Bastard Baptism - difficult word

[andygmandrew]

From the Baptism register of St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1667

'Sammuell sonne to Barbara Fenwick [unrecognised word] a bastard'

Can anyone help with this word?

[JenB]

It looks like 'Innocent' to me.

[LAPUCCINA]

Are you able to give a bigger page view with more entries shown, so we can see comparison letters in other words?

[shanreagh]

Looks like the spelling may be ffenwick. Not sure how to capitalise a surname spelt like that or even if it was ever capitalised?

[maddys52]

What appears to be "ff" is a capital F. My go to for Old Law Hands:
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~oel/lawhandslg.html

[~buttons~]

From the Baptism register of St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1667

'Sammuell sonne to Barbara Fenwick [unrecognised word] a bastard'

Can anyone help with this word?

'Sammuell sonne to Barbara Fenwick servant a bastard'

[goldie61]

From the Baptism register of St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1667

'Sammuell sonne to Barbara Fenwick [unrecognised word] a bastard'

Can anyone help with this word?

'Sammuell sonne to Barbara Fenwick servant a bastard'

The word is not 'servant'.

The first letter is a classic capital "I" in this hand.
Compare it to the capital 'S' on Samuell's name above it. It's very different.

I'd agree with Jen B's reply - "Innocent"
You can easily see the 'double n' and the 'o'. The next letter which looks like an 'r' is in fact a 'c' -
It's the same as the 'c' in 'ffenwick'.
The next letter is smudged, but probably an 'e', and then another 'n' and a 't'.

There may be other instances in the baptism register where the the vicar has called illegitimate children the same thing.

The word after this is actually written 'bastert', not 'bastard'.

[J.R.Ellam]

I would agree with Innocent going by some of the letters I can see.

John

[andygmandrew]

Are you able to give a bigger page view with more entries shown, so we can see comparison letters in other words?

Unfortunately the file would be too big. I think 'Innocent' is the correct reading.