Desborough Study : Settlement Records
Elizabeth Yeamans,
widow
Removal Order 14th October 1775
from Wokingham, Berkshire, to Desborough
Town of Wokingham in the County of Berks (to wit)
To the Church Wardens and Overseers of the Poor of the town of Wokingham in the County
of Berks and to the Church Wardens
and Overseers of the Poor of the parish of Desborough in
the County of Northampton and to each and every of them.
UPON the complaint of the Church Wardens and Overseers of the
Poor
of the town of Wokingham in the County of Berks 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 town of Wokingham and one of us of the Quorum, that Elizabeth Yeamans
Widow of Thomas Yeamans deceased and her four Children by the said
Thomas Yeamans Viz: Lydia of the age of Eleven years and upwards,
Anne of the age of Six Years and upwards, Charlotte of the age of
two years and upwards and Thomas of the age of ten weeks did lately come to inhabit in the said
town of Wokingham not having gained a legal
Settlement there,
nor produced any
Certificate owning them to be settled elsewhere, and that the
said Elizabeth Yeamans and her said four Children are now become chargeable to
the said Town of Wokingham.
We, the said Justices upon due Proof made here of, as well upon
the Examination of the said Elizabeth Yeamans 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 Elizabeth Yeamans and her said
four Children is in the said parish of Daisborough in the said County of
Northampton.
We do therefore require you the said Churchwardens and Overseers
of the Poor of the said town of Wokingham or some, or one of you, to
convey the said Elizabeth Yeamans and her said four Children from
and out of your said town of Wokingham to the said parish of
Daisborough 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 direct you
the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said parish
of Daisborough to receive and provide for them as Inhabitants of your
parish
Given under our Hands and Seals the 14th Day of October in the
Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy five.
Clement Couttwell
James Webb