Wendy said > Richard - > The entry in MSS. D.D. Par. Witney c4 Register of Baptisms and > Burials for 30 Jan. 1809 is William WRIGHT aged 56. This is > perfectly clear and confirms the transcription. There are no other > WRIGHT burials in the register within a year. Richard had said: >> Could I add to your list of check-ups? The OFHS for St. Mary's >> Witney has burial of William WRIGHT, aged 56, on 30 January >> 1809. This is a puzzling entry. I have the will of Thomas >> WRIGHT the elder of Curbridge, proved 28 Jan. 1809, and its >> codicil was made on 20 Aug. 1808. >> >> It may be that there is a glitch in the transcription of the >> January 1809 entries and two or more entries and dates >> compressed into one in error;, a portmanteau entry, "William" >> Wright actually someone else with a >> different surname and Thomas Wright somehow left out though the >> Wright surname is included. A "portmanteau entry" might also have come about when the parish clerk copied his rough book up into the Register, maybe months later. If that was the case, you'll never know :-( DaveB