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SWINGFIELD, KENT, ENGLAND
[St. Peter's]
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
02-Apr	1640	Richard Wrayth	Son of	Richard Wrayth	& his wife   Joan
03-Apr	1640	Richard Lad	Son of	Michaell Lad	& his wife   Mary
23-Apr	1640	Marget Lad	Dau of	Nicholas Lad	& his wife   Marget
07-May	1640	Mary Nairne	Dau of	David Nairne	& his wife   Mary	Minister at Swingfield
02-Dec	1640	Marget Tayler	Dau of	John Tayler	& his wife   Martha
20-Dec	1640	Sara Godman	Dau of	John Godman	& his wife   Sara
30-Dec	1640	Agnes Ffostall	Dau of	Richard Ffostall	& his wife   Eales [Alice?]	Church warden at Swingfield

Marriages

DATE	YEAR	GROOM		BRIDE	NOTES	Banns/ MBL
14-Oct	1640	Thomas Stridicke	&	Susan Wrayth
10-Feb	1640	Valentine Taylor	&	Thomasine Manger

Burials

DATE	YEAR	NAME	Notes
29-Dec	1640	Eales Ffostall	wife of Richard Ffostall