| Description | Papers relating to the case of the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the township of Melbecks against Thomas Spensley, including:
- precept dated 7 March 1818 for Thomas Spensley of the township of Melbecks miner to attend the next Quarter Sessions to answer a complaint of the overseers of the poor of the township of Melbecks that he refused to maintain his daughter Hannah Clementson widow and her two infant children
- certificate dated 28 March 1818 of Thomas Garth that Thomas Spensley of Brokabank has a mortgage for £133 on his copyhold estate; witnessed by E.A. Knowles
- paper to move at the Easter Sessions 1818 to rate the father of a pauper for the relief of his daughter Martha Clementson. Annotated "Ordered to pay 1s 6d per week" |