Heathfield Parish Registers

[Chris in 1066Land]

Sue

1629 Bapt   7 Feb   Christopher Deering the son of Christopher Deering
1646 Bapt   29 Nov   Elizabeth the daughter of Christopher Deering
1649 Bapt   24 June   James the son of Christopher Deering

1672 Bapt   16 May   Elizabeth the daughter of Christopher Deering by Elizabeth his wife
1674 Bapt   24 June   Anne the daughter of Christopher Deering by Elizabeth his wife
1676 Bapt   3 Jan   Christopher the son of Christopher Deering by Elizabeth his wife
1681 Bapt   23 May   Thomas the son of Christopher Deering by Elizabeth his wife
1683 Bapt   8 Feb   John the son of Christopher Deering and Elizabeth his wife was born 27 Dec
1686 Bapt   10 Oct   Henry the son of  Christopher Deering by Elizabeth his wife
1689 Bapt   20 July   Mary the daughter of Elizabeth Dearing widow (BT says father is Christopher Deering)


1653 Buried   1 Aug   James the son of Christopher Deeringe
1668 Buried   14 May   wife of Christopher Deering the younger

It looks as though the entries where it just mentions Christopher is from one wife as the rest all state Elizabeth.

Only confusing bit, are some Chris the Elder?

Chris in Hastings

[sue9]

Hi Chris

Thanks for all the info - I'm busy trying to make head and tail of it - once you start to enter it up it sometimes becomes clearer.
Thanks once again.
Sue

[sue9]

Hi Chris

I've just google Christopher Deering Sussex - and found this - New Shoes and Mutton Pies, Investigative responses to theft in seventeenth century east sussex - on may day 1639 Christopher Deering discovered that a lamb was missing from this property in Heathfield.
Its great when you find some like this.
Thanks
Sue

[toni*]

Chris i was wondering if you came across any of this in the burial registers:~

By law, from 1667 until 1814, corpses had to be wrapped in sheep wool to bouy up the English woolen industry. Each burial entry was annotated with a note (‘by Aff’) testifying that an affidavit had been sworn before a magistrate by a member of the defuncts family to this effect. The details about the affidavits were sometimes accompanied by the persons name and relationship to the deceased. Where the burial registers are deficient, any separate notes about affidavits can prove invaluable as they were sworn within eight days of the interment.

Toni

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi Toni

Yes, as a teacher of family history at various CCE establisments in Sussex as well as at the University of Sussex - I have been well aware of the 'Buried in Wool Act' for many many years.

A copy of one such affidavit is posted below

Chris in 1066

[toni*]

Hi Chris, would these be held in the genreal parish records then or a seperate index? I was wondering whetre i would be able to search them at the County Record Office i suppose.

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi Toni

Unfortunately very few of these affidavits have survived - if they have, it is usually in the Parish Chest or amongst the Overseers of the Poor papers.

An alternative was a 'naked burial' for those who could not afford wool, or a fine.

The Acts were only repealed in 1814, but in some places like Manchester, the Parish Clerks in 1678 purchased a separate Register to record the affidavits. The series was continued upto 1795, though the affidavits cease to be recorded in the latter two volumes of the series, and it would appear that these registers had by then become the main paper original register of burials.

Unfortunately, I have not come across any in the East Sussex Record Office.

Chris in 1066

[toni*]

oh i was hoping they might give me some clues

thanks anyway

[sue9]

Hi Chris

Would you kindly look and see if there are any Cliftons in the Heathfield Parish Registers

Best regards
Sue