| Description | Letter dated 1 October 1822 from William Knowlson to Thomas Waite at the Clerk of the Peace's Office in Northallerton. He never entered into a recognizance with William Knowlson junior relating to a charge of bastardy. Knowlson [junior] attended the Christmas Quarter Sessions and the Easter Quarter Sessions, when the recognizance was discharged. Knowlson believes that it was Thomas Knowlson who entered into the recognizance for the appearance of William
Recognizance dated 22 November 1822 made by William Knowlson the elder flaxdresser and William Knowlson the younger flaxdresser, both of Knaresborough in the West Riding, for the appearance of Knowlson at the next Quarter Sessions as father of the bastard child of Elizabeth Thompson of Osmotherley singlewoman, which when born will be chargeable to the township of Osmotherley |