| Description | Bill of expenses of Thomas Dobby of Bishop Thornton for apprehending Margaret Metcalfe and Ann Scott for stealing 91 hanks of linen yarn from him, and also for finding witnesses and preferring a bill of indictment against Jane Parker for receiving ten hanks of the yarn knowing them to be stolen. Metcalfe and Scott were sentenced to be transported for 14 years at the last York Assizes and Parker was acquitted |