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John and Dinah Allen
Removal Order 18th January 1808
from Desborough to Maidwell

County of Northampton

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 Maydwell 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 of Northampton and one of us of the quorum, that John Allen and Dinah his Wife and Thomas their Son aged ten weeks have come to inhabit in the said Parish of Desborough not having gained a legal settlement there, nor produced any certificate, owning them to be settled elsewhere, and that the said John Allen Dinah his said Wife and Child are 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 Allen 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 Allen his said Wife and Child is in the said Parish of Maydwell 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 John Allen his said Wife and Child from and out of your said Parish of Desborough to the said Parish of Maydwell 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 Maydwell to receive and provide for them as inhabitants of your said Parish

Given under our hands and seals the Eighteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight.

T C Maunsell

Willm Robinson


Notes:

John and Dinah had a daughter, Selena, born at Maidwell on 20th June 1809 who was baptised a few months later at the Wesleyan Chapel in Desborough

The removal order was entered on a printed form.