| Settlement Certificate for John Lamb and Family 1 March 1707 transcribed from ERO D/P 77/13/1
Transcription by Jenny Ennew June 2021
1. Essex
2. To the Churchwardens and other the overseers of the poor
3. of the p[ar]ish of West Mersey in Mersey Iseland in the
4. Said County
5. We William Tunbridg Thomas French and William Raven
6. Churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the p[ar]ish of
7. Cressing in the Said County Do hereby certifie own and
8. acknowledg John Lamb and his Family to be Inhabitants
9. Legally Settled in that o[ur] p[ar]ish of Cressing In Witnesse
10. whereof we have hereunto Sett our hands and Seales the
11. first day of March Anno D[omi]ni 1707 And in the Sixth
12. yeare of the Reigne of o[ur] Soveraigne Lady Anne by
13. the Grace of God of great Britaine France and Ireland
14. Queen Defend[er] of the Faith &c
| 15. Attested by us Inhabit[an]ts | Willi[a]m Tunbridg [Seal] |
| 16. Of Cressing afores[aid] | |
| 17. Bernard Greene | Will[iam] Raven [Seal] |
| 18. Daniell W.are? | |
| 19. Mat thew Tate ? | |
| 20. Ben[jamin] Ardley | Thomas French [Seal] |
We two of her Ma[jes]ties Justices of the yeare of the Said
County whose names are hereunder Subscribed do allow of
the Certificate above written
J Bullock
John Cressenor
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