| Description | Recognizance dated 5 November 1796 made by Thomas White miner and James White miner, both of Melbecks, for the appearance of Thomas White at the next Quarter Sessions as father of the bastard child of Jane Colling of Arkengarthdale singlewoman, which when born is likely to be chargeable to the township of Arkengarthdale
Certificate dated 29 September 1797 from the churchwarden and overseer of the poor of Arkengarthdale that Thomas White of the division of Melbecks in the parish of Grinton has complied with the order for the maintenance of the bastard child of Jane Colling, born in the parish of Grinton. His recognizance may therefore be discharged |