Need help reading Elizabeth Madell settlement order

[drhewitt]

When she says "passed from" does this refer to another settlement order?

[lizdb]

What does it mean "he was never a housekeeper"?

I would imagine it means that he was never living somewhere rent free in exchange for housekeeping duties.

[lizdb]

When she says "passed from" does this refer to another settlement order?

No idea - but I would guess that she was under some sort of parish relief from St Stephens in Coleman Street, and passed from there to Hackney.  But it is only a guess!

[Bookbox]

The last part reads ...

... & remained there 6 or 7 weeks
and has been rel(iev)ed since.
     F(riendly) O(rder) to Hackney

It was agreed 27 years earlier (when the family were removed from St Stephen Coleman Street) that they were chargeable to Hackney. So they are being removed again now to Hackney, under a ‘Friendly Order’, so that Hackney can take financial responsibility for them.

A ‘friendly order’ was an informal removal order agreed between two unions, avoiding the cost and delay of applying to a magistrate for a formal order.

[Bookbox]

What does it mean "he was never a housekeeper"?

I would imagine it means that he was never living somewhere rent free in exchange for housekeeping duties.

It means that he never paid rates in Shoreditch. If he had done so, it might have given him settlement rights there.

[3sillydogs]

Thank you Bookbox for clearing up that abbreviation, first time I have seen it.

[Bookbox]

When she says "passed from" does this refer to another settlement order?

No idea - but I would guess that she was under some sort of parish relief from St Stephens in Coleman Street, and passed from there to Hackney.  But it is only a guess!

Another removal order. They were not relieved by St Stephen Coleman Street. They were 'passed' from there to Hackney, because their settlement was agreed to be in Hackney.

[drhewitt]

Thank you Bookbox,

That information is very useful. I think Thomas Madell was a cooper. They had three kids in lived in the St. George-in-the-East parish for a while.