Reference
P52/1/1
Title
General Register containing: Baptisms 1578-9, 1584-1728; Marriages 1584 - 1727; Burials 1579, 1584 - 1728
Date free text
1578-1728
Production date
From: 1578 To: 1728
Scope and Content
Note: There are no entries for 1613 and 1621. Also includes numerous memoranda, mostly transcribed in full in B.P.R.S. Vol.2, pp.C65-7, among which are: notes on the sale of the register by John Legat, "perinter", 24 October 1598, and on the copying of former entries from the paper register by Robert Reeve, n.d. [c.1599]; Detailed record of collections on Charitable briefs, 1601-1607, and occasionally 1660-64, 1675, 1689-93, including list of parishioners and their contributions n.d. [c.1606]; Memorandum re payment of £10 from the Town Land rent to Robert Clarke, Churchwarden, to pay for money spent on the repair of the Church, 1637; Note on tithe dispute between the Clergy of Hatley and Wrestlingworth, 1601-4; Note on the inclosure by Mr. Lewis Cockayn of the green at Hatley and of part of Mr. Robert Clarke's King's hold land at Wrestlingworth, and on arrangements regarding the tithes, 1636; and (among entries) notes of various bequests made by deceased persons, 1597, 1604-6 Note: repaired and rebound, 1902. Transcribed and indexed to 1812, see B.P.R.S. Vol. 2, and Vols. 1-4 below microfilmed, see MIC 184/28. Restriction on access, original will not be produced where surrogate copies exist.
Originals will not be produced where surrogate copies exist
Level of description
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