The Registers Of Staplehurst, 1558-1596, With Introduction [bound With] The Registers Of Staplehurst, 1596-1653, With Introduction..
Bound in later red cloth, gilt. Light rust impressions from staples of inset on front endpaper. Occasional light foxing and page edge abrasions with tear to 1596-1553 registers, pp. 27-28. A few pencil ticks are also present.
£145.00
Details
STAPLEHURST PARISH REGISTER TRANSCRIPTS, 1558-1653
Publisher
Canterbury: Gibbs and Sons, Printers, Palace Street,
Date
1910, 1913.
Item Description
8vo. 6.75 x 8.75 inches. [ii] + ii + 127 pp.; [iii] + 154 pp. Inserted is the Staplehurst Register, by J.S. FF. Chamberlain, M.A. Stapled article. 283-299 pp. and illustrated with three photographic plates, an offprint from unspecified journal.
Notes
The first volume is a transcript of the old paper register, with additional material from the parchment register, and the second volume is a transcript from the parchment register, with additional material from a duplicate paper register. Thomas Cromwell had ordered that registers should be kept by churches in 1538 but in 1597 it was ordered that a fair copy of the entries, but only from Queen Elizabeth's accession in 1558, should be made into a parchment book. In many parishes the old paper registers going back to 1538, and containing much additional information, were lost or destroyed. Fortunately those for Staplehurst survived. The Reverend Chamberlain also published a transcript of the earliest registers as 'The Old Register of Staplehurst, 1538-1558' (1907). The article inset gives some extracts, with commentary, from the paper registers, including entries for the period, 1538-1558. Both volumes are indexed.
[Stock No. 19471]
Subjects
16th Century • History • Kent • Records • Staplehurst • Weald