Desborough Study : Settlement Records
Frances Hulbert
Removal Order 9th September 1805
from Desborough to Great Oakley
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 Great
Oakley in
the said County 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 and one of us of the quorum, that Frances
Hulbert Single woman - Supposed to be with Child - hath come to
inhabit in the said Parish of Desborough
not having gained a legal Settlement there, nor produced any
certificate, owning her to be settled elsewhere, and that the said
Frances Hulbert has 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 Frances Hulbert 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 her the said Frances Hulbert is in the said Parish of
Great Oakley 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 Frances Hulbert from and out of your said Parish
of Desborough to the said Parish of Great Oakley and her 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 Great Oakley to receive
and provide for her as an inhabitant of your said Parish
Given under our hands and seals the ninth day of September in the
Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five.
H R Knapp
E Griffin
Notes:
It's possible that this is the Frances Hulbert who married
William Coe in 1807.
The removal order was entered on a printed form.