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Settlement Paper for John and Mary Jane Morrish, Children of George, dated 15 February 1850

In the matter of an order for the Removal of John Morrish aged ten years and nine months or thereabouts and Mary Jane Morrish aged nine years or thereabouts (the children of George Morrish labourer) paupers from the Parish of Stoke Damerel in the Borough of Devonport in the County of Devon to the Parish of Sheviock in the County of Cornwall.
 
To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Sheviock in the County of Cornwall.
 
We hereby give you notice that we do abandon the Order of Removal obtained by us under the hands and seals of George Glasson and John Williams Esquires two of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the said Borough of Devonport for the Removal of the said John Morrish and Mary Jane Morrish from our Parish of Stoke Damerel to your said Parish of Sheviock a copy of which order as also the grounds of removal on which we intendedto rely in support of the said order we sent to you on the Twenty fourth day of January last And we further give you notice that all costs which may henceforth be incurred by you in reference to the said Order or in prosecuting an appeal against the said Order will be incurred at your own risk.
 
Given under our hands at the Parish of Stoke Damerel aforesaid this fifteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty.

J Heard John D Stevenson George …uskery?

A majority of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Stoke Damerel in the Bourough of Devonport in the County of Devon.
 

 
N.B. Words in both italics and brackets are inserted by the transcriber e.g. (signed)
Source:-
LDS Film No. 1596594

Contributed by Fred Hancock

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