18 September 1770. Marriage Bond and Allegation: Know all men by these presents, that we John Spanton of Barfs Barugh Ambo in the parish of Kirkby Misperton the county of York and Henry Mawson of the city of York Innholder are bound and firmly obliged to the Right Worshipful Robert Roper Doctor of Laws Vicar General and Official Principal of the most Reverend Father in God Robert by Divine providence Lord Archbishop of York primate of England and Metropolitan lawfully authorised in the sum of Two Hundred Pounds of good and lawful Money of Great-Britain, to be paid to him the said Robert Roper or to his Executors, Administrators, Successors, and Assigns, for the payment whereof well and truly to be made, we oblige ourselves, and each of us by ourselves, for the Whole, and the Full, our Heirs, Executors and Administrators, firmly by the Presents, sealed with our Seals. given the seventeenth Day of the Month of September in the Year of our Lord God, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy. John Spanton and Elizabeth Neesham spinster.