Hello John - If you look at the transcriptions I have on the St. Austell website, you'll see that there were quite a few "C" entries, just about in the same position as the "P" entries. The entries were made regardless of sex of the departed, age, or any other connection that I could identify. Therefore I'd wondered if it meant buried in the Church, or church-yard. Hammond pointed out that there were so many burials within the church walls that they were weakened, so the cost of being buried there was increased. (Twice!) The churchyard burial ground was drastically reduced in the 1800's, to the point of non-existence, and all the bodies buried within the Church walls were removed during one of the restoration attempts - so it's hard to estimate how many people were buried there over the centuries. And the notations stop as well about the date of the building restoration, as well. Does anyone know to what the P entries referred? (I thought P for "parish", as in who paid the fee[s]). Oh yes, Stephen HUGOE was recorded as the vicar in Hammond as well. Please do visit my website - there should be lots of information that might help anyone with relies in the St. Austell area! Cheers, Julia M. West Briton Transcriptions, 1836-1856 at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad St. Austell Area History and Genealogy at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell > From: "John Griffiths" jgriffiths12@optusnet.com.au > > It's St. Austell, Baptisms - Marriages - Burials 1696 - 1752. I think the > Vicar is Stephen HUGOE as he signs at the end of each year and the cover of > the register has Temp. Stephen HUGOE and a Google search has said Stephen > HUGO [sic] was the Vicar there for 62 years. > > Happy Days, > John in Hot > NSW Australia

Hello again, John and all - I have to apologize. Just looked at the St. Austell website, and noticed the Genealogy Index was wrong for burials!! Somehow, it said "1750 to 1906", when in reality there are burials from 1564 to 1906 - all the LDS filmed images have been transcribed, and have been for several years! This is from Cannon Hammond's book - "It will be observed that the charge was only 3s.4d. (to be buried within the church walls) - say, one pound of our money - no wonder that so many were interred within its walls: there were few years in which there were not from five to twenty-five of these (in 1731 there were thirty "buryalls"; in 1676, out of thirteen of these, three were non-parishoners), and the names are generally recorded, but only in connexion with the fees paid, which at St. Austell were not exhorbitant. They did not remain at this attenuated figure, however; by 1712 the charge had been doubled. In 1772 it was decided that, great injury having been done to the Church by digging graves therein, no one should be buried within the walls unless an undertaking had been given to pay to the Churchwardens the sum of four guineas. In 1793, "the faculty for the new Churchyard having passed the Great Seal", it was resolved that such a new Churchyard be now used, and that no graves be made even in the old Churchyard except at a fee of £4 4s., the sum charged for interments in the Church." The entire article is on the St. Austell website, under "Parish Life". The above is why I believe the "C" notation meant buried IN THE CHURCH. (Literally.) Cheers, Julia M. PS - Now I have to check the rest to make sure they're correct!! And for those who aren't aware of the site, there are photographs, history (from lots of sources), West Briton articles, all transcribed BMD films from LDS, lots of Manorial records to 'fill in' the 1500's and 1600's - resources of links to books, other websites, et al - for Cornwall and St. Austell specifically. So please, click on the link below. West Briton Transcriptions, 1836-1856 at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad St. Austell Area History and Genealogy at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell From: jwmos99@msn.com To: cornish@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: CORNISH Digest, Vol 8, Issue 11 Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:49:47 -0600 Hello John - If you look at the transcriptions I have on the St. Austell website, you'll see that there were quite a few "C" entries, just about in the same position as the "P" entries. The entries were made regardless of sex of the departed, age, or any other connection that I could identify. Therefore I'd wondered if it meant buried in the Church, or church-yard. Hammond pointed out that there were so many burials within the church walls that they were weakened, so the cost of being buried there was increased. (Twice!) The churchyard burial ground was drastically reduced in the 1800's, to the point of non-existence, and all the bodies buried within the Church walls were removed during one of the restoration attempts - so it's hard to estimate how many people were buried there over the centuries. And the notations stop as well about the date of the building restoration, as well. Does anyone know to what the P entries referred? (I thought P for "parish", as in who paid the fee[s]). Oh yes, Stephen HUGOE was recorded as the vicar in Hammond as well. Please do visit my website - there should be lots of information that might help anyone with relies in the St. Austell area! Cheers, Julia M. West Briton Transcriptions, 1836-1856 at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad St. Austell Area History and Genealogy at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell > From: "John Griffiths" jgriffiths12@optusnet.com.au > > It's St. Austell, Baptisms - Marriages - Burials 1696 - 1752. I think the > Vicar is Stephen HUGOE as he signs at the end of each year and the cover of > the register has Temp. Stephen HUGOE and a Google search has said Stephen > HUGO [sic] was the Vicar there for 62 years. > > Happy Days, > John in Hot > NSW Australia