92 Collections for a History of Seagry. 
1804 :— 
‘‘We whose names . . . . do agree to have a leg of mutton and seven 
gallons of beer and to be dressed at the officer’s house in the parish. Witness 
our hands, Thomas Sealy, John Beak, churchwardens. James Baily, John Young.” 
1808 :— 
‘* William Wheeler appointed clerk at 1s. per week.” 
1810: 
‘* Thanksgiving for plentiful harvest, 2s. 6d.” 
REGISTERS. 
The registers date from 1610. They consist of eight books and 
are all in a good state of preservation. Register A. (the oldest) is 
a parchment volume, and contains the baptisms, burials and marriages 
from 1610 to 1710. Register B. contains the baptisms, burials and 
marriages from 1710 to 1811 (the marriages in this book are entered 
only up to 1756, when a new book begins). Register C. contains 
the marriages from 1756 to 1811. Register D., the marriages from 
1813 to 1837. Registers E. and F., the marriages from 1838 to 
the present time. Register G., the burials from 1813 to the present 
time. Register H., the baptisms from 1813 to the present time. 
Extracts. 
November 29th, A.D. 1739 :— 
“T came to live in the parish of Seagry, in the county of Wilts, forty years 
ago last Lady-day, and have lived in the said parish ever since that time, and I 
found it to be the custom of the parish when I first came to pay Easter offerings, 
which I have paid or my husband for me ever since. The amount of money for 
Easter offerings is two pence for every person above sixteen years of age, and 
Mr. Simons when alive always fetched the money himself. Witness my hand, 
+, the mark of Mary Carey. In the presence of Ayliffe Henry Richmond.” 
November 20th, 1739 :— 
“T was possessed of my estate about ye time that Mr. Symons, our late vicar, 
died. Since that time I have paid a composition tithe to Mr. Pulsford, our 
present vicar, and likewise Easter offerings, for I am well persuaded that the 
payment of Easter offerings is an antient custom in ye parish of Seagry. Witness 
my hand, John Hibbard.” 
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