Reference
P102/1/0
Title
General register, containing: Baptisms 1677, 1694 - 1703, 1720 - 1807 Marriages 1694 - 1703, 1720 - 1753 Burials 1677 - 8, 1694 - 1705, 1719 - 1807
Date free text
1677 - 1807
Production date
From: 1677 To: 1807
Scope and Content
Also includes (inserted) paper register of burials with entries of all affidavits, signed by Justices, 1719-1737; Signatures of Justices continue in main register to 1758.
(Among entries) Note on uniting of Battlesden and Potsgrove by Richard, Bishop of Lincoln, 6 June 1732; note on death of Rev. Henry Watkin, Rector, on 8 Feb 1759, and on induction of Rev. George Charles Black, 19 August 1759; Note on death of Rev. Thos Sawell, 6 August 1784, and on induction of Rev Henry Wingfield as successor, Dec 1784.
(At back) Form of application to Bishop for consent to nomination of curate, n.d.; Note that "The Register right when Mr. Money left the curacy", n.d.; Copies of the Archbishop of Canterbury's letter to the Bishops of his Province, and the Bishop of Lincoln's letter to his clergy, 1737; and Note of Induction of Rev. Henry Watkins as Rector, 26 November 1737.
(loose inside) List of services at Potsgrove, 1812 (?); and two certificates of registry of death, 1844, 1850.
Original register will not be produced, please use transcript.
Published in Bedfordshire Parish Register Series.
Level of description
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