112 HISTORY OP KIRKliY MOORSIDE. 



iauts of the Parish of Kirby more side in these words, 

 These are to Certify whom it may concern, that 

 wee whose names are underwritten, together with 

 the greatest number of the rest of the Parishioners, 

 doe elect andchuse William Sturdy of Kirbymore- 

 side, to be the Parish Register there, according to 

 a late act of Parliament, In testimony whereof wee 

 have hereunto sett our hands. 



To be Trustees, William Lack, Minister, 



Otterburn, Junr. George Dowthwaite, Robert Dob- 

 son, Henry Otterburn, Ralph , Richard 



Judson, George Sleightholm, Robert Luke, Ralph 

 , George Brand, Nicholas Markham, Wil- 

 liam Taylor. 



Upon Consideration of which Certificate, and 

 that the said William Sturdy has made oath that he 

 will truly and faithfully to the utmost of his power 

 Discharge the Duty of the said Register, 



I doe hereby approve of the said William Sturdy, 

 to be the said Parish Register, according as is in the 

 aid Certificate desired, I being a Justice of Peace 

 within the North Ridding of Yorkeshire. Witness 

 my hand and Scale, the seventh day of November, 

 one thousand six hundred and fifty three, 



Luke Robinson. 



Extracts from the above Registers. 

 Elizabeth Ffisher wife of Nicholas Ffisher who was 

 buried the 18th day of November 1653. 

 Births of Children 1653. 



Robert Kiddsone of Geo. Kidd borne the 17th of 

 November. 

 John Greene and Elizabeth Bransdale, both of Gil- 



