| Description | Recognizance dated 10 September 1816 made by Richard Smithson footman and Thomas Plews groom, both of Thirsk, for the appearance of Smithson at the next Quarter Sessions as father of the bastard child of Ann Dodgson singlewoman, which when born is likely to be chargeable to the township of Thirsk
Certificate dated 14 October 1816 that Ann Dodgson of the township of Thirsk has not yet been delivered of her child
[The recognizance and certificate are joined together] |