Desborough Study : Settlement Records
Samuel & Elizabeth
Case
Settlement Certificate
from Rockingham
18th April 1769
Northamptonshire to wit
ss. WE Wat Tookuy Church-Wardens & we John Frisby
Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Rockingham in the County of
aforesaid, do hereby own and acknowledge Samuell Case Labourer and Elizabeth
his Wife to be both Inhabitants legally settled in the Parish of Rockingham aforesaid.
In Witness whereof, we have hereunto
set our Hands and Seals, this 18 Day of April in the 9th Year of the Reign
of our Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God, of
Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender
of the Faith. And in the Year of our Lord 1769
Attested by
Francis Essam
James Gibson
Thomas Knight
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Churchwarden
Wat Tookey
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Overseers of the poor
John Frisby |
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To the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of
the Parish
of Desborough or Pipwell in the Parish of Wilbarston or to any,
or either of them.
WE whose Names are hereunto subscribed, two of his
Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the
County of Northampton aforesaid, do allow of the above-written
Certificate. And we do also certify, that Francis Essam the Witness
who attested the Execution of the said Certificate, has made Oath before us that he did see the Church-Warden and
Overseers, whose Names and Seals are to the said Certificate
subscribed and set, severally sign and seal the said Certificate, and that
the Names of the said Frances Essam James Gibson & Ths Knight whose names are
above-subscribed, as Witnesses to the Execution of the said
Certificate, are of their own proper Hand-writing.
Dated the 18th Day of April in the Year 1769
J Hill
B Bridges |
Note: this Certificate was entered on a printed form
Desborough is about 8 miles south south-west of Rockingham