Dauntsey Parish Registers

This transcript is an attempt to amalgamate three versions of the registers
for the parish of Dauntsey, Wiltshire UK., spanning the years

          1653 - 1812    for baptisms
          1653 - 1812    for burials
          1654 - 1754    for marriages (containing one spurious entry for 1790)

There are two original registers in existence, both in varying states of
disrepair.  The third register is a transcript made by the then
schoolmaster, Matthew Harding, who died in 1780.  The two originals perhaps
belonged to the curate and the churchwarden.

In his transcription, Harding 'corrected' the spelling of many words and
names in the original.  This meant that surnames were normalised (e.g.
'Scull' became 'Skull'; 'Skues', 'Shusse' and 'Skuce' all became 'Skuse').  

This transcript is based on Harding's version.  I have then examined the
remains of the original registers and noted the differences.

The abbreviations and markings used are as follows:-

     d                   daughter of
     s                   son of
     otp                 of this parish
     botp                both of this parish
     bb                  baseborn
     Mary [Marie]        word(s) in brackets appear only in original, or
                         they were spelt differently (e.g. 'Mary' in the
                         transcript where the original contains 'Marie')
     Mary [Marie,Anne]   As above, although two original entries  were
                         found and they were different.
     [***]               entry appears only in original



                                             Clive Henly
                                             9, Renfrew Drive,
                                             Wollaton,
                                             Nottingham.
                                             NG8 2FX

                                             November 1993

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