Desborough Study : Settlement Records
William and Mersey
Cooke
Removal Order 8th November 1736
confirmed 11th January 1736/7
from Desborough to
Brampton
Northamptonshire To wit at the Generall Quarter Sessions of
the Peace of our Soveraign Lord the King held at Northampton in
and for the said County Tuesday the week next after the Feast of
the Epiphany of our Lord to wit the Eleaventh day of January in
the Tenth year of the Reign of our Soveraigne Lord George the
Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland
King Defender of the Faith and so forth and in the Year of our
Lord 1736.
Whereas William Hanbury and Laugham Rokeby Esq Two of his
Majestyes Justices of the Peace in this County one of them being
of the Quorum have made then[?] Order under their hands and
Seales in these words and figures following or to the like
Effect (to wit)
Northamptonshire to witt To the Churchwardens & Overseers of
the Poor of the Parish of Desborough to [???] & to ye
Churchwardens & Overseers of the Poor of ye Parish of
Brampton to receive & observe
Whereas Complaint is made unto us (being two of his Majestyes
Justices of the Peace and Quorum [???] for ye said
County of ye Division) by you ye
Churchwardens & Overseers of ye Poor of ye
said Parish of Desborough that William Cooke & Mersey his Wife &
Thomas Abraham & William their Children are inhabiting in your
said Parish of Desborough to gain their Settlement therein not
bringing any Certifficate owning themselves settled nor by any
way Qualified to gain their Settlemt & are likely to become
chargeable to your Parish of Desborough contrary to the Statute
in that Case made, & we ye sd Justices of ye
Peace having now Examined ye sd William Cooke on his
Oath touching the place of his Lawfull Settlemt & also the
Overseers of ye Poor of Desborough aforesd touching ye
sd Complaint we thereby adjudge that ye sd William
Cooke & Mersey his wife Thomas Abraham & William their Children
are or are likely to become Chargeable to ye sd
Parish of Desborough & that the last place of their Lawfull
Settlemt is in the Parish of Brampton abovesd
these are therefore to require you ye sd
Churchwardens or Overseers of ye Poor of the Parish
of Desborough or some of you forthwith to Convey ye
sd William Cooke & Mersey his Wife Thomas Abraham & Wm their
Children to the Parish of Brampton abovesd to deliver them to ye
Churchwardens or Overseers of the Poor thereof or to either or [fragment
missing] (together wth this order or a true Copy hereof)
who are hereby required to receive them [fragment missing]
provide for them as their Parishioners as the Law in that Case
doth direct of which [fragment missing] not to faile
under the Penalty of five pounds
Given under our hands & Seales this Eight day of November &
in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Six
And whereas noe Appeal hath een Entred at this Sessions in this
Court against the said Order And the Inhabitants of Desborough
aforesaid by [???] Doctor Attorney at Law on [their] behalf
Praying this Court that the Order above recited may be
Confirmed, This Court doth Order that the Order above recited be
Confirmed And the Same is hereby Confirmed Accordingly
By the Court
Smith