| Description | Recognizance made by Robert Bell and William Bell, both of Thornton Steward yeomen, for the appearance of Robert Bell at the next Quarter Sessions as father of the bastard child of Jane Shields of Middleham singlewoman, which when born is likely to be chargeable to the inhabitants of the township of Middleham; on the complaint of the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the township of Middleham |