And poor old Mrs Brightridge doesn't even get a name... Caroline Sent from my iPad On 27 Aug 2011, at 20:19, "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> wrote: > I love the old registers, don't you John > > I was looking in the St Anne & St Agnes register just out of curiosity, on the second page are a few > details of the first entries > > One reads :- > > (This would be 1739 by the looks of it) > > The Beauril Dues for Beauring of Mr Brightridge wife > > Ground 0..6..0 > Minister 0..4. > Clark 0..3. > Sexton 0..4. > Register 0..1. > Six Bearres 0..9? > For Prayers in the Church 0..7. > For Six Pound of Candles 0..3. > --------- > £ 1.10? > --------- > > Unfortunately the page has been repaired at some point and covered part of the pence column but you > get the overall jist > > Little wonder we get all sorts of spellings for names eh? > > Hope the formatting holds up > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > >> Michael, I think St. John Zachary was united with St. Anne and St. Agnes in >> 1670. >> >> Best wishes, >> >> John Townsend > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > This mailing list works in parallel with the London surname interest list on the web at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/london.html . Check for matching interests and add your own ! > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: LONDON-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LONDON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes as is more often the way I always find it amusing that births were usually announced as follows The Morning Post (London, England), Sunday, December 29, 1823 BIRTHS - On the 23rd inst. at Newlands, near Stanstead, Herts, the Lady of James Haylock, Esq, of a daughter. You would think having done most of the hard work (if not all of it) she may have got a mention wouldn't you <g> For posterity the Lady was Martha Casburn HAYLOCK Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) And poor old Mrs Brightridge doesn't even get a name... Caroline