Desborough Study : Settlement Records
Jonathan and Mary
Yeomans
Removal Order 23rd November 1807
from Desborough to Narborough in Leicestershire
County of Northampton
To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the
Parish of Desborough in the said County and to the Churchwardens
and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Narborough in
the County of Leicester and to each and every of them.
UPON the Complaint of the churchwardens and overseers of the
poor
of the Parish of Desborough aforesaid, in the said County of
Northampton unto us, whose names are hereunto set, and seals affixed,
being two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the
said County of Northampton and one of us of the quorum, that
Jonathan Yeomans Mary his Wife, and Phebe their Daughter aged two
years and Mary their Daughter aged one year And Joseph aged twelve
years Harry aged ten years and Ann aged Six years by a former wife
have come to inhabit in the said Parish of Desborough
not having gained a legal settlement there, nor produced any
certificate, owning them to be settled elsewhere, and that the said
Jonathan Yeomans Mary his said wife and said Children are become
chargeable to the said Parish of Desborough
We, the said Justices, upon due Proof made thereof, as well upon
the examination of the said Jonathan Yeomans upon oath, as
otherwise, and likewise upon due consideration had of the premises,
do adjudge the same to be true; and we do likewise adjudge, that the
lawful settlement of them the said Jonathan Yeomans Mary his Wife
and the said Children is in the said Parish of Narborough in the
said County of Leicester
We do therefore require you the said churchwardens and overseers
of the poor of the said Parish of Desborough or some, or one of you,
to convey the said Jonathan Yeomans Mary his wife and the said
Children from and out of your said Parish of Desborough to the said
Parish of Narborough and them to deliver to the churchwardens and
overseers of the poor there, or to some, or one of them, together
with this our order, or a true copy thereof; And we do also hereby
require you the said churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the
said Parish of Narborough to receive and provide for them as
inhabitants of your said Parish
Given under our hands and seals the twenty third day of November
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven.
T C Maunsell
Will Lockwood Maydwell
Notes:
Jonathan and Mary returned to Desborough before 1841 when
they are shown in the census there.
The removal order was entered on a printed form.