Parish Registers &/or Bishops Transcripts

[Jon_ni]

there's no way to know

Variable but with older ones before the pre-printed boxed layout of Rose's Act there is often a date and annotation at the end by the churchwarden followed by the curate or minister or the starting description is lengthy. Compiled Easter to Easter (tying in with the old new year of 25th March).
https://heritagesearch.oxfordshire.gov.uk/records/DIOC/1/E/7 (also TNA & others).

"Bishops' transcripts are contemporary copies of parish registers. Within one month of Easter churchwardens were compelled, under an Order made in 1598, to send a copy of all register entries made in the previous year to the bishop." From 1813 the minister alone was responsible.

Original parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials do not form part of the Durham Diocesan Records, if that assists in differentiating some https://libguides.durham.ac.uk/asc-family-history/bishopstranscripts

[Tickettyboo]

I think that 'no way to know' was a quote from a post of mine.

I was referring to whether the copying was done at the same time as each event was entered into the parish register or as a job lot just before the copy  had to be submitted each year.
Whichever method was used, of necessity, the declaration would have been made, signed and dated 'after' the last event took place.
If the entries into each register, Parish and BT,  were not made at the same time then the date of the declaration would be the same by which time the opening entry could be up to a year old.

Boo

[~buttons~]

Thanks for the update john ni

Having finally found a copy of the actual, for real, page of burials from the Parish Registers and compared that with BT - you're correct Boo. There isn't any way to see when one or the other was written.

Surprisingly & contrary to popular belief, the Lamb burial is on the PR for Staindrop in 1838.

The search continues for the "real" HenryLamb
 
Many thanks for everyone's help. It's very much appreciated