Reference
P68/1/2
Title
General register including:
Date free text
1645-1799
Production date
From: 1645 To: 1799
Scope and Content
- Baptisms (1645-1683, 1692, 1696-1714, 1732-1799);
- Marriages (1645-6, 1653-1683, 1696-1715, 1733-1757);
- Burials (1646-1684, 1692, 1696-1715, 1732-1799)
Also includes various notes and memoranda, mostly transcribed in full in B.P.R.S. Vol.9 pp.40,42:
- (at front) note on gift of register book to the parish by William Hayward of London, 1645; brief biographical notes in Richard Holden (pastor 1635-1676) and Samuel Weed (Vicar of Pavenham and Felmersham, 1675-1682/3);
- (among baptism entries 1653) note of election of William Crane as “register” for the parishes of Pavenham and Stevington, signed by Gaius Squier, Jo.Cokayn and Rich.Wagstaffe, (15 Nov 1653);
- (after baptism entries 1683) list of proprietors of Old Inclosures and Homesteads in the parish of Pavenham that remain liable to tithes (1770);
- (at back) list of collections on charitable briefs (1676-1678);
Note: for draft register of marriages, 1727-1818 see X106/48
Restriction on access. Originals will not be produced where surrogate copies exist. Transcribed and indexed to 1812, see B.P.R.S. Vol.9 and microfilmed to 1812, see MIC184/9
Published transcript available in searchroom
Transcript published in Bedfordshire Parish Register Series volume 9.
Level of description
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