Description | Papers relating to the bastard daughter of Elizabeth Russell, including:
- application made at the Quarter Sessions on 29 June 1835 by the overseers of the poor of the township of Thimbleby for John Wren [also written as Raine] of Norton Mill in county Durham to reimburse them for the maintenance of Elizabeth Russell's bastard daughter. Includes evidence to be given by Elizabeth Russell singlewoman and John Hill gamekeeper
- maintenance order dated 29 June 1835 made on John Wren as putative father of the bastard daughter of Elizabeth Russell, born at Brompton on 19 March 1835 and chargeable to the township of Thimbleby from that date
- agreement dated 30 June 1835 of John Wren of Stockton in county Durham miller to abide by any order made on him for the maintenance of the bastard daughter of Elizabeth Russel [sic] singlewoman, born on 19 March 1835 at the township of Brompton, and chargeable to the township of Thimbleby from that date |