I think that the birth is recorded as the Oct entry and there is another unrelated entry recorded on 18 Dec about receiving the Duty up to 1st Oct last. If you look back at previous pages the same entry about receiving the Duty up to 1st Oct last is recorded on 21 Nov 1785. Mary Houghton is mentioned again so maybe she received it. A Stamp Duty was levied on entries in PRs between 1783 and 1794 so it is possibly something to do with that. Joy Langdon On Tuesday, 15 Jul, 2014 at 21:58, cheshire@rootsweb.com wrote: Hi All, I am looking at a baptism on Findmypast and I cannot make sense of it. It appears to say :- 1786 Christenings at Gawsworth ...................... Octr 22nd Hannah Dr of George & Elizabeth Whittakers born Decemr 18 1786 Recd(?) the Duty (or piety?) to first Octor last Mary Houghton ...................... I am not sure whether Mary Houghton belongs to that entry or not. But according to that she was christened before she was born and I don't know whether the last bit is about received into the church after a home baptism but that date doesn't make sense either. Can anyone make sense of it? Any help gratefully received Christine ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message