Finmere Parish Register

[Bradwell77]

Entry here of the 1676 marriage of William Paxton to Elizabeth Yates. The clerk - not the rector who was RICHARD Horne - gives some added details - is there a reference to the nearby parish of Fringford?

[horselydown86]

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[Bradwell77]

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[horselydown86]

The clerk - not the rector who was RICHARD Horne - gives some added details - is there a reference to the nearby parish of Fringford?

Fringford isn't mentioned in the line after the Paxton marriage.

That line seems to end in the words first born.  Some of the early part may be in Latin - the word patre might appear.

Isn't the Paxton marriage on 4 April (year unknown) whereas the next line refers to something from June 14 1676?

ADDED:

William and Elizabeth were married by Charles Horn.

[Bradwell77]

My apologies. It would have been more helpful if I had attached a copy of the entry showing a little more context. Now attached.

Clearly the entry relates to William Paxton marrying Elizabeth Yates on 14 Jun 1676, which the clerk has recorded before he was instructed to enter the baptism of their first child. The Finmere register is littered with such entries, presumably to ensure there is no question of illegitimacy, possibly because other factors suggest this a transcription.

The vicar is recorded both in Alumni Oxoniensis and the CCeD database as RICHARD Horne, Rector since 1635. He dies in post in 1678. The handwriting is consistent with entries going back to 1593 - and long after his death - so someone is transcribing and gets his name wrong.

[horselydown86]

Thank you for posting the larger clips.  You are right of course about the date and what belongs with what.

I can't add anything to my post unfortunately.  Fringford isn't mentioned, but beyond that I can't make out enough of the Latin in the second line to say more.

[Bookbox]

This is an odd mixture of English and Latin. But, after some head-scratching, I think it reads:

Willia(m) Paxton & Elizabeth Yates ioyned in Matrimony by Charles Horn,

June 14^th 1676 diluculo patre dormitante ^Reptare et nesc[…]^ Hir first born

William Paxton was baptised Aprilis ultimo 1677 infans dierum 40^ta


… 1676, in the early morning, with the father sleeping, they crept away and he was unaware. Her first born William Paxton was baptised the last day of April 1677 as an infant 40 days old.

[Bradwell77]

Thanks all for your help. The Finmere register certainly is quirky. Obviously transcribed from earlier material the cleric is frequently annotating with non-contemporaneous facts. Latinised place names are littered throughout, together with snippets of biographical details. Unfortunately some words are undecipherable, but once again many thanks for the effort.

[horselydown86]

This is an odd mixture of English and Latin. But, after some head-scratching, I think it reads:

Willia(m) Paxton & Elizabeth Yates ioyned in Matrimony by Charles Horn,

June 14^th 1676 diluculo patre dormitante ^Reptare et nesc[…]^ Hir first born

William Paxton was baptised Aprilis ultimo 1677 infans dierum 40^ta


… 1676, in the early morning, with the father sleeping, they crept away and he was unaware. Her first born William Paxton was baptised the last day of April 1677 as an infant 40 days old.

This is quite brilliant, Bookbox, to extract so much from such a source.