| Description | Notice dated 3 March 1836 from the overseers of the poor of the township of Amotherby to Robert Lockwood of Heslington in the East Riding labourer. They intend to apply at the next Sessions for an order to be made for Lockwood to reimburse the township for the maintenance of the bastard daughter of Rebecca Smith singlewoman, born on 21 December 1835 and chargeable to the township from birth
Brief for the Easter Sessions 1836 for an order against Robert Lockwood for the maintenance of the bastard son [male altered from female] of Rebecca Smith, born on 14 December 1835. The brief confirms that the notice stated in error that the child was female and born on 21 December 1836. With evidence from Rebecca Smith of Thornton le Clay singlewoman, Mr William Bradshaw overseer of the poor of the township of Amotherby, and George Lascelles a servant at Mr Bointon's at Cornbrough |