Registrum ecclesiæ parochialis, the history of parish registers in England, also of the registers in Scotland, Ireland, the East and West Indies

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Edward Suter, 1829 - 246 pages
 

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Page 28 - The man to be married, taking the woman to be married by the hand, shall plainly and distinctly pronounce these words:— " I, AB do here in the presence of God the searcher of all hearts, take thee CD for my wedded Wife, and do also in the presence of God and before these witnesses, promise to be unto thee a loving and faithful Husband.
Page 87 - And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem. And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave : that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
Page 101 - ... or wound up, or buried in any shirt, shift, sheet, or shroud, made or mingled with flax, hemp, silk, hair, gold, or silver, or other than what is made of sheep's wool only...
Page 25 - ... to the end the same may faithfully be preserved in the registry of the said bishop ; which certificate shall be received without fee.
Page 87 - For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
Page 2 - ... and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.
Page 1 - And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
Page 25 - ... the church-wardens, shall write and record in the said book the names of all persons christened, together with the names and surnames of their parents, and also the names of all persons married and buried in that parish in the week before, and the day and year of every such christening, marriage, and burial ; and, that done, they shall lay up that book in the coffer, as before, and the minister and churchwardens unto every page of that book, when it shall be filled with such inscriptions, shall...
Page 18 - Buryings, made the whole week afore ; and that done, to lay up the Book in the said Coffer, as afore ; And for every time that the same shall be omitted, the Party that shall be in the fault thereof, shall forfeit to the said Church 3s. 4d. to be employed on the reparation of the said Church.
Page 47 - Elizabeth, by the Grace of God Queen of England Fraunce and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c.

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