Desborough Study : Settlement Records
William and Frances
Coe
Removal Order 4th January 1808
from Desborough to Gilmorton in Leicestershire
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 Gilmorton in
the County of Leicester 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 William
Coe and Frances his Wife, 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
William Coe and Frances his wife 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 William Coe 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 William Coe and Frances his Wife is in
the said Parish of Gilmorton in the said County of Leicester
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 William Coe and Frances his wife from and out of
your said Parish of Desborough to the said Parish of Gilmorton 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
Gilmorton to receive and provide for them as inhabitants of your
said Parish
Given under our hands and seals the fourth day of January in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight.
Willm Robinson
Will Lockwood Maydwell
Notes:
William and Frances had a son William, born 11th June 1808 at
Harborough in Leicester, baptised at the Wesleyan Chapel in
Desborough 30th May 1809 and buried at St Giles a year later.
The removal order was entered on a printed form.