| Description | Recognizance dated 22 November 1817 made by John Smith brewer's servant and Matthew Smelt carpenter, both of Thirsk, for the appearance of Smith at the next Quarter Sessions as father of the bastard child of Abigail Duckett singlewoman, which when born is likely to be chargeable to the township of Sowerby
Certificate dated 12 January 1818 and issued by Thomas Newton clerk J.P. that Joseph Clarkson one of the overseers of the poor of the township of Sowerby has sworn that Abigail Duckett of the township of Sowerby singlewoman has not yet been delivered of her bastard child |