Desborough Study : Poor Relief Documents
County of Northampton
WHEREAS Ann Morris Wife of Saml Morris of the Parish of Desborough in the
said County hath made Oath before me Thos Cecil Maunsell Esq one of His
Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said County that, he the said Saml
Morris is very poor and impotent, and not able
to work iprovidetor; and that his family &
he the said Samuel Morris did duly apply to the
Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish to be by them relieved, but was
refused to be relieved by them; and whereas the Overseers of the Poor of the
said Parish have been duly summoned by me, to shew Cause why Relief should
not be given to the said Ann Morris & family
†and did not appear have
not made any sufficient Cause appear†:
I do therefore hereby order the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of
the said Parish or such of them to whom these Presents shall come, to pay
unto the said Saml Morris the Sum of one Guinea weekly and every Week, for
and towards the Support and Maintenance until such Time as they shall be
otherwise ordered according to Law to forbear the said Allowance.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal, at Thorpe Malsor in the said County the 5th
Day of May in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and twelve.
T: C: Maunsell
†
it's difficult to determine exactly what the text should read
between these two symbols as handwritten text has been inserted
and partly crossed through, and some of the printed text has a
smear of ink through it which may or may not have been intended
as a crossing out.