Strange beginning to a baptism entry

[andygmandrew]

From the registers of the church of St. Nicholas Newcastle 1 March 1697/98. Can anyone help to decipher the words before the child's name? There is also a strange mark at the end of the entry, what does it mean, perhaps short for Uxor?

[maddys52]

I think it means - Received, Private Baptism. William was previously privately baptised, and was now received into the Church. (Happy to be corrected if I am wrong!)

[horselydown86]

The letters at the end are ux with an indication of contraction (the upwards curving line).

The meaning is as you thought.

For the record, written at the beginning is:     Rec Pri: Babt

[andygmandrew]

Thanks, that sounds likely.