| Description | Recognizance dated 4 August 1798 made by John Newton and Edward Chapman, both of Low Row in the township of Reeth, for the appearance of Newton at the next Quarter Sessions as father of the bastard child of Ruth Spencely singlewoman, which when born is likely to become chargeable to the township of Melbecks
Certificate dated 29 September 1798 that John Newton labourer and Edward Chapman shoemaker, both of Melbecks, made a recognizance to appear at the Quarter Sessions to be held at Northallerton on 2 October 1798 to abide by an order for the maintenance of Ruth Spensly's bastard child. The child has not yet been born, so the recognizance is to stand over to the next Sessions |