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John and Sarah Tompkins
Removal Order 24th November 1815
from Northampton to Desborough

The Town of Northampton

To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of All Saints in the said Town of Northampton in the County of Northampton and to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Desborough in the said County of Northampton and to each and every of them.

UPON the complaint of the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the Parish of All Saints aforesaid, in the said Town 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 Town of Northampton and one of us of the quorum, that John Tompkins, Weaver aged about thirty four years, Sarah his Wife and their Child named Charles aged about three years have come to inhabit in the said Parish of All Saints not having gained a legal settlement there, nor produced any certificate, owning them to be settled elsewhere, and that the said John Tompkins Sarah his Wife and their said Child are now actually chargeable to the Parish of All Saints aforesaid

We, the said Justices, upon due proof made thereof, as well upon the examination of the said John Tompkins 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 John Tompkins, Sarah his Wife and their said Child is in the said Parish of Desborough in the said County of Northampton

We do therefore require you the said churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the said Parish of All Saints or some, or one of you, to convey the said John Tompkins Sarah his Wife and their said Child from and out of your said Parish of All Saints to the said Parish of Desborough 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 require you the said churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the said Parish of Desborough to receive and provide for them as inhabitants of your said Parish. Given under our hands and seals the twenty fourth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fiteen.

G Osborn

Charles Freeman

 

The removal order was entered on a printed form.