Desborough Study : Settlement Records
Sarah
Webster
Removal Order 13th April 1778
from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, to Desborough
Borough of Bury Saint Edmunds in the County of Suffolk
To the Constables of the said Borough or any of them And also to
all Constables and other Officers whom it may concern to receive and
convey:
And to the Church Wardens Chapel Wardens or Overseers of the Poor
of the Parish of Desborow in the County of Northampton or either of
them to receive and obey.
Whereas upon Examination of William Webster a private Soldier in
His Majesty's seventh Regiment of Dragoons commanded by Sir George
Howard taken before Us Joseph Maulkin Gent Alderman and William
Symons Esqr two of His Majesty's Justice of the Peace in and for the
said Borough one whereof is of the Quorum upon Oath (a true Copy of
which Examination is hereunto annexed) it doth appear that the
lawful Place of Settlement of the said William Webster, Sarah his
Wife Hannah their Infant Daughter of the Age of six Years & upwards
Mary their Infant Daughter of the Age of five Years or thereabouts
William their Infant Son of the Age of three Years of thereabouts &
Sarah their Infant Daughter of the Age of six Months or thereabouts
is in the said Parish of Desborow in the County of Northampton
aforesaid
And Whereas the said William Webster has applied to the Parish
Officers of the Parish of Saint Mary in the Borough of Bury Saint
Edmunds aforesaid for Relief and Maintenance of the said Ann his
Wife and their four Infant Children He not being able to support &
maintain his said Wife and Children any longer
There are therefore to require You the said Constables of the
Borough of Bury Saint Edmunds [line of text concealed by a
crease]
Mary William & Sarah their Infant Children in a Cart drawn with one
Horse to the Parish of Westley in the said County of Suffolk that
being the first Parish in the next Precinct[?] through which they
ought to pass in the direct Way to the said Parish of Desborow to
which they are to be sent and to deliver them to the Constables or
other Officer of each first Parish in each next Precinct together
with this Pass and the Copy of the Examination of the said William Webster
thereunto annexed taking his Receipt for the same
And the said Ann Webster and her four Infant Children are to be
thence conveyed on in like manner to the said Parish of Desborow
there to be delivered to some of the Church Wardens or Overseers of
the Poor of the same Parish to be there provided for according to
Law
And you the said Church Wardens Chapel Wardens and Overseers of
the Poor are hereby required to receive the said Persons and provide
for them as aforesaid
Given under our Hands and Seals the thirteenth Day of April in
the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight.
Jos Maulkin, Aldn
Wm Symons
[In the margin:] Borough of Huntingdon Apl 15th 1778 allowd to
pass Jno Lawrence, Mayor