To the Churchwardens and
others, the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Seavington St Mary in the County aforesaid to convey: And to the
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Drayton in the county aforesaid to receive and obey. These.
WHEREAS Complaint has been
made by you the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Seavington St Mary aforesaid, unto us, whose Hands and Seals are hereunto set,
two of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace, in and for the County of Somerset
aforesaid, (whereof one is of the Quorum,) that Malachi MALE and Mary his wife lately intruded themselves into your said parish of Seavington St Mary there to
inhabit as Parishioners contrary to
the Laws relating to the Settlement of the Poor; and are become chargeable to your said Parish of Seavington Saint Mary
We therefore upon due
examination and Enquiry made into the Premises aforesaid, and on oath of the
said Malachi MALE this day taken
before us in writing or otherwise, do find and adjudge the same to be true: And
we do also adjudge that the last place of the legal settlement of them the said Malachi MALE and Mary his wife was and is the parish of Drayton aforesaid.
These are therefore in her
Majesty's name, to order and require you the Churchwardens and Overseers of the
poor of the Parish of Seavington St Mary aforesaid, that you, some, or one of you, do forthwith remove
and convey them the said Malachi MALE and Mary his wife from
your said parish of Seavington St Mary to the Parish of Drayton
aforesaid, and there deliver to the
Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor or some or one of them there, together
with this our order, or a true copy thereof.
AND you the Churchwardens
and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Drayton
aforesaid, are likewise hereby required in his Majesty's name, to receive and
provide for them the said Malachi MALE and Mary his wife as
Inhabitants of your said Parish of Drayton until from thence they shall be discharged by due course
of law. Given under our Hands and Seals,
the 29th day of February in the Second
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign lord WILLIAM the Forth, by the Grace of God
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith
and in the Year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and thirty two.
Thomas B. UTTERMARE
W. HANNING???
Document 2
The examination of Malachi MALE of Seavington St Mary labourer taken the 29th of February 1832 louching? his place of settlement
Who saith that he is about 53 years old and was born as he has heard in the parish of Barrington, that when informant was eighteen years of age he hired himself for a year with Mr WHEELER of Drayton at the yearly wages of three pounds at the expiration of the year he made bargain for another year at £4 per annum and lived six months under the second agreement when he left him and returned home to his father at Barrington since which time he has been working for different persons as a weekly Labourer that he married his present wife Mary about thirty years ago at Seavington St Mary that himself and wife are both chargeable to Seavington St Mary
The x mark of Malachi MALE
Sworn before us
Thos b. UTTERMAN