| Description | Warrant dated 7 September 1796 for the constable of the township of Hornby in the parish of Great Smeaton to bring Joseph Thornton before a Justice to answer matters objected against him by the overseers of the poor of the township of Hornby for getting Jane Greenway singlewoman with child
Recognizance dated 12 September 1796 made by Joseph Thornton barber and John Oliver innholder, both of Darlington in county Durham, for the appearance of Thornton at the next Quarter Sessions as father of the bastard child of Jane Greenwell of the township of Hornby singlewoman, which when born is likely to be chargeable to the township of Hornby |