Roger Lonthe baptism

[g eli]

Can anyone tell me what this baptism says, particularly the name  of his father.
Thank you.

[horselydown86]

Leaving out the father's firstname it is:

Roger Louthe the sonne of [?] Louthe

was baptised the xj^th (or xi^th) day of october in

the yeare afores(ai)d


Regarding the firstname:

I believe that most of the name Henery can be discerned between the black lines (see attachment).

Certainly I can see Hen at the beginning and ry at the end.

However the presence of the tall letter about 2/3 of the way along is a concern.  If it is print-through it's very well-defined.

This letter looks very like the f in aforesd in the third line.

The spacing is also troubling - the distance between the n and the r looks too long to be only one letter.

[horselydown86]

I now think that Hemfory or a variant is more likely.

ADDED:

Better to suggest:  H?mfory

[Bookbox]

ADDED:
Better to suggest:  H?mfory

For what it's worth, I agree. But there may also be something written before the H ?

[goldie61]

Not sure it's any easier to see on this?

[g eli]

Thank you all for your replies. Your answers give credence to the hope I had that the father was Humfre in some form or other. Ancestry had Richard which I couldn't see.

[horselydown86]

But there may also be something written before the H ?

Thanks Bookbox.  My view on this was that the line which makes the ascender of the top half of the H loops around and then sweeps backwards at a shallower angle.  It can be seen to extend at least halfway back to the f of of.

Rightly or wrongly I took this to mean that when it was written none of the artifacts which now intrude on that area were present.

[Bookbox]

Yes, thank you. It's now clearer on goldie61's cleaned up version.