W Sussex Catholic Registers

[thehen]

Hi, am looking for the baptism of a James Hone (not known where born) but he married Charlotte Burfield in 1802 in Arundel and the first two of their children (Anne 1803 and William 1805) were baptised catholics.  I still search for his birthplace but thought I may catch him this way by checking this register.

Thanks in advance!

[sillgen]

Have you contacted Chichester Record Office?   They will be able to tell you what RC registers are available.
Andrea

[colinjohn]

Michael Gandy's excellent booklets (Catholic Missions and Registers, 1700-1880) are very helpful in this situation; they list all know registers, the periods they cover and where they are located as well as what transcriptions, if any, have been made.

The relevant booklet records that baptisms in Arundel in 1802 might have been carried out either in the Chapel of Slindon House or in the domestic chapel of the Duke of Norfolk; that there are indexed transcripts for both chapels in West Sussex Record Office and that alternatively transcriptions of the Slindon House registers are in Catholic Record Society (CRS) publication 7 and the Duke's chapel registers in CRS 27.

Here's the CRS website:
http://www.catholic-history.org.uk/crs/

Good luck

Colin

[thehen]

Great thanks, I am unfortunately based some distance from Chichester, so may put a request into WSRO to do a search for me - thanks so much for the help.

 

[colinjohn]

Your local library should be able to order up copies of the CRS publications for you via an inter-library loan.

Colin