order, the sum of for and towards the sustentation, relief, maintenance, and support of the said for and during so long a time as the said shall be chargeable to the said parish of T., or until the said shall be legally directed to the contrary; which said order having been disobeyed and complaint thereof made to A. B. and C. D., esquires, two of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county of on the day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, at a petty sessions then held at in the said county of by and upon the oath of one of the overseers of the poor of the said parish of T., they the said last-mentioned justices did then and there issue their warrant to the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the said parish of T., to levy the said penalty (being the sum of ) by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of him the said and to apply the same according to law. And whereas it duly appears unto us, A. B. and C. D., esquires, two of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county at a petty sessions held at in the said county of of this aforesaid, day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundres and twenty as well upon the oath of E. F., one of the overseers of the poor of the said parish of as otherwise, that he the said overseer of the poor has used his best endeavours to levy the said sum on the goods of him the said as aforesaid, but that no sufficient distress can be had whereon to lery the same: these are therefore to command you, the said constable of to apprehend the body of the said gaol of the said county of and there deliver him to the said keeper thereof, together with this precept. And ve do hereby command you, the said keeper of the said common gaol, to receive into your custody, in the said common gaol, the said and him there safely to kerp without bail or mainprize, till the said forfeitures shall be paid; and for so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant. at and him safely to convey to the common in the said county last-mentioned, Given under our hands and seals at T. aforesaid, the day of A. B. (L. S.) C. D. (L. S.) County To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the poor of the parish of T.. of and Given under our hands and seals, at in the year in the said county, the A. B. (L. S.) Form of assignment of pay by a pensioner, under the 59 Geo. III. c. 12, s. 29. (See form, ante, 180). (a) See another form, ante, 171. I [naming the pensioner or other applicant; and stating such particulars as shall be requisite] do hereby assign to the heritors and kirk session of the parish of G., the next payment of the pension at the rate of be] granted to me as and payable from said parish of G. the repayment of the sum of weekly sum of per diem [or as the case may in order to secure to the advanced to me [or, of the ordered or agreed to be advanced to me, as the case may be] by such heritors and kirk session. Signed by the above named before me one of his Majesty's jus- day of this A. B. one thousand eight hundred and thirty. We the undersigned, being two of the churchwardens and overseers of the parish the Royal Hospital of Chelsea, from the regiment of at in the year of our Lord one thousand eight Churchwardens. Overseers. [The days on which the several quarterly payments become due are as follows: viz. the twenty-fifth of March, the twenty-fifth of June, the twenty-ninth of September, and the twenty-fifth of December.] To the Owner, Ship's Husband, or Agent of the Ship or Vessel [as it may be]. County of Whereas, complaint on oath hath been made before us, two of his Majesty's justices of the peace acting in and for the county of by the to wit. churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of T., in the county of aforesaid, that C. B., the wife of A. B., and their two children, to wit, [naming the children,] have become chargeable to the said parish of T. And whereas it hath been made appear to us, that the said A. B., is now employed in the actual service of N. O., on board the Ranger, on a voyage to the East Indies, and that, since his departure, the overseers of the said parish of T. have necessarily laid out and expended, in the maintenance and support of the wife and family of the said A. B., the sum of We do, therefore, order and direct you, the said owner, &c. [as it may be], forthwith, on receipt hereof, to pay unto the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of T., aforesaid, or to such one of them as shall demand the same, the said sum of out of the wages which are, or shall become due to the said A. B., in discharge of the said money so expended in the maintenance and support of the said C. B., his said wife, and their said family; and the receipt of such churchwarden or overseer shall be to you a good and sufficient discharge for the said sum of hereby directed to be paid for the purpose aforesaid. Given under our hands and seals, this Lord one thousand eight hundred and day of in the year of our W. R. (L. S.) County of To the Right Honourable the Commissioners for the Affairs of the Whereas, complaint upon oath hath been made unto us, two of his Majesty's jus tices of the peace acting in and for the said county of III. Forms relating to the relief and ordering of poor. 76. Order by justices to overseers, &c., to receive pensions of persons leaving their families chargeable to the parish. per of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, from the said regiment, at the rate of Given under our hands and seals this Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one. day of in the year of our To the Commissioners of the Affairs of the Royal Hospitals of Chelsea or Greenwich [or, the Secretary of the Board of Ordnance, as may be]. and that County of Whereas, complaint on oath hath been made before us, two of his Majesty's Given under our hands and seals, this day of in the year of our W. R. (L S.) E. R. M. (L. S.) 77. Warrant to apprehend a person as a rogue and vagabond, having deserted his family. 78. Conviction and commit ment of a person as a rogue and vagabond, for having deserted his family. To all Constables, and others his Majesty's Officers of the Peace, for the County of to wit. county of us Forasmuch as A. B., one of the overseers of the poor of the parish of in the said county, hath this day made information and complaint spon and one [or two"] of oath before me Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, that C. D., late of in the said county, shoemaker, hath run away and left his wife and children, whereby they are become chargeable to the said parish of and thereby committed a act of vagrancy. These are, therefore, to command you, in his said Majesty's name forthwith to apprehend and bring before me the body of the said C. D., to anser unto the said complaint, and to be further dealt withal according to law. Heren fail you not. Given under my hand and seal [or our hands and seals], the in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty County of Be it remembered, that on the to wit. year of the reign of our sovereign lord George the Fourth, 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 hundra and A. B., constable of the parish of in the county of bringeth before me W. R., esquire, one of the justices of our said lord the king. assigned to keep the peace of our said lord the king, in and for the said county, as (a) The days on which the usual quarterly payments become due, are the 25th of March, 25th of June, the 25th of September, and the 25th of December. and parish of parish of also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses, and other misdemeanors in the any at in III. Forms relating to the relief and ordering of poor. W. R. (L. S.) in the county 79. Commitment of a per To the Governor or Keeper of the House of Correction at County of Receive into your custody the body of A. B. of of herewith sent you, brought before me W. R., esquire, one to wit. of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, and charged before me by C. D., overseer of the poor of the parish of upon oath with being an incorrigible rogue, for that he the said A. B. being adjudged a rogue and vagabond, and thereof convicted by me the said W. R., and committed to the house of correction for having deserted his wife and children, and leaving them chargeable to the said parish of hath since the said conviction and commitment, again deserted his said wife and children, and left them chargeable to the said parish of by reason whereof he the said A. B. hath become an incorrigible rogue, within the intent and meaning of the statute made and passed in the seventeenth year of the reign of George the Second, intituled," An Act to amend and make more effectual the Laws relating to Rogues and Vagabonds, and to other idle and disorderly Persons, and to Houses of Correction," of which offence he the said A. B. hath been convicted by me the said justice, and him the said A. B. safely keep in your custody until he shall be discharged by due course of law, and for so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given under my hand and seal, this hundred and day of one thousand eight son as an incor rigible rogue W. R. (L. S.) III. Forms relating to the relief and ordering of poor. 89. Warrant to apprehend a person for not applying a proportion of his earnings to wards the main tenance of his family. To all Constables, and others his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said whom these may concern. the } county of County of These are in his Majesty's name, to command you and every of you, upon day of W. R. (L. S.) 81. Order to seize the goods and receive the rents of houses or lands, of persons deserting their families. County of Whereas, it appears unto us whose names are hereunto set and seals affixed, Given under our hands and seals at to take and s in the said county, the W. R. in the county of 32. Usual form of oath by a pau. to wit. per requiring relief. labourer, maketh oath that he is very poor and impotent and not ab to work (a), and not able to provide for himself and his family, and that therefore, he, the said A. B., Las', did apply for relief to C. D. and E. F., overseers of the poor of the said parish, and was by them refused to be relieved. |