Desborough Study : Settlement Records
Benjamin and
Elizabeth Carris
Settlement Certificate
from Tur Langton in Leicestershire
24th April
1749
County of Leicester
To wit. WE Martain Tailby Henry Biridge & Jno Plumer Church-wardens and
Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Turlangton in the County of Leicester
aforesaid, do hereby own and acknowledge Benjamin Carris and Elizabeth
his wife and Family to be our Inhabitants legally settled in the Parish of Turlangton aforesaid. In Witness whereof, we have hereunto
set our Hands and Seals this 24th Day of April in the 22nd Year
of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George ye 2nd by the Grace of God, of
Great-Britain, France and Ireland, King Defender of the Faith;
and in the Year of our Lord 1749
Attested by
James Morpott
Edwd: Morpott
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Churchwarden
Martin Tealby
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Overseers of the poor
Henry Berridge
John Plumer
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To the Church-wardens and Overseers of the Poor of
the Parish
of Desborough in the County of Northampton 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 Leicester aforesaid, do allow of the above-written
Certificate. And we do also certify, That James Morpott one of the
Witnesses who attested the Execution of the said Certificate, has made Oath before us,
That he did see the Church-wardens 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 Jas Morpott & Edwd Morpott whose names are
above subscribed as Witnesses to the Execution of the said
Certificate, are of their own proper Hand-writing.
Dated the 27th Day of May in the Year of our Lord 1749
W Wrighte
Edwd Craddock |
Note: this Certificate was entered on a printed form
Desborough is about 10 miles south-east of Tur Langton