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FORDWICH, KENT, ENGLAND
[St. Mary the Virgin]
Bishop's Transcripts 1640 - 1641

NB: These records are from the Canterbury Cathedral Bishop's Transcripts
seized in 1641 when the Archbishop William Laud was arrested by the "Long Parliament".
[Click] for wikipedia information about his arrest, trial  and execution.
The records for the year 1640 are now archived in the Parliamentary Archives at
the Palace of Westminster, London. [Click] [Note: These are external links]

The original church records for this parish at this time are missing.
This is the only record of these BMDs for 1640-1641, (and they use the Julian Calendar
with 25 March being the start of each new year.)
The Bishops Transcripts for this parish in other years, will still be held at Canterbury Cathedral Archives.

Abbreviations:
MBL= Married by Licence

Baptisms

DATE	YEAR	NAME		Name of Father	Name of Mother	Notes
10-Apr	1640	John Smith	Son of	Robert Smith	& his wife   Mary
14-Jun	1640	Thomas Hall	Son of	Richard Hall	& his wife   Mildred	[Church warden]
21-Mar	1640	Mary Knowler	Dau of	John Knowler	& his wife   Katherine
22-Mar	1640	Ffrancis Gull	Son of	William Gull	& his wife   Katherine

Marriages

DATE	YEAR	GROOM		BRIDE	NOTES	Banns/ MBL
07-Oct	1640	Gills Brett	&	Mary Duker
22-Oct	1640	Henry March	&	Margaret Joans
14-Feb	1640	William Giles	&	Jane Sayer

Burials

DATE	YEAR	NAME	Notes
03-Apr	1640	Mary Sturgesse	wife of Peter Sturgesse
12-Apr	1640	John Smith	son of Robert Smith
07-May	1640	Richard Hall	son of Richard Hall
22-Jun	1640	Robert Cock
07-Nov	1640	stillborne child of	Christopher Cray