History of Parish Registers in England and Wales

History of Parish Registers in England and Wales portes grátis

History of Parish Registers in England and Wales

From the Restoration to Civil Registration

Wintrip, John Alexander

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03/2026

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Preface

Introduction

The Church of England and its parochial structure

Parish registers

Previous works on the history of parish registers

1 Prologue: parish registers before 160
2
Parish registers 1660-1754

Birth and baptism entries

Marriage entries

Burial entries

The Marriage Duty Act

The draft canons of 1714

Ralph Thoresby

White Kennett

The Diocese of Bangor

The Archdeaconry of Lincoln

The Parliamentary Bill of 1753
3
Baptism and burial registers 1754-1812

Birth and baptism entries
Burial entries

Day books

The Parliamentary Bill of 1758

Ralph Bigland

The continuing influence of Ralph Thoresby

The Proposed Form

The Stamp Duty Act, 1783

James Lucas, Leeds surgeon

Parish initiatives

4
Marriage and banns registers 1754-1812

Hardwicke's Marriage Act

The form of entry for marriages

Marriage registers
Banns registers
Marriage entries

5 The Diocese of Carlisle

Richard Burn's initiative of 1771

William Paley's initiative of 1786
6
Wiliam Dade and the dioceses of York and Chester

Dade's system of registration

Dade registers in the Diocese of York

Dade registers in the Diocese of Chester

Dade registers in other dioceses
Dade registers: an assessment

7 The Diocese of St Asaph

8 The Diocese of Norwich

9 Shute Barrington and the dioceses of Salisbury and Durham

The Diocese of Salisbury

The Diocese of Durham

10 Baptism and burial registers 1813-1837

The evolution of Rose's Act from his original Bill
Baptism entries

Burial entries
The form of the year

11 Marriage and banns registers 1813-1837

Marriage entries
Banns registers

12 Custody and storage

13 Bishop's transcripts

History

Relationship to parish registers

14 Epilogue: parish registers since 1837

The effect of civil registration

The custody of historical parish registers

The accessibility of historical parish registers

Appendix 1
Timeline

Appendix 2
Canon 70 of the Church of England

Appendix 3
Ralph Thoresby's proposals

Appendix 4
White Kennett's recommendations

Appendix 5
James Lucas's proposals

Appendix 6
William Dade's proposals

Appendix 7
The Dean of York's instructions

Appendix 8
The Commissary of Richmond's instructions

Appendix 9
Instructions issued in the Diocese of Norwich

Appendix 10
Shute Barrington's remarks on parish registers

Appendix 11
Shute Barrington's instructions to clergy in the Diocese of Durham

Appendix 12
Schedules from George Rose's Bill

Appendix 13 Schedules from George Rose's Act

Glossary

Index