The following document refers to the re-settlement of Edmund and Elizabeth in the Parish of Noke in 1809.
To the churchwardens and overseers of the Poor of the Parish or Township of Fencot and Mercott(?) in the said County of Oxford, and to the churchwardens and overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Noke in the said County of Oxford and to each and very one of them.
Upon the complaint of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish or Township of Fencot and (word not clear, possibly Mercot) aforesaid in the said County of Oxford unto whose Names are hererunto set and Seals affixed, being two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Oxford and one of us of the Quorum, that Edmund Warland and Elizabeth his wife and his six children namely Mary aged twelve years, George aged ten years, Robert aged eight years, Thomas aged six years, Elizabeth aged four years and Edmund aged six months have come to inhabit in the said Parish or Township of Fencott and (?Mercott) not having gained a legal Settlement there, nor produced any Certificate, owning them to be settled elsewhere; and that the said Edmund Warland, Elizabeth his wife and his above named six Children are actually become chargeable to the said Parish or Township of Fencott and Mercott. Therefore we, the said Justices, upon due Proof made thereof, as well upon the Examination of the said Edmund Warland upon Oath, as otherwise, and likewise upon due consideration had of the Premises, do adjudge the facts to be true and do likewise adjudge, that the lawful Settlement of them the said Edmund Warland, Elizabeth his wife and his above named six children is in the said Parish of Noke in the said County of Oxford.
We do therefore require you the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish or Township of Fencott and (?Mercott) or some or one of you, to convey the said Edmund Warland, Elizabeth his wife and his above named six children from and out of your said Parish or Township of Fencott and Mercott to the said Parish of Noke 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, at the same time shewing to them the Original. And we do also hereby require you the said Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Noke to receive and provide for them as Inhabitants of your said Parish.
Given under our Hands and Seals the tenth Day of January in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Nine.
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