Reference
P64/1/1
Title
General register, consisting of two volumes (a and b) bound together, containing:
Date free text
1614-1746
Production date
From: 1614 To: 1746
Scope and Content
a) Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1614 - 1689 b) Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1688 - 1746 Occupations given in Baptism entries 1698-1706, 1715-17, and passim. Also contains notes and memoranda, including: (At front) list of Mortuaries, 1651; (among entries 1653) note of election of Jasper Miller, an able and honest man, as "Parish Register", signed by W.Bedford, J.P., 22 September 1653; (among J entries 1688) "The names of such as have been officers since my first coming to the Vicaridge" (list of Churchwardens) 1st. year Richard Spring and John Harper [1629], 2nd.year Henry Walls and John Harper [1630], 3rd.year Robert Ball and William Harper [1631], and 4th.year William Harper and Edward Clarke [1632], all n.d. [dates 1629-1632 from signed ABT's]; (among entries 1729) note of appointment of John Millar, weaver, as parish clerk in place of John Millar lately deceased, 22 February 1729/30; (among entries 1730) note of induction of the Vicar [Robert Hicks] as Rector of Wrestlingworth by Mr.Thomas Ollyffe, Vicar of Dunton and Eyeworth, 23 Dec.1730. (at back) list of children of dissenters not baptised (3 names), 1702-5; and note on books sent by Thomas Bromsall of Blunham to be given to the poor of Potton that can read, with list of recipients, November 1726. Restricted Access
RESTRICTION ON ACCESS. Original will not be produced where surrogate copies exist. Transcribed and indexed to 1812, see B.P.R.S. Vol.61, and microfilmed as follows' baptisms to 1841, marriages to 1837, and burials to 1812, see MIC 184/17-18.
Level of description
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