| Description | Recognizance made by Joseph Gains of Rand Grange in the parish of Bedale husbandman and Matthew Gains of Crakehall in the parish of Bedale yeoman, for the appearance of Joseph Gains at the next Quarter Sessions as father of the bastard child of Elizabeth Braithwaite of Thirn in the parish of Watlass singlewoman, which when born is likely to be chargeable to the township of Thirn |