| Description | Recognizance made by Thomas Loftus the younger late of Ripon in the West Riding exciseman and Thomas Loftus the elder of Ripon gardener for the appearance of Thomas Loftus the younger at the next Quarter Sessions as father of the bastard son of Elizabeth Kay singlewoman, born at Crakehall in the parish of Bedale on 1 February 1800 and now chargeable to the township of Crakehall |