Remembering the discussions on the list some while ago concerning the word Chrisome I thought the following extract I came across recently in "Somerset  and Dorset Notes and Queries" might be of interest:- " Before 1552 the "chrisome" was put upon the child at the font with the words " take this White Vestment for a token" etc rubric 1549.  In the bills of mortality up to the 12th of George 1 children dying within the month were described as chrisomes." Janet