Desborough Study : Settlement Records
John Morris
Removal Order 14th May 1816
from Desborough to St Mary Nottingham
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 St Mary in
the Town of Nottingham 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 John
Morris hath come to inhabit in the said Parish of Desborough
not having gained a legal settlement there, nor produced any
certificate, owning him to be settled elsewhere, and that the said
John Morris hath 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 Morris 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 him the said John Morris is in
the said Parish of St Mary in the Town of Nottingham
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 Morris from and out of
your said Parish of Desborough to the said Parish of St Mary in the
Town of Nottingham and
him 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 St
Mary to receive and provide for Him as an inhabitant of your
said Parish
Given under our hands and seals the fourteenth day of May in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Sixteen.
Jas Ord
E Griffin
Notes:
The removal order was entered on a printed form.