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General register
Catalogue reference: PAR255/1/1/1
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This record is a file about the General register dating from 1558-1701.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PAR255/1/1/1
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Title (The name of the record)
- General register
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1558-1701
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Description (What the record is about)
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The volume was repaired, probably at the same time as it was rebound, but several pages have been left loosely inserted. The first two folios are mutilated and illegible in places. The dates on the cover and on several of the pages are in error.
Page:
1-78 C; Jan 1558 - Nov 1650
24 note that no register was kept between 1595 and 1603
79-105 M; Apr 1559 - Aug 1653
88 note no register was kept between 4 May 1595 and [May] 1603
90 note that in 1609 'the visitation began when for that year there was no register kept'; 1609
105 note by Adam Cartright, town clerk, that he was chosen as keeper of the register 'as my grandfather, my own father and I have done a 100 years and upwards', and sworn before Col Anthony Stapley, 24 Oct 1653
105-109 C; Jan 1651 - Sep 1653
110-115 B; Apr 1644 - Sep 1653
fo 59 blank
116-148 B; Jan 1588 - Mar 1644
122 note no register was kept between 4 May 1595 and [May] 1603
149 note by Anthony Stapley that Adam Cartright was sworn before him as register; 24 Oct 1653
150-222 C; Oct 1653 - Aug 1700
223-239 M; Nov 1653 - Apr 1701; includes contracts of marriage Oct 1653 - Aug 1659
240-273 B; Oct 1653 - Mar [1700]
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- East Sussex Record Office
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- PAR255/1/1/1
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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The register was published in 1932: see Henry D Roberts, & apos;The Parish Register of Brighton' (Cambridge, 1932)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/cf9b87d9-0459-433d-841e-56d1598bb8d8/
Series information
PAR255/1
Incumbent: registers
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Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at East Sussex Record Office
Within the fonds: PAR255
PARISH OF BRIGHTON ST NICHOLAS
Within the series: PAR255/1
Incumbent: registers
Within the sub-series: PAR255/1/1
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