P51/1/8

Register of Baptisms, Marriages (to 1754) and Burials.

1701-1773

From: 1701 To: 1773

At end of the register: - Extract from will of Rev Robert Bamford of Little Barford, 'so far as it relates to the poor of Dunton.' this grants a rentcharge of 50s per annum to buy bread to be distributed every Sunday to the poor of Dunton 'not receiving collection'. - The rent-charge issued from the Bull Inn in the parish of St Paul, Bedford. - Copy of a Terrier made in 1724, a copy of a parchment roll reputed by the writer to be 'near one hundred years old.' It describes the vicarage house, close and open-field lands and names some furlongs. It is followed by a similar terrier of 1724; both terriers are signed by Thomas Ollyffe, Vicar of Dunton. - Copy of terrier of 1703 followed by a list of charitable briefs with totals collected, 1702-4. - Notes mainly about mortuaries received between 1702 and 1735, but there are also notes on the repair of the vicarage in 1701, a pew in the chancel for the vicar and his family in 1707, a memo about a bequest to the Poor of Dunton by the will of Mr Banks of Hartford (Hunts) - 20s per annum to be distributed at the discretion of the Minister, Churchwardens, and Overseers of the Poor of Dunton on New Year's Day.

Originals will not be produced where surrogate copies exist.

Published microfilm available in the searchroom as Mic 184/27

Published as transcript in Bedfordshire Parish Register Series Volume 64

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terriers, wills, Dunton charities, Bedford Bull Inn, Registers of baptism, Registers of marriages, Registers of burials, DUNTON