Fordington

♦“y” is often used instead of “i” as in Wynsor/Winsor - Bryne/Brine - Collyns/Collins

♦“z” is often used instead of “s” as in Cozens/Cosens - Zeager/Seager

♦“e” is often added to the end of names and some letters repeated as in Bisshoppe for Bishop or Bartlette for Bartlet or Ffordington

♦“h” may have been omitted as in Tomas/Thomas or cristened/christened and particularly “is” for “his” in later years

♦“Ao Dm” is a Latin abbreviation for “Anno Domini” ; meaning “in the year of our Lord”

♦ Most entries are preceded with the letters “Jbm”. The letter “j” is the same as “i” in Latin and this is an abbreviation for ibidem meaning “the same”

♦ Although many of the baptisms for this period appear in the IGI so far the temple has only cleared female baptisms [Feb 2007] so this listing is much more comprehensive

♦ Readers are reminded that each year started on 25th March not the 1st January [ up until 1752]so January and February Christenings for example will appear at the end of the year

[Most of the heading is illegible and all the right hand side of the document which contained the dates is missing- the order of entry to the register is preserved giving an approximate idea of when baptism took place]

[Note:- She later married Nicholas SMART and had a son Robert SMART. Her father Robert COSENS was buried at FStG on 10th Apr 1604 leaving a Will (PROB 11/104) dated 6th Apr 1604 . Her mother Christian COSEN's was buried at FStG on 28 Apr 1619 and left a Will dated 23 Apr 1619. Her mother Christian is named as exectrix in her fatrher's will and Luce has bequests in both wills. ]

[Baptisms of known children when records are missing :-
From the marriage of John SEAGER to Alice Kete at FStG on 9th July 1578 (in addition to Millicent Seager baptised in 1578 above ) which children would therefore have been born between 1579 and 1592/3 when both parents were deceased, and all six became wards of their kinsman Roger Kete and are named in a tuition bond . Link to more information:-

Virtue Seager, later married Henry HOWMAN ; Margaret Seager; Roger Seager; Margery Seager, later married Anthony EAMES & Luce Seager]

The names of all such as have been christened, and married and buried within the Tithe [Tithing] of Ffordington in the peculiar jurisdiction of Sarum from the feaste of St Mary the Virgin [Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary or Lady Day was 25th March] in the yeare of our Lord God according to the tempusasion? [policy] of the church of England one thousand and five hundred four score and eight [i.e. until 1588]

{Note:- Eme WHITE was the daughter of William WHITE who died leaving a Nuncupative Will dated 30th March 1595 in which she and her brother George are provided. As they were under age they were raised by their fathers brother and administrator of his will, John WHITE. John and William were 2 of 4 children of Robert WHITE (D.1576). Link to their place in the WHITE Family of Fordington]

[Note: IGI for this entry has a surname of BEENE - I think this is the daughter of Christopher BEERE and Isable Collins who married in Fordington on 26 June 1586 - Barbara was buried 27th Nov 1587]

[Note: There is a statement and signature at the foot of this composite return - It is difficult to decipher the signature which might be “SIMONDS” and I have been unable to translate the first part of the text, but the rest appears to say:-]
“In the Tith de Ffordington in datia this die jovis xvii octobris 1588”
In the Tithing of Fordington on the date, on this day, Thursday 17th October 1588

[Note:- See comments on marriage of her father Richard WARREN to Eve 12th Oct 1591 - Mary was their 1st child and known as Marie, she married John Bartlett in Fordington 25 Jan 1634 and is mentioned in her fathers Will dated 1636]

[Document very badly damaged; CLDS Image 2086 . It has been filmed with a separate piece containing 7 lines of text across the top which appears to be separate. It repeats the last few christenings for 1592. The section below that appears to be the start of 1594 christenings - there is a piece missing towards the top left where the year would have been and water damage all down the right hand side -legibility is very poor even after taking images and running through an enhancement programme therefore treat all names with caution- the year 1594 is only written on the bottom of this section as transcribed]

Signatures
Thomas CHOUNT                    }Church
WM [William] BYRDE [BIRD]}Wardens      Ap 25th 1594