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John Page
Removal Order 22nd Feb 1825
from Desborough to Earl Shilton, Leicestershire

County of Northampton  To Wit.

To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish or Township of Desborough in the County of Northampton. And to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Earl Shilton in the County of Leicester

Whereas complaint hath been made by you the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish or Township of Desborough unto us, whose hands and seals are hereunto set, two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace (whereof one is of the Quorum) in and for the said county of Northampton that

John Page a Poor Boy

hath lately intruded himself into your said Parish or Township of Desborough there to inhabit as Parishioner contrary to the Laws relating to the Settlement of the Poor, and has there become chargeable.

And Whereas upon due examination and inquiry made intot eh Premises, as well as upon the examination upon Oath of the Overseer of the Poor taken before us the said Justices, as otherwise it appears unto us, and we accordingly adjudge that the said John Page hath become chargeable unto the said Parish or Township of Earl Shilton and that the last legal place of settlement of the said John Page is in the said Parish or Township of Earl Shilton in the said County of Leicester by a Service under an Indenture to William Shingler

These are in His Majesty's name, to order and require you the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish or Township of Desborough aforesaid, that you or some or you, do forthwith remove and convey the said John Page from your said Parish or Township of Desborough to the said Parish or Township of Earl Shilton and him deliver to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor there, or some of them, together with this Warrant or Order, or a true Copy hereof, and you the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish or Township of Earl Shilton are hereby required in His Majesty's name, and by virtue of the Statutes in such case made, forthwith to receive the said John Page. into their said Parish or Township and provide for him as their own Parishioner. Given under our Hands and Seals this twenty second Day of February in the Year of our Lord 1825.