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Ive been looking at marriage records for the 1700's and noticed RT at the end of the witness's name. Could anyone please tell me what that means
Thanks in advance
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Could you give us some more information, please? Is it just on one entry, or several? And just in one parish, or several?
Ideally, please could you tell us exactly where you've seen this, as there may be clues in the rest of the entry.
Meanwhile, two possibilities come to mind: first, is it a misreading of 'Kt' (for Knight)? Second, if it was very early 1700s, might it mean that Registration Tax (aka Marriage Tax) had been collected?
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Hi there
I'm looking on the the weald.org website . Its on the Edenbridge Parish Registers . Its the 1758 Dec 26 marriage between John Goward and Sarah Welfare
wit RT George Agate
And several others .
Any info would be great
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The image for the marriage is on FindMyPast, there is no RT on there :-\ Against the other witness it is noted Clerk but nothing against George Agate.
I have not found the website you refer to but does it have a list of abbreviations on it somewhere. A link to the record may help us
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http://theweald.org/bk.asp?bookid=EdenPR061&xid=H&xnm=1
I hope this works.
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You have to click on the marriages on the left and go to 1758 to see the one ive mentioned
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You have to click on the marriages on the left and go to 1758 to see the one ive mentioned
On the previous page it explains that RT = Richard Taylor, the parish clerk.
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Just slightly further up the page it says Richard Taylor, Clerk - (henceforth RT)
added: beat me to it Jen. I meant previous page
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oh really that simple. Thanks guys. Youre amazing
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You've both just beaten me to it - I found the image at FindMyPast and on seeing that the clerk's name was Richard Taylor guessed that that might be it.