Desborough Study : Settlement Records
John and Elizabeth
Marlow
Removal Order 27th October 1818
from Desborough to Ashley
County of Northampton to wit.
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 Ashley in
the said County of Northampton 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 aforesaid 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 John
Marlow and Elizabeth his Wife and their two Children viz Mary aged
four years and William aged two years 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 John Marlow Elizabeth his Wife and their said two children
Mary and William have 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 John Marlow 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 John Marlow Elizabeth his Wife and their
said two children Matthew and William is in
the said Parish of Ashley in the said County of Northampton
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 John Marlow his Wife and their said two Children
Mary and William from and out
of your said Parish of Desborough to the said Parish of Ashley 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
Ashley to receive and provide for them as inhabitants of your said
Parish
Given under our hands and seals the twenty seventh day of October
in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
E Griffin
Jas Ord
Notes:
Judging by the baptisms of their later children the family
were either permitted to remain in Desborough or they quickly
returned. See David Kidney for a
documented case where this happened.
The removal order was entered on a printed form.