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Title:
Register of baptisms, marriages and burials
Level: Category
Parish Records
Level: Fonds
GREAT BURSTEAD, St Mary Magdalene
Level: Sub-Fonds
INCUMBENT
Level: Series
Service of Church: Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials
Scope and Content:
Baptisms : 1559-1654 (few entries 1579-1596)
Marriages : 1559-1578, 1597-1653
Burials : 1559-1579, 1596-1653

Transcript made 1598. Elaborately written title page includes note that Timothy Okeley, vicar for 19 years, neglected to set down the names of those baptised, married or buried 'and that is the reason why this booke is imperfect'. This page and note are signed not by the incumbent but by Walter Farr [possibly to be identified with the Walter Farre, son of Walter of Great Burstead, died 1604, who appears in John Venn and J.A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses, part 1, volume 2 (Cambridge 1922)].

Includes marriage of 'Christopher Martyn singlm. [single man] and Marie Prowe wid [widow]', 26 February 1606/7 [Martin and his wife sailed on the Mayflower to New England in 1620]; burial of unnamed 'nurse child of London being a man chylde of a saylors', 1599; burial 1599 of Elizabeth Wattes, widow of Thomas Wattes 'the blessed marter of god who for his treuth suffered his merterdom in the fyre at Chelmesford the xxii day of May in anno domini 1555'; burial of 'John Apprie a welch man servant to Mr Ketell', 1602; burial of John Trower 'aged by his owne computation 114 yeares', 1624; burial of unnamed 'iournyman weaver', 1650.
Dates of Creation:
1559-1654
Extent:
1 volume
Language
English, with occasional words in Latin (e.g. baptism of a vagrant, 1575).
Physical Characteristics:
Parchment leaves in original, badly stained, parchment cover, with paper endpapers. Some leaves loose, and a number (probably blank) cut out.
Existence of Copies:
Image 9A was added on 12 September 2016, having been omitted in error; images of the covers (images 0 and 72) were added at the same time. For a microfilm of this register see T/R 123/1.
Related Unit of Description:
For a typescript name index, compiled in 1972, see T/R 141/1. A manuscript version of this index is held (2003) by the parish.
Not Available:
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Key terms

TypeKey termsDescription
Subjects Age Burial at Great Burstead, 1624, of man aged 114
Subjects Children Parish register of Great Burstead records burial of 'nurse child' from London, 1599
Subjects Clergy Parish register transcript criticizes neglect of former vicar, Great Burstead, 1598
Subjects Counter Reformation Parish register of Great Burstead, 1599, recalls burning of Isaac Wattes at Chelmsford, 1555
Subjects Emigration Parish register of Great Burstead includes marriage of Christopher and Marie Martin, passengers on the Mayflower, 1607
Subjects Weavers Unnamed journeyman weaver buried at Great Burstead, 1650
Subjects Welsh Welsh servant buried at Great Burstead, 1602
Personal Names Christopher
Martyn 		Great Burstead, 1607
Personal Names Elizabeth
Wattes 		Great Burstead, 1599
Personal Names John
Apprie 		servant, Great Burstead, 1602
Personal Names John
Trower 		Great Burstead, 1624
Personal Names Marie
Martyn 		Great Burstead, 1607
Personal Names Marie
Prowe 		Great Burstead, 1607
Personal Names Thomas
Wattes 		Chelmsford, 1555
Personal Names Timothy
Okeley 		vicar of Great Burstead, pre 1598
Personal Names Walter
Farr 		Great Burstead, 1598
Personal Names Mr
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Ketell 		Great Burstead, 1602
Place Names Chelmsford Parish register of Great Burstead, 1599, recalls burning of Thomas Wattes at Chelmsford, 1555
Place Names Great Burstead St. Mary Magdalene: register of baptisms 1559-1654; marriages 1559-1578, 1597-1653; burials 1559-1579, 1596-1653
Place Names London Parish register of Great Burstead records burial of 'nurse child' from London, 1599
Place Names North America, United States of America, New England Parish register of Great Burstead includes marriage of Christopher and Marie Martin, passengers on the Mayflower, 1607
Document Types Baptism register Great Burstead, St. Mary Magdalene, 1559-1654
Document Types Burial register Great Burstead, St. Mary Magdalene, 1559-1579, 1596-1653
Document Types Combined register Great Burstead, St. Mary Magdalene: baptisms 1559-1654; marriages 1559-1578, 1597-1653; burials 1559-1579, 1596-1653
Document Types Marriage register Great Burstead, St. Mary Magdalene, 1559-1578, 1597-1653
Document Types Marriage register Great Burstead, St. Mary Magdalene, 1559-1578, 1597-1653
Document Types Transcript Parish register of Great Burstead, 1598
Institutions Mayflower ship; Great Burstead parish register includes marriage of passengers Christopher Martin and Marie Prowe, 1607