| Description | Recognizance dated 26 December 1817 made by William Shields tinner and brazier and Thomas Shields tinner, both of Middleham, for the appearance of William Shields at the next Quarter Sessions as father of the bastard child of Margaret Greyson of Middleham singlewoman, which when born is likely to become chargeable to the township of Middleham
Certificate dated 13 January 1818 issued by William Anderson J.P. on the oath of Simon Spence, that Margaret Greyson has not yet been delivered of her bastard child |