Hi Diana. This refers to the poor law system under which a parish had to support anyone who belonged to it who fell on hard times. So parishes tried to removed paupers to their home parish to reduce their bills. In this case it seems that Kempton applied to have Joseph GARNETT and family removed to their ( home?) parish of Wheathampstead, which appealed, but the appeal was lost. Have a look at http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ennever/stories/richard.htm for a fuller account of the system. HTH Anne On 22 Apr 2008, at 16:14, [email protected] wrote: > A lister has kindly been helping me with some queries on the Garnett > family > of Kimpton and he found this reference: > > Herts Quarterly Sessions > Jan 8 1704-Order dismissing the Appeal of Whethamsted against a > Warrent > removing Joseph Garnett and his Wife and Child from Kempton > > Can anybody explain what this means please. > > Thanks > > Diana >