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| Folios 127-130. List of poor persons having settlements in Lyng who are willing to emigrate to Canada signed by John Wright, Guardian of the Mitford and Launditch Poor Law Union. Gidion Reeve, wife and five children; William Reeve, wife and five children; John Fisher, wife and three children; James Howard, wife and one child; John Trolop, wife and two children; Robert Wright, wife and eight children; Matthew Chapman, wife and one child; John Corman, wife and two children; Widow Corman and two children. Single men: Robert Corman, Henry Simmonds, William Bullock and Henry Howard. All are agricultural labourers and nearly all out of employ. Enclosed are: Emigration form A relating to a 'Notice of meeting to consent to raising or borrowing money for emigration purposes', for the parish of Lyng, signed by Henry Anson, Minister; G Browne and John Hase, Churchwardens, John Nicholson and William Bunn, Overseers and witnessed by John Wright, Guardian and Vestry Clerk. 25 February 1836. Emigration form B relating respectively to a 'Resolution entered in Vestry Book' for the parish of Lyng, signed by Henry Anson, Chairman. Signed by Henry Anson, Minister; G Browne and John Hase, Churchwardens, John Nicholson and William Bunn, Overseers and witnessed by John Wright, Guardian and Vestry Clerk. 25 February 1836. Emigration form C relating to a 'Certificate of Minister, Churchwardens and Overseers of the Forms of the Act having been complied with' for the parish of Lyng, signed by Henry Anson, Minister; G Browne and John Hase, Churchwardens, John Nicholson and William Bunn, Overseers and witnessed by John Wright, Guardian and Vestry Clerk. 25 February 1836. Emigration form D relating to 'The application for the advance in Exchequer Bills' for the parish of Lyng, signed by G Browne and John Hase, Churchwardens, John Nicholson and William Bunn, Overseers. 25 February 1836. Poor Law Union Number 302. Counties: Norfolk. |
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