Desborough Study : Settlement Records
Richard & Martha
Belsher
Settlement Certificate
from
Rothwell
13th May 1734
Northton Ss
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To the Churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the Parish of Desborough in the
said County
of Northampton and to every of them |
We the Churchwardens and Overseers of the poor of the Parish of Rothwell alls Rowell in the County of Northampton
Do hereby Certifie that we do own and Acknowledge Richard Belsher and Martha his
Wife to be Inhabitants Legaly Settled in our Said parish of Rothwell Alls
Rowell; And We do hereby Promise for our Selves and Successors to receive them
into our Said parish whensoever they shall become chargeable; In witness whereof
We the said Churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the Said parish of Rowell
have hereunto Respectively Set our Hands and Seals this thirteenth Day of May in
the Seventh year of the Reign of our Soveraigne Lord George the Second by the
grace of God of great Brittain France and Ireland King, Defender of the faith
&c. Ann: Dom: 1734
Attested by us
ye mark of
Jonathan X Bilson
ye mark of
Rich. X Hopkins |
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Tho: Yorke
Wm Palmer
Churchwardens |
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Wm Warr
[illegible]
Overseers |
May ye 14th 1734
Allowed by us two of his Majestys Justices of ye Peace
for this County Jonathan Bilson & Richard Hopkins being first sworn
to ye Execution hereof |
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Tho: Maunsell
John Robinson |
Desborough is less than 2 miles north-west of Rothwell