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RefNoKP68/1/2
AltRefNoP68/1/2
TitleComposite register
DescriptionBAPTISMS: 1 April 1703 - 30 April 1775
MARRIAGES: 4 April 1703 - 11 March 1754
BURIALS: 24 April 1703 - 13 March 1775
Baptisms at Chettisham: 8 January 1723 - 27 August 1750
Marriages at Chettisham: 15 May 1743
Burials in Cathedral: [ ] October 1718 - 30 April 1776

Baptisms and marriage at Chettisham and burials in the Cathedral are entered at back of volume, though Chettisham entries also appear in the body of the register. Occupations usually given in baptism and burial entries from 1729. BURIALS include the first burial from the workhouse in July 1726, burial of Mary Bird, executed for poisoning her husband, July 1737, many deaths from smallpox in 1758 and 1768.
On front flyleaves: Note of cost of rebinding register, ?1752. Memoranda of statute days work called, May - June 1767. Form of affidavit for burial in woollen.
At back: Memoranda of burials of ministers and Bishops and Dean in Cathedral, 1718 - 76; Note of proclamation of George II on 19 June 1727 and of George III on 4 November 1760, Note of hanging of John Tuckers alias Vickers for murdering his wife and of burning alive Mary Hutchinson who poisoned her husband, both on 7 November 1742.
Memoranda: Statute days called 1763 - 1768. Parish clerks chosen 1714, 1751 and 1773. Weight of the great bell, 1716.
Date1703 - 1776
CreatorNameEly St Mary Parish Church
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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