John HAWKINS
Ilminster to Taunton St Mary Magdalen
SE/RO 1826 PS/ILM 6/17 5
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County of
Somerset
To the
Churchwardens, and others, the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Ilminster in the County aforesaid to convey: And
to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Taunton Saint Mary Magdalen
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 Ilminster
aforesaid, unto us, whose Hands and Seals are hereunto set, two of his
Majesty's Justices of the Peace, in and for the County of Somerset aforesaid,
(whereof one is of the Quorum,) that John
HAWKINS and Harriet his wife and Charlotte their child now about eighteen
months old lately intruded themselves
into your said parish of Ilminster 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 Ilminster
We therefore
upon due Examination and Enquiry made into the Premises aforesaid, and on the Oath
of the said John HAWKINS 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 John HAWKINS and Harriet his wife and Charlotte their
child was and is the parish of Taunton
Saint Mary Magdalen aforesaid.
These are
therefore in his Majesty's name, to order and require you the Churchwardens and
Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Ilminster aforesaid, that you, some, or one of you, do
forthwith remove and convey them the
said John HAWKINS and Harriet his wife
and Charlotte their child from your said Parish of Ilminster to the Parish of Taunton Saint Mary Magdalen
aforesaid, and them 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 Taunton Saint Mary Magdalen aforesaid,
are likewise hereby required, in his Majesty's name, to receive and provide for
them the said John HAWKINS and Harriet his wife and Charlotte their child as Inhabitants of your said Parish of Taunton Saint Mary Magdalen
until from thence they shall be
discharged by due course of law. Given
under our Hands and Seals, the twenty second
Day of February in the seven Year of the Reign of our
Sovereign Lord GEORGE 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 twenty six.
Document 2
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Tailor
26 years old
Born Taunton Saint Mary Madgalen
Indenture 17 May 1810 lawfully bound apprentice to William YANDALL of parish of Taunton St Mary Magdalen Tailor for seven years.
2 years ago lawfully married to his present wife Harriet at parish of Bickenhall, Somerset.
Charlotte 18 months old.
The mark x of John HAWKINS
Sworn before
W. HAMMOND???
J. B. COLES