Hi Tony, The entry reads: Marchii Jacobus Vernon de billenge xviii die It translates as: Of March James Vernon of Billenge 18 day So James Vernon was baptised on the 18th March. The writer has confused the reader by adding the Latin 'ii' at the end of the English word March - it should read Martii. You can see that he does this regularly not only with the month of March but with other months, too, if you trawl through more pages. He further confuses by using the French 'de' before Billenge. At the time this was written there were no rules set down. Grammar, punctuation, spelling and all the rest of the Victorian-malarkey-to-come was still very much a work in progress. Where would we be without the fun? Ruth