TRANSCRIPT OF THE EARLIEST REGISTER OF DALE ACBEY. 93 



In the transcript, dots show where the Register is worn away ; 

 brackets, where words are undecipherable ; and spaces, where 

 omissions occur in the original. 



A few notes are added from an inventory (in the overseers' 

 account-book) of the contents of the parish chest in 1806. One 

 item is, " Rec' for lo^/ii"^ for the French protestants 27 Sep' 

 1694." 



ye 16 : 1667 

 . . . . dy of Deall (?) abey and ffranc . . 

 . . . . ame parish was married .... 

 . . . . [b]orne Sonne of Richard Grun [dy] 

 and f . . wife was borne October ye 23'' 1668 : and was 



babtised the 3'^ of nouember ffowllowing. By M' Robert 



home then minister of westhallam. 

 Mary the ffirst borne daugter of Richard Grundy was borne 



September ye 22'' and babtised October the 25"' : 1670 : and 



died ye 6"" of december ffowllowing 

 Isacke and Jacob being twins and second and third son [s] to the 



aforesaide Richard Grundy and Frances his wife was borne 



the 6"' of Aprill 1672 : and babtised the 7"" day and buried 



ye 14"' day by M' greatrex minister at Risley and west 



[ha] llame 

 EHzabeth the seco .... Richard Grundy and frances 



Grundy his , was borne ye 25"" . . and babtised ye 



12"* of August . . . et vicar of Ockbrook 

 J [oseph ?] .... of Henry tayler and kathe .... 



wife was borne the ii"" day of may an . . ised the 08 



day of may 16 . . 

 Hannah tayler daughter of Joseph and mary tayler was borne 



July the 7 and babtised the 04 of the same 16 . . 



Thomas ye sonne of George Wallker and Elizabeth his wife was 



babtised december ye 16 i678 



Ruth ye daughter of Richard Grundy and France . . his wife 



was borne Octtober ye 3'' 1678 

 John Shaw the soon of William Shaw buryed 14 day of Febryary 



Anno dom^ 1678 



