By the Rev. G. S. Master. 



305 



was very prevalent throughout the kingdom and proved fatal in 

 many places during the spring of the year 1803/' 



This book contains the entries of baptisms and burials from 1779 

 to 1813 : the tax of 3d. in each case paid to the Crown from 1784 

 to 1794 Lin accordance with the Act 23 George III., repealed 34 of 

 the same reign] being recorded in the margin. The supply of copies 

 to the diocesan registry is noted in 1803, under the signature of 

 - Thomas Price, Curate » ; in 1807, under that of " Phil. Rideout, 

 Curate " ; in 1804, of " Edward Dawkins" [rector, 1793 to 1811] ; 

 in 1808, of "W. Ryves, Curate"; and in 1811, of "Henry 

 Glossop" [rector, 1811 to L820]. 



The entries of baptisms from July 18th, 1779, to January 31st, 

 1793, inclusive, already recorded in register No. 2, are repeated in 

 this book, with the addition of the mothers' maiden names, and 

 other occasional information. 



The fourth book is a register of marriages, which are recorded in 

 the printed forms required by the Act of 1753. It is of folio size, 

 of paper, in a stiff vellum cover, and contains those from 1754 to 

 1812 inclusive. It contains the signatures of " Edmund Yalden" 

 [rector 1754 to 1761]; "John Ray" [rector 1761 to 1779]- 

 "William Gomm" [rector 1779 to 1793]; "Edward Daw- 

 kins" [rector 1793 to 1811]; "Henry Glossop" [rector 1711 

 to 1820] ; and of numerous curates, whose names will be seen 

 on reference to p. 282, and who, succeeding each other with much 

 rapidity, can hardly have been, all of them, bond fide curates of the 

 parish. Upon the first page occurs the signature of "Gilbert 

 White," the well-known author of " The History of Selborne," who 

 was, for a short time, curate here to his relative, the Rev. Edmund 

 Yalden. 



The fifth, 1 sixth, and seventh registers are the ordinary paper 

 vellum-bound folios provided in accordance with the Act of 1812, 

 and still in use, with the exception of that for marriages, which 

 was superseded in 1836 by the cloth-bound oblong-folio duplicate 



i The three last entries of baptisms in book No. 3 are repeated at the beginning 

 of book No. 5. 



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