To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch in the County of Middlesex, and to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Saint George Bloomsbury in the County of Middlesex
Whereas Complaint hath been made unto us, two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Middlesex, [one whereof being of the Quorum] by the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex, that Ann Mayersbach widow of Alexander Mayersbach hath came to inhabit in the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, not having gained any legal settlement there; and is become chargeable to the same; We, the said Justices, upon Examination of the Premises, upon oath, and other Circumstance, do adjudge the same to be true; and do also adjudge that the place of the last legal Settlement of the said Ann Mayersbach widow is in the parish of Saint George Bloomsbury in the County of Middlesex aforesaid
These are therefore in His Majesty's Name, to require you, the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex, on sight hereof, to remove and convey the said Ann Mayersbach widow from and out of your said Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, unto the said Parish of Saint George Bloomsbury and her deliver unto the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor there, or to some or one of them, together with this our Order, or a true copy hereof, who are hereby required to receive and provide for her according to law.
Given under our Hands and Seals, this 25th. Day of January 1831.
Source: London Metropolitan Archives; London Poor Law Registers;
Reference: P91/LEN/1317
Source: Ancestry.com. London, England, Selected Poor Law Removal
and Settlement Records, 1698-1930