| Description | Recognizance made by Thomas Whitton of New Fields in the parish of Kirby Malzeard in the West Riding yeoman for his appearance at the next Quarter Sessions as father of the bastard child of Mercy Collier singlewoman, which when born is likely to be chargeable to the township of Topcliffe; on the complaint of the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the township of Topcliffe |