Majesty's deputy-lieutenants in and for the said county, for that he the said A. B. having been duly chosen by lot to serve as a private militia-man in the militia of the said county, and after due notice given unto him hath neglected to appear and take the oath in that behalf required and to serve in the said militia, and also hath neglected to provide any fit person to serve for him as his substitute: And whereas we the said deputy-lieutenants have, upon as reasonable terms as might be, namely for the sum of £- , provided and hired a fit person to serve in the said militia as a substitute for him the said A. B. And whereas on the day of, in the year aforesaid, we did issue our warrant to the constable of to levy the said sum of £, by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of him the said A. B. And whereas it duly appears to us, as well on the oath of the said constable as otherwise, that he the said constable hath used his best endeavours to levy the said sum on the goods and chattels of the said A. B. as aforesaid, and that the goods and chattels of him the said A. B. are not sufficient to answer the said distress: but nevertheless it doth appear satisfactorily to us, that he the said A. B. is of sufficient ability to pay the sum of £10. These are therefore to command you, the said constable of aforesaid, to apprehend the body of the said A. B. and him safely to convey to the common gaol at aforesaid in the county aforesaid, and there deliver him to the said keeper thereof, together with this precept; and we do hereby command you the said keeper of the said common gaol to receive into your custody in the same common gaol the said A. B. and him there safely to keep for the space of three months, or until he shall have paid the said sum of £, agreed to be paid to such substitute as aforesaid. And for so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given under our hands and seals, the the year of our Lord 1817. day of J. C. in S. P. *Order of Maintenance for the Family of a ballotted Man, with reimbursement by another Parish. in the To the Overseers of the Poor of the parish of county of, and to the Overseers of the Poor of the parish of- in the said county, and to each and every of them. to wit. Whereas complaint upon oath hath been made unto me, one of His Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, by A. B. now dwelling in the said parish of ——, wife of C. B. a private militia-man, serving in the militia of the said county in his own right as a ballotted man, which militia are now embodied and in actual service, and have been ordered to march; and that she is not able to support herself and E. her son, aged four years, and D. her daughter, aged two years. I do therefore, hereby require you the overseers of the said parish of to pay unto the said A. B. the sum of weekly, for the support of her and the said children, being the usual and ordinary price of labour in husbandry in the said county, or forthwith shew cause to me to the contrary. And I do hereby further order , and direct that the overseers of the said parish of in the said county shall and do, from time to time, reimburse the money hereby ordered to be paid to the said -, on production of my certificate of this order. Given under my hand and seal, the day's day of, 1817. J. C. If the man is serving for any other county than the one in which his family resides, the treasurer of the county will pay the allowance; the order will then run thus:-[which said sum so to be paid as aforesaid, is to be reimbursed to you by the treasurer of the said county, who is hereby required to reimburse the same accordingly.] • This order not to be made till the man has joined his corps. Affidavit of the Wife of a Militia-man, serving by Substitute, to enable her to get the Allowance. to wit. A. B. of, maketh oath, That she is the wife of C. B. who is now actually serving and doing duty as a militia-man in the regiment of militia, as a substitute for C. D. of the parish of; that she was lawfully married to her said husband on the - day of, in the parish church of, by whom she has child now and that in the said county, and that she is in indigent circumstances and not of ability to support herself and her said child. living with her, under the age of ten years, viz. she now resides in the parish of Sworn the day of 1817, before me, S. P. *Order of Allowance to the Family of a Substitute. To the Overseers of the Poor of the parish of county of, and to each of them. in the to wit. Whereas complaint upon oath hath been made unto me S, P. Esq. one of His Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, by A. B. now dwelling in your said parish, wife of C. B. a private militia-man serving in the militia of the county of, as a substitute for C. D. of the parish of in the hundred of in the said county of which militia is now embodied and called out into actual service; that the said C. B. hath left her and her child M. aged years, or thereabouts, now resident in your parish and unable to support themselves. I do therefore hereby order you the said overseers of the poor of the parish of aforesaid, out of the rates for the relief of the poor of the same parish, to pay unto the said A. B. the sum of shillings and pence weekly, for the support and maintenance of herself and child --- until you shall be otherwise ordered to with-hold the said allowance. Given under my hand and seal, the year of our Lord 1817. day of, in the S. P. This order not to be made till the man has joined his corps, nor to be granted to the family of any substitute or volunteer attested since the 11th of April, 1811. *Order for Allowance where Substitute serves for a Parish in another County. To the Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of county of, and to every of them. in the to to wit. Whereas complaint upon oath hath been made unto me, one of His Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, by A. B. now dwelling in your parish, wife of C. B. a private militia-man, serving in the militia of the county of as a substitute for C. D. of in the said county of, which militia are now embodied and in actual service, that she is not able to support herself and her child M. aged two years. And whereas the overseers of the poor of -- aforesaid, have been duly summoned by me to shew cause why relief should not be given to the said A. B. but have not shewn to me any sufficient cause; I do therefore hereby require you the said overseers of the poor of pay unto the said A. B. the sum of weekly, for the support and maintenance of herself and child, until you shall be otherwise ordered to forbear the said allowance; which said weekly sum is to be reimbursed to you by the treasurer of the said county of, on your producing to him on your producing to him my certificate of this order; which said treasurer is required to transmit the said certificate, and an account of all monies so repaid by him, from time to time, quarterly, to the treasurer of the said county of, who shall forthwith reimburse the same to the said treasurer of the county of, and apply to the justices of the peace, at the next general quarter sessions for the county of for the allowance of the said account, and for their order to the overseers of the poor of aforesaid, to make good the same to him the said treasurer out of their poor's rate. Given under my hand and seal, this day of the year of our Lord 1817. in See note at the foot of last precedent. M M S. P. *The like where Substitute serves for another Parish in the same County in which his Family resides. To the Overseers of the Poor of the parish of county of in the and also to the Overseers of the Poor of the parish of in the same county. to wit. Whereas complaint upon oath hath been made unto me S. P. Esq. one of His Majesty's justices of the peace in and for the said county, by A. B. the wife of C. B. a private militia-man, now serving in the battalion of militia in the said county, as a substitute for C. D. a ballotted man, for the parish of aforesaid, that she is not able to support herself and M. her child, aged two years: And whereas it hath been duly made appear to me the said justice that the said militia are now embodied and in actual service, and that the said militia-man's said wife and child dwell in your said parish of; I do hereby therefore require you the said overseers of the poor of the said parish of, or some or one of you, to pay and advance to the said A. B. the wife of the said C. B. weekly and every week from this present time, the sum of -, for and towards the support and maintenance of the said A. B. and her child, until you shall be otherwise ordered to forbear the said allowance; and I do also require you the said overseers of the poor of the said parish of -, or some or one of you, to pay and allow to the said A. B. for the benefit of herself and child, the sum of including what she hath already received of you in part, being at the rate of - per week from the day of now last past (from which time the said militia have been embodied, and the said hath served therein), to the day of the date hereof. And I do also hereby require, order and direct you the said overseers of the poor of the said parish ofor some or one of you, to pay and reimburse to the said overseers of the poor of the parish of all such sum and sums of money as they or either of them shall pay to the said A. B. the wife of the said C. B. by virtue of this order, and which they or either of them have paid to her in part of the aforesaid sum of Given under my hand and seal, this year of our Lord 1817. day of, in the • See note at the foot of p. 528. S. P. |
