Removal and resettlement orders

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Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 92 Send Message	Mandy	Report	28 Jul 2012 15:46
	Hello everyone Could someone explain what removal and resettlement orders are please? I have a family related to mine who were the subject of a removal and resettlement order in 1823, but I don't have any more details. Thanks Mandy
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 63,334 Send Message	ErikaH	Report	28 Jul 2012 15:47
	Try googling
Member Since: January 2006 Posts: 208 Send Message	trafiklitedol	Report	28 Jul 2012 15:56
Member Since: January 2006 Posts: 208 Send Message	If you Google Settlement Act 1662 should give you plent of info. It's all to do with Poor Law and Parish relief.
Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 92 Send Message	Mandy	Report	28 Jul 2012 18:36
	Thanks, will investigate further. Might need to come back with specific questions though! (info found so far a bit general) Cheers Mand
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	28 Jul 2012 22:12
	If you lived in a parish where you were NOT born and then fell on hard times and needed to claim parish relief (like benefits of today) then the parish might decide to send you back to the parish where you were born so that you would become the responsibility of that parish instead of the one you were living in. Kath. x