Abbreviation p.c.m.

[shanreagh]

Not much use, have you seen this.
At the bottom of left-hand page


https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B2-SSRQ-Q?i=509

I don’t know why that has the name transcribed as Richard.
The Rs on the page are distinctive.  This one is an N. I am sure.

I agree it is not Richard but perhaps Nich^l or Mich^l

[heywood]

Just an idea.
If I have read and interpreted this correctly, there was a Charles Mansfield, rector in 1695 who was buried in 1732. I don't know what ‘P’ would be though 

https://www.melocki.org.uk/salop/Burford.html

Scroll down to ‘Rectors of Burford, 2nd Portion’.

[Girl Guide]

Pastor maybe?

[David Nicoll]

Looking at the record on Findmypast it is a bit clearer.
I certainly think it is Nich(olas?) Piede of Nash labda and Susan Shepherd p(er) C. M(ansfield) at R(enfd?) Now Redford? ' Charles Mansfield was Portioner in Burford. See later pages in the records. I think labda is a reference to the fact that Burford was a Collegiate church. So Nich was in Nash Parish and the marriage recorded in Burford. There is a Robt. Piede on the previous page.
It would be worth looking for other references to the place, Charles seems remarkably informative!

[heywood]

Yes, I thought of ‘per’ but wasn’t sure. Thanks

[David Nicoll]

Also if you look in 1704. Baptized John son of Nicholas Piede of Weston Par. And Susan his wife Feby. 18th p JB .

[Watson]

I would imagine it stands for Parish of Cleobury Mortimer, which is a local parish.

[heywood]

I would imagine it stands for Parish of Cleobury Mortimer, which is a local parish.

It would be good to see more of the entries on that page.
Why not just write Cleobury Mortimer if they came from there.
I still think it is the priest’s initials.

[David Nicoll]

Charles Mansfield is a bit more explicit a couple of years later. He writes p. C. Mansfield. Either that or the parish clerk does.