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A ncient Register of Wrington Church. By the Rev. Preb. Soarth, 

 M.A., Rector of Wrington. Read March 13, 1872. 

 The Old Register dates back to 1538, and is in good preservation. 

 It begins with the following entry : — 



WEINGTON PARISH. 



Within the County of Sommesett, 



Theis Booke of Register wherein is written the names of all those that have 



been Baptized, Married, and Buried within the same parish, and the days and 



years of their Baptisms, Marriage, and Buriall from the year of our Lord God 



1538 unto this year 1599, &c. 



There is added at the bottom of the title-page which contains the 

 above entry — 



" A Book of Register 



■was 



appointed to be kept in every Church in England — 



1. By authority of King Henry VIII., in injunctions published in the 30th 

 year of his Reign, Anno Dom : 1538, wh : injunctions are recited in Acta and 

 Monuments, p. 389, 390, volum 2, London 1641. 



2. By the injunctions of Queen Elizabeth in the 1st year of her Reign, 

 An9 Dom. 1559. Injunct. 10. 



3. By the Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiastical, Can : 70, agreed upon by 

 the King's License, in the 1st year of the Reign of King James over Englsind, 

 &c. Ano Dom : 1603. 



Junii 13tio Anno Dom: 1663. 

 MemorijB ergo posuit. 



Ffran : Roberts, s.t.d. 

 Rector, &c." 

 The first entry under the head Christening is — 



December 11 Agnes NeweU the Daughter of John 

 Newell. 

 There are 10 Christenings entered in the year 1538, and only 9 

 under the next 2 years, i.e. to 1540. 



Under the year 1541 there are 20 



1542 „ 3 



1543 „ 15 

 1545* „ 27 

 1546 „ 19 



1547 „ 18 



* Two yeara. 



