parish of Charles for five years next before ........ the Order hereinafter referred to, exclusive of the time of receiving relief, not having nor any of them having gained a legal settlement there, and not having, nor any of them having produced a Certificate acknowledging them or any of them to be settled elsewhere, and not being irremoveable by Law from the said Parish of Charles and that the said Eleanora Goudge and her said six children have become actually chargeable to, and have been relieved by the said Parish of Charles and are now actually chargeable to, and receiving relief from the said Parish of Charles and that they have not become so chargeable in respect of relief made necessary by sickness or accident, and are not by any provision of Law exempt from being removed from the said Parish of Charles and that an Order under the Hands and Seals of John Burnell Esquire Mayor and James Skardon Esquire two of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace of, in and for, and acting in and for the said Borough of Plymouth, dated the twenty ninth day of December in the year 1859 has been obtained for the Removal of the said Eleanora Goudge and her said six children from the said Parish of Charles to your said Parish of Roche in the County of Cornwall above-named as being the place of their last legal settlement, a Copy or Duplicate of which said Order is herewith sent
And further take Notice, that the Grounds of Removal upon which the said Order was made, and the particulars of the Settlement, and upon some or all of which we intend to rely in support of the said Order are the following:-
That the said Eleanora Goudge and her said six children are now legally settled in your said Parish of Roche in the County of Cornwall
That the said Eleanora Goudge is the wife of Henry Goudge now absent from her.
That the said Eleanora Goudge was lawfully married to the said Henry Goudge at the Parish Church of Saint Martin in the Island of Jersey on or about the Eighth day of January in the year 1848.
That the said Henry Goudge the husband of the said Eleanora Goudge has been since the month of October last and still is absent from her.
That the said Eleanora Goudge has had six children by her husband the said Henry Goudge namely Henry Philip now aged Nine years or thereabout John now aged Eight years or thereabout Mary Susan now aged Six years or thereabout Eleanora now aged Four years or thereabout Evangelina now aged Three years or thereabout and Perchard now aged Eight months or thereabout all of which said six children were born in lawful wedlock and have never done any act to gain a legal settlement in their own right.
That the said Henry Goudge the husband of the said Eleanora Goudge was born in lawful wedlock in the Parish of Roche in the County of Cornwall aforesaid in or about the year 1823
That the said Henry Goudge the husband of the said Eleanora Goudge is the son of Henry Goudge deceased and Mary Goudge his wife
That the said Henry Goudge deceased was lawfully married to his said wife Mary Goudge at the Parish Church of Saint Stephens in the County of Cornwall about the month of February in the year 1819
That the said Henry Goudge deceased the father of the said Henry Goudge for some years previous to his death (which event happened in or about the year 1841) rented of a Mr William Shepheard and occupied a separate and distinct tenement consisting of an Estate called Colvreth situate in the Parish of Roche in the County of Cornwall aforesaid at the yearly rent of Thirty Pounds
That the said Henry Goudge deceased that father of the said Henry Goudge during the whole of the period of his occupation and renting the said estate duly paid the said rent of Thirty Pounds yearly and was duly assessed to and duly paid the Poor rates and all other rates and taxes in respect of the said Estate as aforesaid
That the said Henry Goudge deceased the father of the said Henry Goudge resided and slept on the said estate in the said Parish of Roche during the whole of the time of his occupation and renting of the said Estate as aforesaid
That the said Henry Goudge deceased the father of the said Henry Goudge resided and slept in the said Parish of Roche in the County of Cornwall aforesaid for forty days and upwards during the period of his so renting and occupying the said Estate as aforesaid
That the said Eleanora Goudge and her said six children have come to inhabit and are now inhabiting in our Parish of Charles in the Borough of Plymouth in the County of Devon and that the said Eleanora Goudge and her said six children are now actually residing in chargeable to and receiving relief from our said Parish of Charles
That the said Eleanora Goudge and her said six children have not resided in the said Parish of Charles in the Borough of Plymouth aforesaid nor elsewhere in the said Borough of Plymouth for five years next before the day of the date of the said Order of Removal hereinbefore referred to exclusive of the time of receiving relief and that the said Eleanora Goudge and her said six children are not irremoveable by Law from the said Parish of Charles
And lastly take Notice that unless we receive Notice of Appeal against the said Order of Removal within the time allowed by Law the said Eleanora Goudge and her said six children will be removed to your said Parish of Roche in the County of Cornwall in pursuance of the said Order of Removal

	Given under our hands this fourth day of January in the year 1860
	Richd Luscombe Wm Davey ? ? James Hawke		Majority of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Charles in the Borough of Plymouth in the County of Devon aforesaid

N.B. Printed form with handwritten insertions, shown in bold italics

Source: LDS Film 1596594, CRO Ref: 198/13/3/2A

Document 9

Notice of Appeal against Removal Order (Eleanora Goudge) 18th January 1860

To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Charles in the Borough of Plymouth in the County of Devon
Take Notice that we the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the parish of Roche in the County of Cornwall do intend at the next General Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be holden in and for the said Borough of Plymouth in the County of Devon aforesaid to prosecute an appeal against an order of John Burnell and James Skardon Esquires two of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace of in and for and acting in and for the said Borough of Plymouth bearing date the twenty ninth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine for and concerning the removal of Eleanora Goudge (wife of Henry Goudge absent from her) and her six children namely Henry Philip Goudge Nine years of age or thereabouts John Goudge Eight years of age or thereabouts Mary Susan Goudge Six years of age or thereabouts Eleanora Goudge Four years of age or thereabouts Evangelina Goudge Three years of age or thereabouts and Perchard Goudge 8 months old to our said Parish of Roche aforesaid

Given under our hands this eighteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and sixty

(signed) John Rundle (signed) Thomas Phillipps (signed) Philip Tonkin

majority of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Roche

(Endorsed on the rear)
Re Goudge family
Roach & Charles
Notice of Appeal
 
21 January 1860 (in post 3 P.M.)
Put Duplicate hereof into the Post Office
this day addressed as follows
“To the Churchwardens and
Overseers of the Poor of the
Parish of Charles Plymouth
 
(signed) Thomas Rowse

N.B. Handwritten document

Source: LDS Film 1596594, CRO Ref: 198/13/3/10

Document 10

Letter Phillips & Son to Coode Shilson & Co (Eleanora Goudge) 20th January 1860

Plymouth January 20th / 60

Dear Sirs

Re Goudges’ removal

Your letter of the 18th instant has been handed to us and we now beg to enclose your copies of the Examinations as requested, our charge for which 9/8 can you please send us in P. Stamps or I.O.U.
 
The Borough Quarter Sessions are not yet fixed. Held last year on the 30th March. The Recorder fixes the day about a fortnight before holding the Sessions.

Yours truly

Phillips & Son

Messrs Coode Shilson & Co
Sols

(Endorsed on rear)
 
20th Jany 1860
 
Roche & Charles
 
Re Goudge’s family
 
Messrs Phillips & Son

N.B. Handwritten document

Source: LDS Film 1596594, CRO Ref: 198/13/3/7

Document 11

Letter Phillips & Son to Messrs Coode Shilson & Co – 23rd January 1860

Plymouth January 23rd 1860
 
Dear Sirs

Re Goudges’ removal

We thank you for P. Stamps 9/8 for costs herein. We shall have pleasure in informing you when the Borough Sessions are fixed but we cannot undertake to do so.

Yours truly
 
Phillips & Son

Messrs Coode Shilson & Co
Sols
St Austell

(Endorsed on rear)
 
23rd January 1860
 
Messrs Phillips & Son
 
Re Goudge
 
Acknt of receipt of 9/8

N.B. Handwritten document

Source: LDS Film 1596594, CRO Ref: 198/13/3/4

Document 12

Bill from W. Shilson (Eleanora Goudge)
 
The Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Roche
To
W. Shilson

1860	Eleanora Goudge & children (Paupers)
January 17	You having been served with Order and Grounds for the removal of this Pauper and Children from the parish of Charles in the Borough of Plymouth to your parish attending on you perusing the same when I advised you to make enquiries as to the legality of the Pauper’s marriage with her late husband		13. 4
18	Letter to Overseers of the parish of Charles for copy examinations on which the Order was made		3. 6
	Paid for same		9. 8
	Letter to Messrs Phillips and Son, Clerks to the Borough Justices enclosing postage stamps for their charge for copy Examinations and making enquiry as to when the Quarter Sessions for the Borough of Plymouth would be held
	Perusing copy Examinations and considering the case		6. 8
	Instructions for Notice of Appeal		3. 4
	Drawing same and two fair copies 4 folios each		6. 8
21	Letter to Overseers of the parish of Charles with same		3. 6
	Messrs Phillips & Son not having given me a satisfactory reply to my enquiry as to when the Borough Sessions would be held, letter to Messrs Rooker and Laver making the same enquiry		3. 6
24	You having procured a Certificate of the marriage of this Pauper with her husband in the name of Brenton instead of Goudge advising with you thereon when I noted the point and promised to consider it		3. 4
27	Attending on you again today when I informed you that after considering the point and the authorities upon it I thought the fact of Pauper’s Husband being married in the name of Brenton instead of his proper name of Goudge was not sufficient to invalidate the marriage and I advised you to withdraw the Appeal		6. 8
	Letter to the Overseers of Charles accordingly consenting on ) your behalf to abandon the Appeal )		3. 6
	Letters, postages, &c		5. 0
			£3. 12. 2
	(Receipted 27 Mar 1860 over postage stamp)

(Endorsed on rear of bill)
 
Overseers of Roche
 
W. Shilson’s Bill

£3. 12. 2

N.B. Handwritten document

Source: LDS Film 1596594, CRO Ref: 198/13/3/3

Document 13

Extract from the Register of Marriages
Of the Parish of St Martin in the Island of Jersey

St Martin's Marriage Register shows that on

8 January 1848, John BRENTON (aged 24, bachelor & labourer, living at St Martin's, born St Austell, son of Henry a labourer) married

Eleanor PERCHARD (aged 17, spinster, living at St Martin, born St Martin, dau of Philip Perchard a fisherman)

By Licence of the Vicar Dean, in the presence of Philippa Perchard & Sophie de Ste Croix (witnesses)

Certified as a true and faithful Extract by Philip Guiller, Rector of St Martin's on 13 January 1860

(Endorsed on the rear)
 
Re Eleanora Goudge
 
Marriage Certificate

N.B. Copyright prevents certificate from being published here

Source: LDS Film 1596594, CRO Ref: 198/13/3/5
 

Contributed by John Evans

 
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